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  • Another Resurrection in Joppa

    Another Resurrection in Joppa

    old man in beret kneeling at grave
    death… Why do you weep?

    Death’s Vigil

    If you should pause briefly near death’s vigil, you may see some soul precariously perched on a precipice above the dark shadows of hades; yet.. lifted to light of life after death.. another resurrection in Christ to eternal glory with God Who Saves.

    Peter and another resurrection as witness

    Even as Peter travels some distance to Lydda and Joppa, somewhere back in towns nearer to Jerusalem a disciple named Lazarus witnesses another resurrection than that of the Lord Jesus Christ: his own.

    Lazarus come forth - photo of sunrise and Bible

    So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!”

    It’s one of the tenderest lines in Scripture. Roger@talkofJESUS.com 

    – on witnesses of Jesus at Lazarus’ funeral John 11:36

    In the ever so brief time prior to Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection Peter, the Apostles and many disciples of the Lord Jesus had witnessed this powerful sign of the Messiah as Jesus called out to Lazarus to come out of the grave!

    Earlier in Jesus ministry the Apostle also had witnessed yet another resurrection of a young man sitting up in his coffin about to be carried to his funeral wake in Nain!

    Resurrection of a body which has fallen from life into the valley of death is nothing new to the Apostles. To Peter another resurrection would be completely possible IF it is the will of the Lord.

    Acts 9:

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    Death’s appeal from Joppa

    A young woman has died..

    Her friends prepared her for burial and laid her in an upstairs room. 38 But when they learned that Peter was nearby at Lydda, they sent two men to beg him to return with them to Joppa.

    Lydda or Lod is about halfway from Jerusalem to where saints from Joppa on the coast ask Peter if he will do another resurrection. & is the place where Peter healed a paralyzed man
    Aeneas of Lydda: “I can walk!

    Peter responds and ACTS

    Aeneas who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed, has been at Peter’s side; just as a lame man in Jerusalem who was healed also had stood with him and John as witness in the Temple.

    35 And all who lived at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord..

    37 But it happened [in those days] at that time that she [the young woman in Joppa] became sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upstairs room.

    “Do not delay in coming to us.”

    So Peter got ready and went with them.

    ACTS of Peter 9:38b-39a NASB20

    Might a Gazelle Leap once more?

    Tabatha or Dorcus is a name meaning gazelle, which describes a young believer who was to become another resurrection proof for the saints when Peter came to Joppa

    36 Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which when translated means [Gk. for gazelle] Dorcas);

    this woman was excelling in acts of kindness and charity which she did habitually.

    Peter arrives in Joppa

    39 .. as soon as he [Peter] arrived [from Lydda with the two men who had summoned the Apostle to Joppa], they took him upstairs where Dorcas lay.

    It’s the scene of grief – mourning the loss of a beloved servant of all, a friend, a young woman once vibrant in life who succumbs to one of the many maladies of this fragile flesh.

    Like those Peter had seen — the boy in a bier in Nain and Lazarus wrapped in death’s cloths behind a closed tomb in Bethany — here the Apostle takes in the vigil of those watching this Gazelle’s lifeless body, as well as the Apostle’s own entry into their sad scene in an upper room perched above the the shadows of valley of death.

    The room was filled with weeping widows who were showing one another the coats and other garments Dorcas had made for them.

    40 But Peter asked them all to leave the room; then he knelt and prayed.

    Nain funeral procession where Jesus first raised a boy from the dead

    (Like in Nain, Joppa will cancel its funeral procession today,

    DUE TO this next resurrection.)

    Another Resurrection!

    .. and turning to the body, he [the Apostle Peter] said, “

    Ταβιθά ἀνίστημι

    “Tabitha, arise.”

    The familiar command of Peter (to a dead woman) in ACTS 9:40

    And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

    41 Then he gave her his hand and lifted her up; and when he had called the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

    He Raised Her Up

    You Raise Me Up – Selah – 5 min.

    DEATH.. and all hope for flesh and blood lost.. except for the hope in the resurrection of Jesus Christ! And once again, here and now, another resurrection — by the Apostle and not the Lord Incarnate.

    Luke continues with the resurrection theme [45x] in his second account of the Gospel of Jesus Christ:

    ἀνίστημι – Strong’s G450 – anistēmi – an-is’-tay-mee – to cause to rise up, raise up

    42 The news raced through the town, and many believed in the Lord.

    43 And Peter stayed a long time in Joppa, living with Simon, the tanner.

    ACTS of the Missionary Journeys of Peter: To be continued...
  • A Brief Glance at Paradise

    A Brief Glance at Paradise

    paradise lost by John Milton

    Where can I Find Paradise?

    We all know the story of Eden as a former place of paradise on earth from where Adam and Eve were evicted by God because of sin. But where can we find paradise in the Bible now that mankind has lost it?

    Today’s short take from Scripture will take us on a brief journey we find in the New Testament.

    The real question of DEATH is ‘What then?’

    We have just witnessed an brief scene of Stephen at the point of his death in Acts 7.

