Exodus 26:33 NKJV And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you between the holy place and the Most Holy. Most of us don't need convincing to realise we aren't worthy to stand face to face with the Lord. Instinctively, we realise that He is Holy and our lives are full of selfishness and sin. So, in the Old Testament we see the Lord establishing a veil between Him and th

Isaiah 40:1-2 GW "Comfort My people! Comfort them!" says your God. [2] "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and announce to it that its time of hard labour is over and its wrongs have been paid for. It has received from the LORD double for all its sins." Aren't people doing exactly the opposite to God's Chosen at present? The reviling of Israel is rife in the media and on the streets, championed by followers of radical Islam and, indeed, by those who have swallowed the lies of propag

Isaiah 62:1-9 GW For Zion's sake I will not remain silent. For Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness shines like the dawn and its salvation burns brightly like a torch. [2] The nations will see your righteousness. All kings will see your glory. You will be given a new name that the LORD will announce. [3] Then you will be a beautiful crown in the hand of the LORD, a royal crown in the hand of your God. [4] You will no longer be called Deserted, and your la

Isaiah 24:21-23 NIV In that day the Lord will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below. [22] They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days. [23] The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders---with great glory. Of course Satan is inciting a great, malign antagonism towards Zion, for

Prophecies of Zion Psalm 102:12-16 NKJV But You, O LORD, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your Name to all generations. [13] You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favour her, Yes, the set time, has come. [14] For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favour to her dust. [15] So the nations shall fear the Name of the LORD, And all the kings of the earth Your Glory. [16] For the LORD shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His Glory. S

2 Chronicles 16:9 NLT The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him. What a fool you have been! From now on you will be at war." King Asa had started out with a pure trust in the Lord and was rewarded by victory over his enemies. Yet remarkably that victory didn't inspire more trust. When Judah was attacked by Baasha of Israel, Asa took treasures from God's Temple and used them as a sweetener for the king of A

2 Chronicles 15:5-7 NLT "During those dark times, it was not safe to travel. Problems troubled the people of every land. [6] Nation fought against nation, and city against city, for God was troubling them with every kind of problem. [7] But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded." Fighting off discouragement is something we all have to do throughout the life of faith. The Pilgrim's Progress talks of being caught in the "Slough of Despond" - a Slo

This is the day! Psalm 118:24 NKJV This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. So today marks my first breath on this Earth after my precious mum had carried me for 9 months in her womb. I was treasured, I was welcomed into a loving family - nurtured in the ways of the Lord - until I was old enough to make my own decision to commit to Jesus. This was truly a blessing. Yet there are those whose life has been marked with rejection by their parents and

Revelation 1:4-8 NKJV John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, [5] and from Jesus Christ, the Faithful Witness, the Firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, [6] and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever a

Isaiah 55:6-11 NKJV Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. [7] Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. [8] "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD. [9] "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.