January 12, 2023 … The Rest of My Story …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 12 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from David Crowder and Tauren Wells singing  … All My Hope … poignantly, yet powerfully, singing of how all our eternal hope is found in Jesus. 

He's my Lion of Judah and The Lamb of God ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Revelations 5:5 [NLT] … 

5 But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne, has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.” 

… John is given view of God’s true Lion of Judah … (which turns out to be the Lamb of God.  

Highlight Passage (Context): …  Revelation 5:1-10 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God Reveals to John that the Lion of Judah is the Lamb of God, … worthy to open the Scroll of God’s story which is His story.                                                                                                      

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Reference Passage: … John 1:29 [NLT] … 

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world! … “ 

… John, the Baptist, declares Jesus to be the “Lamb of God!”          

Reference Passage: … Revelation 17:14 [NLT] … 

14 Together they will go to war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will defeat them because he is Lord of all lords and King of all kings. And his called and chosen and faithful ones will be with Him.” 

… God reveals to John that the Lamb of God will defeat the forces of the world as He, The LORD of lords calls His own to Himself.              

Reference Passage: … Revelation 22:3 [NLT] … 

3 No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship Him.  

… God shows that in the end, The Lamb of God, will rule with His chosen servants (that’s us Christians!) serving Him forever.   

                                                                  

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Mart DeHaan … AT THIS LINK …   tells of the beloved and belated news correspondent, Paul Harvey, who use to tell stories of great figures in history, leaving out their name until the end of his story, where he would declare,  “And now you know . . . the rest of the story.”       

And my fellow Christian friends, I’m praying that the rest of all of our stories, is wrapped up in the linked song above, declaring that we put all our hope in who John the Baptist (see John 1:29 declared to be ”The Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world.”.   Because when we read and believe in the Revelation given by God to the Apostle John (and to us), we see (in the Scriptures above from The Revelation) that our Lord, King Jesus, is both the Lion of Judah, Who has conquered death, and the Lamb of God, Who did so on the cross by shedding His blood for our sins.

History is HIS STORY and it’s my story of hope in Jesus as my Lord and Savior; and I pray yours as well.    

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being the Lamb of God and The Lion of Judah, for me and for all who believe on You as our LORD.               

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … revel in our belief in You, Lord, as the Lamb of God.      Amen

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