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Our Daily Bread, Friday 16th September 2022, ODB Devotional

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Our Daily Bread, Friday 16th September 2022, ODB Devotional

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Today Devotional for 16 September 2022 written by Lisa M. Samra to inspire and bless you! Kindly share with other people.

OUR DAILY BREAD 16TH SEPTEMBER 2022 ODB DEVOTIONAL

ODB TODAY’S TOPIC: HALLELUJAH!

Bible in a Year: Proverbs 25–26; 2 Corinthians 9

Key Verse: He will reign for ever and ever. Revelation 11:15

Today’s Scripture: Revelation 11:15–18

Our Daily Bread, Friday 16th September 2022, ODB Insight

While the apostle John was exiled on Patmos, God showed him through a vision His end-time program for the world, specifically His righteous wrath being poured out on all creation in three cycles of judgments—the seven-sealed scroll (chs. 6, 8), the seven trumpets (chs. 8–9, 11), and the seven bowls (ch. 16). In Hebrew numerology, the number seven speaks of totality, completion, and perfection. The number seven is used more than fifty times in the book of Revelation (see 1:4, 12; 5:1, 6; 8:2; 15:7).

The trumpet judgments, the second cycle of divine judgments (chs. 8–9, 11), culminate in resounding praise in heaven when the seventh trumpet is sounded (11:15–18). In the Bible, the trumpet is sounded to rally God’s people for worship or for war (Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 10:5–10; Joshua 6:16; Judges 3:27). Elsewhere, Paul said that the resurrection of the dead would be preceded by the blast of the trumpet (1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16). By: K. T. Sim

Our Daily Bread, Friday 16th September 2022 MESSAGE

Astonishingly, it took Handel only twenty-four days to write the orchestral music for the Messiah oratorio—today perhaps the world’s most famous musical composition, one performed thousands of times every year around the world. The magnificent work reaches its climax nearly two hours after it begins with the most famous part of the oratorio, the “Hallelujah Chorus.”

As the trumpets and timpani announce the beginning of the chorus, voices layer on top of each other as the choir sings the words of Revelation 11:15: “And he shall reign for ever and ever.” It’s a triumphant declaration of the hope of eternity in heaven with Jesus.

Many of the words in Messiah come from the book of Revelation, the apostle John’s account of a vision he had near the end of his life describing events culminating with the return of Christ. In Revelation, John returned again and again to the theme of the return of the resurrected Jesus to earth—when there would be great rejoicing with the sound of choirs (19:1–8). The world will rejoice because Jesus will have defeated the powers of darkness and death and established a kingdom of peace.

One day, all the people of heaven will sing together in a magnificent choir proclaiming the majesty of Jesus and the blessing of His forever reign (7:9). Until then, we live, work, pray, and wait in hope. By: Lisa M. Samra

Reflect: How does the return of Jesus to reign over the earth provide you with hope now? What songs encourage you with reminders of the majesty of Jesus?

Prayer: Come quickly, Jesus, to establish Your reign over the earth.

Our Daily Bread, Friday 16th September 2022, ODB Devotional

Our Daily Bread, Friday 16th September 2022, ODB Devotional

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