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 and receive the power we need to live healthy,
vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker, Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, May two,
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 Eternal Kingdom. The Eternal Kingdom. We'll
get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
morning and for the privilege of this time, this day
of preparation. Please prepare our hearts today for your coming.
In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and a man again.
I want to give you a newsflash. Really, it doesn't
come on the news media almost at all. Yeah, evil
must end. I want you to let that settle in.
You're listening on the radio, you are online, you're listening
on a podcast. Evil must end. Yeah. And if I
ended right here and then gave you the method of
this evil ending in Christ, then we will have done
our job. But let's go ahead and read today. We're
going to read today. And by the way, we're going
to use the relationship development perspective from page one hundred
in our Life Application Guide after we go through these quotes. Okay,
and so the quote is coming in from the book
The Great Controversy, page six hundred and seventy four. The
Great Controversy, page six hundred seventy four, and it reads,
I saw a new heaven and a new Earth, not
the one that we're familiar with, the new heaven and
the new Earth. For the first heaven and the first
Earth were passed away. That's from Revelation chapter twenty one
and verse one. The fire that consumes the wicked purifies
the earth. So let me share something with you. There
are times that people say that this is not our home,
and I understand what we mean by it. But sometimes
we assign heaven as our new permanent address. But quite frankly,
the Bible teaches us that when Jesus returns and he
takes his people to Heaven, will stay there for one
thousand years. In a thousand years only now. I know
that sounds like a long time to us now because
our time is so limited, But in the grand expanse
of eternity, that's not a lot of time. So for
one thousand years we will be in heaven. But then
the Bible says, according to Matthew chapter five, that the
meek will inherit the earth, the earth made new will
be our final home, our home, okay, And so God
is going to purify at that time the earth, every
trace of the curse is swept away. Are you looking
forward to the day that every curse, every trace of sin,
everything that is reminding us of sin. We're going to
talk about one exception. Here's passed away. Well we continue,
No eternally burning hell will keep before the ransomed the
fearful consequences of sin. So for those of you who
have been taught and trained in churches and otherwise, that
the fire will literally be burning forever and ever. The
Bible teaches us that the wickedness will be destroyed, root
and branch, and so what kind of God would would
torture people eternally? Come on, now, let's just be honest
about the character of God. So, no eternally burning hell
will keep before the ransomed the fearful consequences of sin.
I told you about an exception. Here's this exception. One
reminder alone remains. And you're curious, like, what is that reminder?
The reminder is that our redeemer will ever bear the
marks of his crucifixion. He will ever bear those marks
upon his wounded head, upon his side his hands and
feet are the only traces of the kruel work that
sin has wrought, says the prophet beholding Christ in his glory.
He had bright beams coming out of his side, and
there was the hiding of his power in Habakkuk chapter
three and verse four, type of one in the chat.
If you've ever read that passage in Habakkuk, this is encouraging.
And so I will say that the one reminder about
the fact that sin existed is one that is related
to love, not foreboding, not fearfulness, not this is the consequence.
And look at these consequences. And if you mess up again,
this is where you're going. Nothing like that. The one
reminder is one of love. Let me continue the quote
that pierced side whence flowed the crimson crimson stream that
reconciled humankind to God. There is the Savior's glory. There
the hiding of his power mighty to save through the
sacrifice of redemption. He was therefore strong to execute justice
upon them that despised his mercy. And the tokens of
his humiliation are the highest honor, his highest honor through
the eternal ages. The wounds of Calvary will show forth
his praise and declare his power. So Jesus stands throughout
all ages and eternity. He stands as the one who
was able to conquer sin on Sin's turf. On planet Earth,
Jesus will stand as a stark reminder of the power
of love. Let me just say to somebody who feels
like you are in a situation where your ability or
quote power to sin is greater than God's power to
deliver you from sin. You see, Love lifted us when
nothing else would help. The hymn writer wrote, love lifted me, hallelujah.
Love lifted me. Love lifted me when nothing else could help.
Love lifted me. And we'll have that reminder in the
person of Jesus Christ throughout eternity. And so now we
go to our Life Application Guide page one hundred, and
we go to the relationship's application and we use the
acronym WIN for the W the W what is important now?
And hopefully you all are using this Life Application Guide
in your churches and in small groups that you host
for study of the Saba School quarterly W What is
important now? Eternal life isn't just a personal hope. You
understand this is not about just us. It's a promise
to be shared. Our relationships should reflect God's love, drawing
others into the joy of His salvation. Sometimes people are
drawing people into the fear of judgment, the fear of
being destroyed. That is not The goal is to draw
others into the joy of His salvation. Let's internalize the insight.
I consider how you can help others find comfort and
the promise of the new Earth. Remember that's our eternal home.
At the appropriate time, who in your life needs reassurance?
I need you to write a list of these people
who needs reassurance that God's justice and mercy will prevail.
And then the next best move in be intentional in
sharing this hope. This is why I said, write a
list of the people who need this reassurance. For example,
remind a friend or a loved one who is struggling
that suffering is temporary and that God has promised a
world free of pain and sorrow. See Properly positioned hope
is one of the most powerful mindset shifts that we
can ever experience. So give people hope. Yeah, make it
a great day. We'll see you in the Sabbath.
Speaker 1: 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,