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Monday... The wonders that happen!


Genesis 37:6 (NLT), "'Listen to this dream.' he said."

Monday... The wonders that happen!

Now the Bible is amazing. It really is. I am now on a daily basis reading the first book in the Bible, Genesis, the middle book, Psalms and the last book, Revelation. It really is amazing.

Today in Genesis 37:6 (NLT), I read, "'Listen to this dream.' he said." The he was Joseph and he had 11 brothers who hated him. He was his dad's favorite and his dream was that someday they would worship him. And of course that would make us angry but as you read on we see how the dream is fulfilled.


And that is what the Bible does.

Now the last book, Revelation shows how God will fulfill his plan, his dream. Now a lot happens between these two books.

In Revelation 18:10b it says, "How terrible, how terrible for you, O Babylon, you great city! In a single moment God's judgment came on you." Babylon represents the evil in the world. Such as what Joseph's brothers did to him.

In the final chapter of the Bible, in 22:12-14 we read, "Look I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds. I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life." If you go back to the beginning of Genesis you will see that this was God's plan, his dream but our representatives didn't do what he said, they blew it. But it didn't stop God!  

Now Psalms is a link right in the middle. I read today in Psalm 66:5-7, "Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people! He made a dry path through the Red Sea, and his people went across on foot. There we rejoiced in him. For by his great power he rules forever. He watches every movement of the nations; let no rebel rise in defiance." And Joseph had a hand in the Red Sea story.

Again "Come and see what our God has done." and what he will do. Yes the wonders that have happened, that are happening and will happen are written in the Bible. 

Psalm 66:1 says, "Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth! Sing about the glory of his name! Tell the world how glorious he is." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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