Did you greet the morning with a self-prophecy today? I have always said, "We prophecy the day by the first words we say when we get out of the bed in the morning". I recommend, "This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it."
Lately, I have heard a great deal of talk about the end of the world or World War III. Such like lends itself to despair, anxiety, fear mongering and negativity. Maybe you have heard some of this rhetoric yourselves. Have you ever thought about the expression, "WE ARE ON OUR LAST LEG"?
I recently did in-depth research on this age-old metaphor, it means to be extremely tired or about to collapse; near the end. Despite the implication, this term never meant that legs were in any way serial—that is, beginning with the first and ending with the last. Rather, it uses last meaning "near the end" (of one's energy or life). The expression was already used in the sixteenth century; it appears in the play The Old Law (1599) by Thomas Middleton and Philip Massinger: "My husband goes upon his last hour now—on his last legs, I am sure." In John Ray's Proverbs (1678) the term is defined as meaning "bankrupt," and since then it has been transferred to anything nearing its end or about to fail, as in, "This cliché may be on its last legs." It has various meanings but mostly from the 16th century.
In the late 1940's Arnold Toynbee wrote an essay called, Civilization on Trial, for which he was severely criticized by other historians.
Let me show you his read on where the World was heading:
"Why cannot civilization go on shambling along, from failure to failure, in the painful, degrading, but not utterly suicidal way in which it has kept going for the first few thousand years of its existence? The answer lies in the recent technological inventions of the modern Western middle class. These gadgets for harnessing the physical forces of non-human nature have left human nature unchanged. The institutions of War and Class are social reflections of the seamy side of human nature—or what the theologians call original sin—in the kind of society that we call civilization.
The new aspect of war is already familiar to Western minds. We are aware that the atom bomb and our many other new lethal weapons are capable, in another war, of wiping out not merely the belligerents but the whole of the human race." (Page 24, 25)
Many, who just happen to be riding the same planet we find ourselves on, consider Toynbee's kind of thinking, pessimistic.
The Word of God, Revelations 3:10 submits this for our consideration:
Word of God Speak to us,
2 Peter 3:10-13
I think I will sing an old song this morning, why don't you join me…
We ride a sick fallen planet, but God still cares. Our comfort is in knowing God cares. I've got a mansion just over the hilltop this morning and so do all those who love His appearing. There is comfort in these words.
Yes, this old world may be on it's so called, "Last Leg," but our hope transcends this world and on Christ the solid rock we stand.
We share a BLESSED HOPE.
I BELIEVE IN JESUS AND I BELIEVE IN YOU.
IN HIS GRIP,
Pastor Cleddie Keith
Lately, I have heard a great deal of talk about the end of the world or World War III. Such like lends itself to despair, anxiety, fear mongering and negativity. Maybe you have heard some of this rhetoric yourselves. Have you ever thought about the expression, "WE ARE ON OUR LAST LEG"?
I recently did in-depth research on this age-old metaphor, it means to be extremely tired or about to collapse; near the end. Despite the implication, this term never meant that legs were in any way serial—that is, beginning with the first and ending with the last. Rather, it uses last meaning "near the end" (of one's energy or life). The expression was already used in the sixteenth century; it appears in the play The Old Law (1599) by Thomas Middleton and Philip Massinger: "My husband goes upon his last hour now—on his last legs, I am sure." In John Ray's Proverbs (1678) the term is defined as meaning "bankrupt," and since then it has been transferred to anything nearing its end or about to fail, as in, "This cliché may be on its last legs." It has various meanings but mostly from the 16th century.
In the late 1940's Arnold Toynbee wrote an essay called, Civilization on Trial, for which he was severely criticized by other historians.
Let me show you his read on where the World was heading:
"Why cannot civilization go on shambling along, from failure to failure, in the painful, degrading, but not utterly suicidal way in which it has kept going for the first few thousand years of its existence? The answer lies in the recent technological inventions of the modern Western middle class. These gadgets for harnessing the physical forces of non-human nature have left human nature unchanged. The institutions of War and Class are social reflections of the seamy side of human nature—or what the theologians call original sin—in the kind of society that we call civilization.
The new aspect of war is already familiar to Western minds. We are aware that the atom bomb and our many other new lethal weapons are capable, in another war, of wiping out not merely the belligerents but the whole of the human race." (Page 24, 25)
Many, who just happen to be riding the same planet we find ourselves on, consider Toynbee's kind of thinking, pessimistic.
The Word of God, Revelations 3:10 submits this for our consideration:
"Because you have guarded and kept My word of patient endurance [have held fast the lesson of My patience with the expectant endurance that I give you], I also will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial (testing) which is coming on the whole world to try those who dwell upon the earth." Amplified Bible
"Because you kept my Word in passionate patience, I'll keep you safe in the time of testing that will be here soon, and all over the earth, every man, woman, and child put to the test."
The Message Translation
Word of God Speak to us,
2 Peter 3:10-13
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.
The King James Translation
I think I will sing an old song this morning, why don't you join me…
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME
I'M JUST A PASSING THROUGH
IF HEAVEN'S NOT MY HOME
OH, LORD WHAT WILL I DO
THE ANGELS BECKON ME
AT HEAVENS OPEN DOOR
AND I CAN'T FEEL AT HOME
IN THIS WORLD, ANYMORE.
We ride a sick fallen planet, but God still cares. Our comfort is in knowing God cares. I've got a mansion just over the hilltop this morning and so do all those who love His appearing. There is comfort in these words.
Yes, this old world may be on it's so called, "Last Leg," but our hope transcends this world and on Christ the solid rock we stand.
We share a BLESSED HOPE.
I BELIEVE IN JESUS AND I BELIEVE IN YOU.
IN HIS GRIP,
Pastor Cleddie Keith