Living In The Presence of God
Greetings to all the Readers of Ntshebele News Paper, Those who are in Christ, allow me to say to You that this is the day the Lord has made,Rejoice,Rejoice and I say Rejoice For Jesus is our hope of Glory.
Psalm 36:5-7, “Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. 7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.”
Psalm 91:1-6, “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.”
A. “Under Shadow of thy wings”. What does this mean?
Remember the time when Jesus had entered Jerusalem on a donkey and the people were waving palm branches & shouting, “Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.” (John 12:13)
The Pharisees demanded that Jesus tell the people to shut up. He said if they shut up the rocks will cry out.
Later Jesus looked up at the temple and said, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (Matt. 23:37)
Jesus used the term, “how often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings” as a way of saying, “I would have protected you just as a hen protects her chicks. I would have taken you under My wings and nothing could touch you without touching Me first.”
It may sound like a silly question but . . . . did Jesus have “wings”?
In the scriptures the phrase “under my wing” is a metaphor, or figure of speech. But yes, Jesus did have wings! Malachi 4:2 says, “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings”
In the time of Jesus most people were familiar with that scripture. In those days men wore an outer cloak or mantle. The four corners of the cloak were called “wings”. On each corner was a fringe or tassel called a tzitzit. The tassel was made up of white linen threads with one single blue thread running through it. It was to remind them of the Commandments. (Num. 15: 38-39)
When the woman with an issue crawled up behind Jesus and touched the border of His garment, she actually touched the fringes on the corner of His prayer shawl.
Luke 8:43-44 “And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 Came behind him, and touched the border (corner or wings) of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.”
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Let me Take this time to thank my sister in the Lord,who has helped me in editing this sermon to transform you,my sister Kgaugelo Eunice Skosana.May God increase you abundantly in Jesus name