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 Friday, June seven, twenty twenty four. Hello, my
name is Elle 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 our Lesson study series, the Great Controversy.
Our caption for today is perfect Timing. I said, perfect timing.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but before we do, I'd
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father in
heaven, thank you for the opportunity to open your word. Thank you for
your Holy Spirit who is faithful to teach us your word. I pray God
now that you will teach us to understand your will and then that we will
live it. Please insulate us against the attacks of the enemy, and help
us to listen keenly to your voice, so when the counterfeit comes in,
we'll know it's not you. Teach us to love you. Please, in
Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay again, our
caption is perfect timing. One of the quick phrases that I learned some years
ago, and really this can be applied in a number of contexts is no
haste, no delay. No haste, no delay, and that means just
at the right time. There are times that we want to jump the gun.
There are times that we don't know what the right time of a thing
is, and we want to either hurry up, press on the gas no
breaks, or if we don't like how fast something is going, but it's
appropriate from God's perspective, we want to put two feet on the breaks and
then put our cars into park while it's supposed to be in drive. God
is teaching us that his time is perfect. And you're like, well,
what does that have to do with our lesson study. Well, Jesus understands
what the right time is, and not this just that he understands because he
determines what the right time is. God determines what the right time is.
The Father Son, the Holy Spirit. Together they determine what the right time
is, the right time for what right time for resurrection, right time for
resurrection. And so when Jesus gave his life for us, right he died,
He gave his life a ransom for many so that we could be saved.
He came up out of the tomb at the right time, right at
the right time. Jesus will come at the right time. Jesus will shout
with the voice of the archangel. At the right time, Jesus will raise
the dead. You see and by the way, when Jesus was giving his
life for us, it was on Friday that he breathed his last and the
Bible says, gave up the ghost, meaning the breath that was in his
body. That was the day. Friday was the day God is orderly.
And then on Sabbath, the Bible says. The Bible says that he rested
according to the commandment. He rested in the tomb according to the command So
on Friday, Jesus gives up the ghost. Before sunset he passes away.
He lays down his life just like he said he would. And then during
the Sabbath hours he was resting in the tomb, he was dead, okay.
And then, just as the prophecies fore told, just as Jesus said,
very clearly in his own voice, just as the people should have expected,
excuse me. On the first day of the week, that is Sunday
morning. Early Sunday morning, the Bible says that Jesus basically he took up
his life again. And when Gabriel came from heaven, he comes down,
he says, son of God, thy father Calleth thee. Jesus had taken
up his life just as the prophecies said he didn't take up his life on
the second day, he didn't give his life on the third day. He
didn't give his life on the second day and take it back up on the
second day, or Jesus gives his life in order on the second day,
he rests in the tomb according to the commandment, on the Sabbath, and
then on Sunday morning, Resurrection morning, Jesus takes up his life. You
see, God's timing is perfect. Now you're like, OK, why do
you keep saying that. Well, we'll come back to the scriptures. But
I want you to understand that the enemy does not like you, like he
hates you. And so from the book The Great Controversy, page five hundred
and sixty, will see how people who do not accept the timing of God
will be deceived. Just before us is the quote hour of temptation, which
shall come upon all of the world to try them that dwell upon the earth.
All whose faith is not firmly established upon the word of God will be
deceived and overcome. Satan works with all deceivableness of unrighteousness to gain control of
the children of men, and his deceptions will what continually increase, But he
can gain his object only as men or humans voluntarily yield to his temptations.
Those who are earnestly seeking a knowledge of the truth and are striving to purify
our souls through obedience, thus doing what they can to prepare for the conflict,
will find in the God of Truth a sure defense. Good. Because
thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee is
the Savior's promise he would sooner send every angel out of heaven to protect his
people than to leave one soul that trusts in him to be overcome by Satan.
That's the end of the quote. So in the last days the deceiver
is going to be is excuse me, the deceiver is in high gear,
all gas, no breaks. All he wants to do is destroy you.
In one of the ways is to cause people to see what does not exist,
to see that dead loved ones are really not dead, and to send
messages through those voices, just like he did in the incident with the witch
at end Or and supposedly supposedly the prophet Samuel. And it was a deception.
And we could go on and on, But the Bible is teaching us
that as in the Book of Ecclesiastes. The Book of Ecclesiastes, chapter nine
and verse five. For the living know that we shall die, I said,
we ah, But the dead no, not anything. So you don't
have to worry about a house being haunted by dead folks because they're dead.
You don't have to listen out for a message from somebody who has died,
because wait a minute, the Bible says that the dead don't know anything,
neither have they any more reward for the memory of them is forgotten. Okay,
okay. And then in First Thessalonians, chapter four and verse sixteen,
Bible teaches us again the timing that I was alluding to a little bit earlier.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, but the
voice of the archangel and with the trump of God, and the dead in
Christ shall rise first. So the resurrection that happens first is the resurrection of
the just. Okay. The resurrection that happens first, that is at the
second coming of Jesus Christ, is for those who are in Christ. Then
we which are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them in
the clouds. See the people who have passed away that love God. They're
not in the clouds already. They are not already in heaven, because then
that wouldn't make sense, because then they'd have to come down from heaven,
go back into the grave, and then be raised on that day and then
we go up again together. You see that ain't there. It's just not
there to meet the Lord in the air. And there shall we also ever
be with the Lord. And I'm thankful because at the appropriate time when Jesus
does come, when he comes, those who loved God who are now resting,
will finally be delivered from their tombs. Yes, they will finally with
us. If we're alive. When Jesus comes back and remain, we will
receive immortality together. And then and only then will we say, in with
the scripture's death, where is your staying like where is your victory? Our
victory is in Christ. The grave cannot hold God's people. We'll talk about
it some more 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,