    55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand.

    “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

    Acts 7:56b NASB – a final witness of Stephen before the Sanhedrin

    Jesus also gives us several glances at life after death in the Gospel. And we could be taken up into John’s vision of heaven in Revelation.

    But today’s Short Take on Paradise comes from Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians.

    What is Paradise?

    I know a man in Christ, who fourteen years ago— .. was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.

    2 Corinthians 12:2a,4 NASB20

    Could this have been at the moment when Jesus met this man on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus? Paul later writes about his own imminent death as if he prefers it!

    What does Paul mean by παράδεισος: Paradise?

    And what’s your short take on this definition?

    παράδεισος :: Strong’s G3857 – paradeisos

    Outline of Biblical Usage

    1. among the Persians a grand enclosure or preserve, hunting ground, park, shady and well watered, in which wild animals, were kept for the hunt; it was enclosed by walls and furnished with towers for the hunters
    2. a garden, pleasure ground
    3. grove, park
    4. the part of Hades which was thought by the later Jews to be the abode of the souls of pious until the resurrection: but some understand this to be a heavenly paradise
    5. the upper regions of the heavens. According to the early church Fathers, the paradise in which our first parents dwelt before the fall still exists, neither on the earth or in the heavens, but above and beyond the world
    6. heaven

    Let’s Talk of Jesus and our possibility in Paradise

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    COMMENT or ask your questions on this post.

  • a Year of Disaster & Death for the earth

    a Year of Disaster & Death for the earth

    January 6, in the year of our Lord, 2022: Remembering a Year of Disaster

    Note: Realizing that this 'quick take' includes several statistics, a quick scan of these will get you to the point of these few Scriptures and their implication for our future at the mercy of our Lord. 

(I also project some political opinion which may offend both sides of these issues in the U.S. & the world. 
Glad to hear your opinion IF it connects to Scripture. RH)
    debate stage Trump - Biden

    “They have lied about the LORD
    and said, ‘He won’t bother us!
    No disasters will come upon us.
    There will be no war or famine.

    The Prophet Jeremiah 5:12 NLT

    WORLD POPULATION = 7 [BILLION], 918 [MILLION},291,561 *Current – Source: worldometers.info

    Considering the Disaster of A.D. 2021

    These are the 10 deadliest natural disasters of 2021:

    1. August 2021: Earthquake Kills 2,248 in Haiti
    2. December 2021: Super Typhoon Rai Kills 375 in the Philippines
    3. July 2021: Floods, Landslides in China Kill at Least 302
    4. July 2021: Floods Kill More than 200 in Germany, Belgium
    5. April 2021: Cyclone Seroja Kills at Least 222 Indonesia, East Timor, Australia
    6. October 2021: Flash Floods, Landslides Kill 201 in India, Nepal
    7. May 2021: Cyclone Tauktae Kills at Least 200 in India
    8. August 2021: Hurricane Ida Kills 91 Across 9 U.S. States
    9. December 2021: Tornado Kills 90 Across 5 U.S. States
    10. December 2021: Volcano Eruption Kills 45 in Indonesia

    Source: U.S. News & World Report

    source:
    • SARS‑CoV‑2 − (COVID-19)
      • 5.4–21.4 million total deaths (in ALL years) (as of December 2021)
    • Deaths by #choice of unborn babies worldwide according to World ‘Health’ Organization:
      • 40-50 million abortions average per year
      • Approximately 125,000 abortion deaths of babies per day

    More A.D. 2021 Disaster

    FOOD

    • 857,534,461 Undernourished people in the world

    Refugees (migrants, illegal aliens, immigrants – Men, Women & Children without homes or a place to go)

    • 281 million: The estimated number of international migrants in the world2
    • 50.4 million: The number of internally displaced persons
    • 26 million: Estimated number of refugees in the world
    Trump State of the union address with Speaker Pelosi tearing up the President's speech text

    Don’t let liars prosper here in our land.
    Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.

    Psalm 140:11 NLT

    “So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will never be found again.

    The Revelation of Jesus Christ to John 18:21b

    “Now behold, I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.

    Genesis 6:17 – The word of the LORD to Noah.

    Disaster and Death: Judgment of Sin and Wickedness!

    Genesis 7

    • 12 The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
    • 20 The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.
    • 21 So all creatures that moved on the earth perished:
      • birds, livestock, animals, and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth,
      • and all mankind;
    • 22 of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

    So He wiped out [all existence] every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from mankind to animals, to crawling things, and the birds of the sky, and they were wiped out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.

    Genesis 7:23 NASB20

    The water prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.

    וַיִּגְבְּרוּ הַמַּיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ חֲמִשִּׁים וּמְאַת יֹום׃

    Surely righteous people are praising your name;
    the godly will live in your presence.

    Psalm 140: 13
    What is your short take on this look at violence from Genesis, Jeremiah, Psalm 140 & Revelation?
Which disaster from A.D. 2021 impacted you most. And what do you think God will do about it SOON?


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