Today's benediction is recorded in Isaiah 61:7. I have chosen the NIV for our consideration.
Instead of their shame
my people will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
they will rejoice in their inheritance;
and so they will inherit a double portion in their land,
and everlasting joy will be theirs.
NIV
The writer of the Book of Hebrews has this to say about Jesus and his passion:
Hebrews- 12:2
2 Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
KJV
Notice in the Old Testament in the Most Holy Place, there was no chair for the High Priest to sit and rest. However, when Jesus Christ our eternal High Priest entered heaven with the complete sacrifice He made on the Cross once for all, He sat next to the Father where He now makes intercession for us.
The Apostle Paul speaks about our inheritance when he addressed the elders from Ephesus who came down to Miletus in
Acts chapter 20. This is a remarkable passage of Holy Scripture that includes a saying of our blessed Lord that is not
recorded in the Gospels, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Here is what I wanted to quote:
Acts 20:32
"Now I commit you to God and to the Word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
NIV
I still believe in Sanctification as well as the Baptism with the Holy Spirit.
I hope this commentary helps to amplify this promise in Isaiah.
Instead of their shame
my people will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
they will rejoice in their inheritance;
and so they will inherit a double portion in their land,
and everlasting joy will be theirs.
NIV
The writer of the Book of Hebrews has this to say about Jesus and his passion:
Hebrews- 12:2
2 Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
KJV
Notice in the Old Testament in the Most Holy Place, there was no chair for the High Priest to sit and rest. However, when Jesus Christ our eternal High Priest entered heaven with the complete sacrifice He made on the Cross once for all, He sat next to the Father where He now makes intercession for us.
The Apostle Paul speaks about our inheritance when he addressed the elders from Ephesus who came down to Miletus in
Acts chapter 20. This is a remarkable passage of Holy Scripture that includes a saying of our blessed Lord that is not
recorded in the Gospels, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Here is what I wanted to quote:
Acts 20:32
"Now I commit you to God and to the Word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
NIV
I still believe in Sanctification as well as the Baptism with the Holy Spirit.
I hope this commentary helps to amplify this promise in Isaiah.