There is something incredibly special about the Bible, and it is far beyond my shallow and incredibly simplistic view of it.

 

66 Books, 40 Authors, 3 Continents, 3 Languages, 1500 Years

 

And yet, all of it is tied together with incredible unity.   

  • How did David know (Psalm 22) that Jesus would be crucified, betrayed, mocked, and have His clothing gambled over?
  • How did Moses know to foretell (Genesis 22) that “God would provide the Lamb to be sacrificed”?
  • How did Isaiah know everything about Jesus?  That He would be born of a virgin (Ch 7), in the line of Jesse (Ch 11), and declared by a messenger (Ch 40)?  Who helped Isaiah describe Him (in INCREDIBLE detail) in Isaiah 53?
  • How did Micah know that He would be born in Bethlehem?
  • How did Zechariah know that He would be called king (Ch 9), betrayed (Ch 11), and that Judas’ betrayal money would be used to buy a potter’s field (Ch 11)?

These are just a few of the questions that I have as I stand in absolute marvel of the Book that God has written us.

 

When Hebrews 12 says that He is the Author and Perfector of our faith—I think He means it…..LITERALLY.

 

God has given us a love letter.

It is written outside of space and time.

It breaks all of the human rules of wisdom and logic, yet fully tells us how to be JUST and MERCIFUL—-AT THE SAME TIME.

 

And ALL of this is in this book—-which is far beyond our comprehension and well above all of our meager accomplishments.

 

In a small attempt to honor the BIG BOOK—I will spend a season writing about the “THREE SIXTEENS”, verses connected by the same number in different books, by different authors, on different continents, in different cultures, and in different seasons.

 

And yet—–all of them are tied together in perfect unison.  God has written us a PERFECT LETTER. One that we would do well to appreciate, learn, and meditate on…….

AFTER ALL—-He is our ONLY HOPE.

 

As the three men stood before a tyrant, contesting their very lives, they understood something that we would all do well to learn:

God Is Our Rescue

 

Daniel 3  16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”

 

Three men stood up to a King, and a kingdom, because they understood that there was something FAR MORE VALUABLE than the lives that they had.  HIM.

 

You see, without God, we have nothing.  We can’t keep our lives—we will lose them.

 

And we can’t have eternity.  It is the Lord’s.

 

And yet, all of it works if we let Him rescue us.

 

And it works because 2000 years ago, on a cross on Calvary, He made sure that it would work.  He made sure that we had a chance to be ROYAL.

 

And He sealed it with His life.

 

Worship Your King Today

He Is Your Only Hope

And He Is The ONLY One………

Who Can Rescue You

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CZeBKTq1Yw

 

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J