even if they heard the prophecies from God-appointed prophets, people would deny these prophecies if they weren't "good."
but it's pretty amazing to see God speaking to his prophets so often, so specifically, sometimes vaguely, so vividly, so honestly, so compassionately, so desperately, so frustrated-ly, so real-ly... sometimes you think, "why doesn't God talk to us like that now? maybe then i'd really believe him."
God was alive and real to these prophets. the people needed these prophets because they didn't have Jesus yet, and they didn't have the Bible. little did we know and prophets know, that the prophets were in the process of making the Bible.... for US.
that's why we don't need prophets telling us what to do allllll the tiiiiiiime.
but we. us. right now. we wander, we wonder, we ponder, we roll around thinking about God, our lives.
when He's right there. talking to us so often, so specifically, sometimes vaguely, so vividly, so honestly, so compassionately, so desperately, so frustrated-ly, so real-ly...
yes, He is silent a lot of times.... but that's an answer, too.
the Bible is so precious. we not only have the Bible today, but also Jesus, who lives inside of those who believe in Him.... and the Spirit of Jesus wrote the Bible. thus Jesus is the Word, manifest in flesh, so that we may know He is the true living God.
it's simple.
we need Jesus. we need the Bible.
if we believe in Jesus,
He lives in us; the Word lives in us...
to know Him more, you must read the Word...you get to know the Word, memorize the Word, hide the Word in your heart, cherish the Word....
EVEN ANGELS LONG TO LOOK INTO THE WORD AND KNOW GOD.
we get to know God now, before we enter the gates of heaven.
but God knew that we would wander, wonder, ponder, roll around thinking about God, our lives...
when it's actually all too simple yet all too profound and perfect, too good to be true.
that the Answer and Creator of all things is usually sitting at our desk or nightstand,
used more often as a sleeping pill than a nightlight, flashlight, just light, or life navigation guide.
we don't have to read the Bible. we don't have to serve. we don't have to love.
we get to read the Bible. we get to serve. we get to love.
angels have to worship, angels have to serve, angels have to obey God's commands.
but we get to, with, through, because of the Word of God.
even angels long to look into these things...dang... such waterfalls of grace are poured onto us, everyday.
10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, 11 trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. -1 Peter 1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it. -John 1
