" The Greatest Story Ever Told ! "

 

Revelation 19:11-16 "And I saw Heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and HE that sat upon him was called FAITHFUL and TRUE, and in righteousness HE doth judge and make war. HIS eyes were as a flame of fire, and on HIS head were many crowns; and HE had a name written, that no man knew, but HE HIMSELF. And HE was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and HIS name is called The WORD of GOD. And out of HIS mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it HE should smite the nations: and HE shall rule them with a rod of iron: and HE treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of ALMIGHTY GOD. And HE hath on HIS vesture and on HIS thigh a name written, KING of Kings and LORD of Lords."

     Though the Bible is composed of sixty-six books written by more than forty men over a period of at least 1,400 years, it is one book with one central theme - the story of man's redemption through GOD's provision of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. The Scriptures open with the words, " In the beginning GOD." In the third chapter of Genesis we read of man's disobedience when he inherited the just title of sinner. The promise of the SAVIOR first appears in Genesis 3:15 and then prophetically occurs throughout the remainder of the Old Testament. The wonder of JESUS dying in our place and our redemption through HIS blood is prefigured in the details of the tabernacle and the celebration of the Passover. Psalm 22, written 1,000 years prior to Calvary, depicts the death of CHRIST upon the cross. Isaiah 53, penned more than seven centuries before the crucifixion, describes in the eternal present the sufferings of CHRIST.

     The New Testament opens with the blessed fulfillment of the long-promised SAVIOR (Matthew 1:21). The Gospels present the glories of JESUS walking the Earth, the book of Acts shares the proclamation of the Gospel, and the epistles declare the blessings of CHRIST now living in the believer (Galatians 2:20). The final chapter of the "greatest story ever told" is "The Revelation of JESUS CHRIST" (Revelation 1:1). "Revelation" is more than the title of the last book of the Bible -  it is the happening that wraps up time and ushers in eternity. The world will finally know JESUS as "KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords" (Revelation 19:16). The "Greatest Story Ever Told" is drawing to a conclusion. The final chapter is about to unfold. Have you trusted JESUS as your SAVIOR ? Are you awaiting the KING ? JMC

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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