Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's
food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do
some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change
all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need
to live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, good morning, good
morning. It is Sunday, not September, December twenty four, twenty twenty
three. Hello, my name is El David Harris. I am your host,
and this is your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single
day, and today is no exception. We are continuing in the last week,
or the final week of our Lesson study series. God's Mission, my
mission, and our caption for today is Revelation, God's Last Day Mission.
Revelation, God's Last Day Mission. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to say welcome, welcome, welcome to you,
and I'm thankful that you are alive with me to begin another work week together
and God is opening his word to our mind. As we prepare for this
word, I'm asking you to go over to your Daily Portion dot com join
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dot Com. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day and for
the privilege that you have entrusted to us to open your word. And I'm
asking you, Father, please give us understanding and your Holy Spirit please teach
us to love you, give us the revelation of your will. In Jesus'
name. I pray, Amen and a man again. I love, I
love, love love the Book of Revelation. And it's not probably because of
what a lot of people love it for, right, I just do.
And I think I will share some of that while I am reading from the
Book of Revelation, chapter one, verses one through seven. Maybe you can
type in the chat why you think I love the Book of Revelation, Right,
Okay, So I begin now in verse one the revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave unto him to show unto his servants the things which shortly
must come to past, and he sent and signified it by his angel unto
a servant John. Let me just share. Yeah, the revelation of Jesus
Christ is how the book opens. Sometimes people call it revelation of Saint John
the Divine, the revelation people the way some of us preach this thing,
some people make it seem like it's the revelation of the scary things that are
going to blow up and burned down and all of the negative things and emotions
that come with that. Like people make it seem like this is a revelation
of the way things are going to be when things are as terrible as they
can possibly get. And I'm like, is that what you got out of
the book? When God made it very clear that this is the revelation of
Jesus Christ. God is manifesting his character in a way that we have never
seen before through the person and work of Jesus Christ, including the ministry that
Jesus is doing in twenty twenty three, that's what you got out of it?
And look, God is so good And you want to say, really,
why is God so good? Like how good is he? Dave.
He's so good that he allowed the mission to be manifest through Jesus Christ.
And then comes this angel Gabriel, who is now teaching John, God's servant,
John the word of God the testimony of Jesus Christ in all things that
he had seen. And it doesn't stop there. It gets better Verse three.
Blessed is he that readeth? Are you reading it? Brothers and sisters?
I know it, says he sisters. Blessed is she that readeth?
Are you reading the revelation of Jesus Christ? Blessed? The Bible says for
those who read the book right, and they that hear the words of this
prophecy? Are you hearing and listening to the words of this prophecy? Bible
says, If so, you are blessed. I'm thinking this is a good
reason. And keep those things which are written therein. Are you keeping the
things that are written therein? Are you reading? Are you listening to the
words of the prophecy? Are you keeping the things that are written in this
book, this prophecy, this revelation of Jesus Christ. If so, then
you are triple blessed. You are triple blessed. Are you typing in the
chat. Why you think this is such an incredible book? To me,
Ah, you are triple blessed if you are reading and hearing and listening to
right and doing or keeping the things that are written therein Why for the time
is at hand. We have no time to be playing around brothers and sisters.
The time is at hand. Part of me. Verse four, John
to the seven churches which are in Asia. Grace be unto you. That
is God's power, so we can do his will. Yes, that is
unmerited favor and mercy, all mixed in with the power of God to do
his will, and peace that comes through Jesus Christ. Yes, from him,
which was oh wix part of me, I'm getting ahead of myself.
That's not what it says. From Him which is and which was, and
which is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before the throne.
Can I just pause right here about the one from the one who was,
is and is to come, the One who is and was and is
to come. That means that when when you look at your life today,
the One who is and Jesus Christ is here. You look at your life
today, the trials and tribulations you encounter, the victories that you win because
of him. It is because he is here present with you right now on
December twenty fourth, twenty twenty three. It's because he is. He just
is. In the Book of Exodus, the Bible says, I am,
tell the people, Tell my people, I AM have sent me unto you.
This is when Moses was saying, but God, who should I say
sent me? He said, tell him, I am that I am like
I am is. Thus shout, they'll say, unto the children of Israel,
I am hath sent me unto you. I'm so excited. I done
lost my page, right, I done lost my page. But anyway,
the Bible says also that he is, he is and was. That means
at every time in history Jesus was. When he says I am, that
means he's eternal AI and he is to come. So whatever happened to you
in your past, whatever happened in the generations before you, your grandparents,
and to one hundred generations in the past, all the way back to Adam,
and all the way beyond Adam to when there were no humans on planet
Earth and only celestial beings existed, Jesus was there. Why because he's the
one who was, who is, and is to come. He's the creator
of all. In Micah chapter five, the Bible teaches us that he's eternal.
Like he is eternal. He is eternal, and therefore even he was
back then and he is to come. That means anything that comes in your
future or in the future of anyone you know or do not know, Jesus
will be there. He is eternal, just like God, our father.
Blessed be his name. Can you see why this book is so incredible.
We see the revelation of God's way. We see the revelation of the character
of God in the face of Jesus Christ. We see the revelation of the
mission of Jesus Christ to this planet and beyond, because of course his mission
and ministry was even to celestial beings, to angels. And oh, my
goodness, we just don't have the time today, but I'll come back to
that at some point. Yes, and of course, is to come anything
anytime in the future. Jesus is there. He has already seen and is
currently experiencing all that will happen in the eternal future. Therefore, his plan
for your life is complete. There is nothing that he has not already prepared
for in your life. He is not being awakened by some alarm in the
cosmic universe that says, oh, my goodness, let me go back and
see how can I be of service to those people down there. No,
it is a blessing to know that the one who was, and is and
is to come, God, Almighty God, the Sun. In this case,
Jesus Christ is ever present and ever present help for your time of need.
And we continue now in verse four. Now, John, to the
seven churches which are in Asia, Grace and peace be unto you from Him
who which was and is and is to come, from the seventh spirits which
are before the Throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness.
I'm thankful, and the first begotten of the dead, and the Prince
of the kings of the earth. Unto him who loved us and washed us
from our sins in his own blood. We'll continue with this message as the
days continue. Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember
we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the
mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with el David Harris,
make it a great day. Yeah,