Curious – March 3, 2024
“Parousia”
March 3, 2024
John 14:3
I will come back!
Acts 1:11
This same Jesus, who has been taken from you…will come back!
1Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven!
Titus 2:13
While we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ!
Revelation 22:20
I am coming soon!
The worshipful HALLELUJAHS!
Revelation 19:1-10
After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven
shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for
true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who
corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his
servants.” 3 And again they shouted: “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up for
ever and ever.” 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell
down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:
“Amen, Hallelujah!” 5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our
God, all you his servants, you who fear him, both great and small!” 6 Then I heard
what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like
loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has
come, and his bride has made herself ready. 8 Fine linen, bright and clean, was
given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy
people.) 9 Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are
invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true
words of God.” 10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Don’t
do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who
hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who
bears testimony to Jesus.”
The SOUND!
Joshua 6:16,20 (NLT)
“Shout! For the Lord has given you the town! When the people heard the sound
of the rams’ horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of
Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured
it.
The SHOUT!
The shout of SALVATION!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11(NLT)
Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God?
Some of you were once like that.
The shout of GLORY and power!
The shout of PRAISE!
The shout of HONOR!
Let your hallelujahs be filled with REJOICING, gladness, and giving to GLORY to
God for who He is and all He’s done!
The shout of JUSTICE!
Deuteronomy 32:4 (CEV)
The Lord is a mighty rock, and he never does wrong. God can always be
trusted to bring justice.
Romans 2:2
Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on
truth.
The shout of BELONGING!
Romans 12:1,2 (NLT)
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to
God…Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable.
This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of
this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way
you think.
Hebrews 12:1(NLT)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the
life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin
that so easily trips us up.
James 2:17,18,26 (ERV)
If it is just faith and nothing more—it is dead…I will show you my faith by the
good I do…A person’s body that does not have a spirit is dead—faith that does
nothing is dead!
“I can safely say, on the authority of all that
is revealed in the Word of God, that any
man or woman on this earth who is
bored and turned off by worship is
not ready for heaven.”
A.W. Tozer
The RETURN of the king!
Revelation 19:11-16
11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose
rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. 12 His
eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name
written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe
dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were
following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and
clean. 15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the
nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the
fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this
name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
2 Timothy 2:13 (NLT)
If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and
purify us from all unrighteousness.
John 1:1,14
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God…The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen
his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of
grace and truth.
Philippians 2:9-11 (NLT)
God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all
other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on
earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father.
You and I can and should SPEAK the
word of God and BELIEVE that
God will act on our behalf!
Isaiah 55:11 (Amp.)
So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me void
useless, without result, without accomplishing what I desire, and without
succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.
Psalm 107:20 (CEV)
By the power of his own word, he healed you and saved you.
John 6:63
The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
The final BATTLE!
Revelation 19:17-21
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the
birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, 18 so
that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their
riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.” 19 Then I saw
the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage
war against the rider on the horse and his army. 20 But the beast was captured,
and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With
these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and
worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of
burning sulfur. 21 The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth
of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
Jesus WINS!
Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
How’s your WORSHIP?
“Isn’t it a comfort to worship
a God we cannot exaggerate?”
Francis Chan
John 4:23,24 (NLT)
But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who
will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must
worship in spirit and in truth.”
Are you living in ANTICIPATION of the coming of the
Lord?
2 Peter 3:8-13 (NLT)
But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand
years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord isn’t really being
slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your
sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens
will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will
disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve
judgment. Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what
holy and godly lives you should live, looking forward to the day of God and
hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements
will melt away in the flames. But we are looking forward to the new heavens
and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God’s righteousness.