Christ in the Clouds

The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you. And the angel answered her,  “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of  the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born  will be called  holy— the Son of God. And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant  of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And  the angel departed from her. Luke 1:28, 35, 38 "Mary, the girl Joseph was engaged to, turned around and right before her eyes, she saw the stuff of dreams - even though she was wide awake! A very real angel - Gabriel - standing in front of her." "Gabriel beamed, "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a Gift for you - for the whole world. A baby boy named Jesus.  Mary said yes to becoming a space for God - right there beneath her beating heart." "When you make space in your words, in your wants, in your ways for Jesus, He comes and lives in the most miracu...

In those days  John the Baptist came preaching in  the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for  the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”     For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord;      make his paths straight.’” Matthew 3:1-3 God sent John the Baptist to prepare Israel for his climactic revelation in history.  A voice of a crier in the wilderness. This is quoted from Isaiah 40:3, which clearly proves that John the Baptist was the person of whom the prophet spoke. (source) John declaired, "The Lord whom your have sought, the Messiah whom you have expected, is just coming, he will quickly appear; prepare to meet him by repentance, and receive him by faith, relinquish your former notions and principles, correct your errors, and amend your lives, remove all out of the way which may be offensive to him." (source) "John couldn...

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.     But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old. Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,   Then an angel  of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.   When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. Luke 1:6-8, 11-12 In a dark and godless time, Zachariah and Elizabeth had hearts for God, and God saw them. When the rest of the world ignored God and His ways, Zachariah and Elizabeth chose His ways and walked with Him.  They chose each day to do only what would please God. (source) "Elizabeth, along with Zechariah, prayed that God would remember the promise He had made to them, to give them a child." But they were getting up in age. "Zechariah's name means 'God remembers.' But on som...

I will  take my stand at my watchpost      and station myself on the tower, and  look out to see  what He will say to me,      and what I will answer concerning my complaint. Though the fig tree should not blossom,      nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail      and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold      and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the  Lord ;       I will take joy in the God of my salvation.   God , the Lord, is my strength;      he makes my feet like the deer's;      he makes me  tread on my  high places . Habakkak 2:1, 3:17-19 Habakkuk saw how his people were turning against God. He pleaded to God to do something... “As a watchman takes the proper place, especially in time of danger and distress, h...

  Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say,   “All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside  the inner court without being called,  there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one  to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.” And they told Mordecai what Esther had said.   Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews.   For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”   Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,   “Go, gather all the Jews to be found ...