Speaker 1: 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
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Speaker 1: Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning, it is Sunday, It's
June one, already, twenty twenty five. 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 our lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy,
and our caption for today is the wrath of the Lamb.
The wrath of the Lamb, and in my mind I
immediately change that to a question like what the wrath
of the lamb? Yeah, before we get into that, we
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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead
and pray. Father, we thank you for giving us the
promise that you will never leave us, You'll never forsake us.
Thank you for giving us the privilege of being in
right relationship with you, so we have no concerns of
the wrath of God, the wrath of the lamb. Please
give us your holy spirit today in Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again, the wrath of the lamb. Now
you should have been asking the same question, like the what.
And I will admit, though I don't want to be
a hypocrite, that for the many decades that I have
been studying this Bible that God has given to us,
it did not occur to me that this was weird.
Maybe that's not the word that you would use, but
wrath of a lamb? Have you ever seen lambs or sheep?
What does that even mean? Lamb? Lamb's wrath? Like what?
But but but we'll get into it, Like I'm not
trying to make light of it, but it should immediately
be jarring to you, like, wait a minute. So, if
we choose to be hidden in Christ, of course the
Lamb being represent is representing Christ. So if we choose
to be hidden in Christ, we don't need to be
hidden from Christ. I wish I had the time. Take
your time. I'll say it one more time. If we
choose to be hidden in Christ, and we do not
need to be hidden from Christ the wrath of the
lamb mm hmm. Yeah. So we're going now into the
Bible Book of Revelation, chapter six, and I will read
beginning at verse twelve, and the Bible reads, and I
beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo,
there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black,
and the moon became as blood verse thirteen. And the
stars of heaven fell unto the earth verse fifteen. And
the kings of the Earth and the great men they
did what They hid themselves in the dens and in
the rocks of the mountains verse sixteen, and said, unto
the mountains and rocks. That's weird. They're talking to mountains
and rocks. Yep, fall on us and hide us from
the face of Him. That sitteth upon the throne. Now,
let me just pause for a moment. Right here, there's
there is a benediction in the Bible that says that
we want God's face to shine upon us and give
us peace, Like we want this to be our reality,
the face of God to shine upon us. But yet,
and at the same time, there are people at the
edge of the last days, when it is too late.
People have already chosen to turn away from God. And
those who love God are sealed and stuck that way
in a good way. And the people who hate God,
who are in fear of God, those individuals are saying,
hide us from that face, the face that is the
brightness and the light of the world, like the face
that is has been there to show us his approbation
and his approval, like that face that we should have loved.
They're saying, hide us from that face of the one
who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of
the lamb. Like this is really interesting. You see, the
lamb was taken as as as he was taken to
the slaughter, and and and as a lamb or a
sheep before his shearers is quiet, so opened Jesus, not
his mouth when he was giving his life for us,
when he was taking the penalty of our sins and
all of the wrath of God for us so we
don't have to take it. When he died the death
that we deserve, so we can have the life that
he deserves. He didn't even open his mouth. He cried out,
really to ask God, why is this happening? But he
did not try to get out of it. He did
not try to run away from those who were just
who were who were who were crucifying him in that way.
And now there's wrath though, fast forward thousands of years,
when all of the mercy has been given, when all
of what we need in order to be saved has
been given, when everything that could possibly be done has
been done in order to save us from our sins.
Now the people are having remorse, having remorse. Now they're
hiding from the wrath of the lamb. Sounds almost like
Adam in the garden of Eden. Adam, where are you?
I was naked. I was hiding and afraid, naked, hiding
and afraid, hiding because I was naked. I was fearful. Well,
who told you you were naked? Adam? Did you do
what I said you shouldn't do Did you separate yourself
from relationship with me? Adam? And of course then there
was a plan for their salvation. But at this point
it is forever too late. So what do you notice
about the response? Well, first of all, those who did
not love God were fearful, but they were not repentant.
They recognize that God is real. They even name the
wrath of the Lamb. But they don't seek mercy. Why not,
because they're stuck lost. Now they've made their final decision,
they hide. They cannot surrender anymore. And so the heart
that resists God for too long becomes unable to yield
even when the truth is undeniable. I could say so
many more things on that, but I think I will
just pause right there. And so really I need some lessons,
some lessons right before we come to a swift close.
The Bible reads again in verse sixteen, the lost they
cry out to be hidden from quote the wrath of
the Lamb. The lesson is people will be lost not
because they were uninformed, there's no new information, but because
they refused to love the one who loved them most,
because they consistently rejected his entreaties. Of mercy because they
did not love the one who loved them the most.
Number two truth is delayed but not denied. In Tecod
Peter chapter three, in verse four, where is the promise
of His coming? You see there are some scoffers, people
who supposedly love God, supposedly, but don't really love God
who claimed to be his people. But they refuse to
believe that God is Jesus is still coming because they're like, well,
things are still going on the way that we've known
they're going on. So where is the promise of his coming? Where?
This just doesn't work? This is not working, And so
those scoffers confuse God's patience, that long suffering patience that
Peter referenced with his absence. But delay is a gift
of mercy, not a cancelation of prophecy. Some people say,
I'm tired of hearing that Jesus is coming. When is
he coming? Maybe he's not coming. Well, let me say
it again. Delay is a gift of mercy, not a
cancelation of prophecy. Of course, the second coming will be
sudden to those who are unprepared, sudden to those who
are unprepared. Matthew twenty four and verse thirty nine says,
and they knew not until the flood came. Just like
in Noah's day, there will be people who were caught unawares.
But the Bible says that his coming will not come
upon God's people unawares. Because you have been watching and waiting,
looking forward to the day for Jesus to come. Are
you looking forward to the day? Be ready, He's on
his way. Peace.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 2: Friends.
Speaker 1: 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,