Revelation 5:9-10; 7:9-10
"...there before me was a great multitude... from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb."
(REVELATION 7:9)
"We believe Jesus in heavenly things - our adoption in Christ; so we follow Him in earthly things - the adoption of children" (Russell Moore, "Adopted for Life," 2009). You probably will not have to look very far - perhaps just to your own dining table! - to see families who have adopted, a young woman who has placed a child in an adoptive home, or an older couple who volunteers at a local crisis pregnancy center. You may be adopted. Adoption brings a whole new unity to mind. It's not like a support group; it's a deeper unity in Christ, and it's all around us.
God told Abraham from the beginning of his journey that through him all nations would be blessed (Genesis 26:4, Galatians 3:8). God's love would go out with fervency to every tribe tongue and nation. The God who adopts from every corner of this earth brings us together in Jesus. We can marvel at the far reaches of His love that brings children from an orphanage in Haiti or a hospital in middle-America to the same table. That love reaches to you, too.
INSIGHT
ADOPTION BRINGS A WHOLE KALEIDOSCOPE OF PEOPLE TOGETHER. YOU AND I ARE AMONG THE WIDE VARIETY THAT MAKE UP GOD'S BIG AND GROWING FAMILY.
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
Ezekiel 35-36
Psalm 148
1 Timothy 5-6
Revelation 5:9-10
New International Version (NIV)
9 And they sang a new song, saying:
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign[a] on the earth.”
Footnotes:
a. Revelation 5:10 Some manuscripts they reign
Revelation 7:9-10
New International Version (NIV)
The Great Multitude in White Robes
9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
TRING CHRISTMAS [PART 3]
with Gerard Le Feuvre
What happens to the pieces when a cello breaks? What happened to the leftover bread after Jesus fed the five thousand? What can Christ do with the broken pieces of our lives?
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