I suppose I should give some long worded explanation as to where I have been and why I have not kept up with post or recent additions in some time, but I am not. I pray and am truly thankful that He will not leave us comfortless. May we read and more importantly believe the words and message He has provided us. Let us pray for that day, that it comes quickly.
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Jhn 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Jhn 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Jhn 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
What day is Christ refereeing to in verse 20?
Christ was made flesh, He walked among us in this world, He understood pain, He knew grief, He felt temptation, and was acquainted with sorrow. He walked sinless and blameless and in all things and in all ways honored His Fathers law and will. He was sent to save all that the Father had given to Him and He took their sins and went willing to the cross. On the cross He was made sin and felt the stings and pain of those who crucified Him. On the cross He felt rejection and the full punishment of isolation from His Father for sin. Every sin of every elect He bore that they may be paid in full and placed to His charge. And finally and completely His earthly ministry and work that the Father had sent Him to do was complete as He cried “it is finished”. In the death of the flesh He took their sins and their sins alone to the grave where they were buried with Him. But if that were the end we would have no hope. For on the third day Christ arose from the grave and conquered death and the chains of sin. And because He lives we shall live also. Because He lives our sins were paid, punished, and put away. Because He lives we have a mediator now seated in Heaven. Because He lives we have peace and rest in His life. Because He lives we shall live with Him also.
