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DECEMBER 26
Proverbs 30:21–23
For three things the earth is perturbed,
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Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
3:9 the stone. Here is another reference to the 22 For a servant when he reigns,
Messiah. In Psalm 118:22,23; Isaiah 8:13–15; A fool when he is filled with food,
28:16;Daniel 2:35,45;Matthew 21:42;Ephesians
23 A hateful woman when she is married,
2:19–22; 1 Peter 2:6–8, He is a rejected stone, a
stone of stumbling,a stone of refuge,a destroy- And a maidservant who succeeds her
ing stone, and a foundation stone. Here He is mistress.
the precious foundation stone, with “7 eyes” Revelation 16:1–21
symbolic of His omniscience and infinite intelli-
gence (4:10; Is. 11:2; Col. 2:3; Rev. 5:6). The Then I heard a loud voice from the tem-
engraving may be a reference to the corner- 16 ple saying to the seven angels, “Go and
stone of the temple building, on which will be pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the
engraved an inscription attesting to the divine earth.”
Builder and the purpose for which the building 2 So the first went and poured out his bowl
was erected. As such, it is closely tied to the upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore
removal of “the iniquity of that land in one day,” came upon the men who had the mark of the
symbolized by the removal of filthy garments beast and those who worshiped his image.
in v.4.The phrase looks to the future day when 3 Then the second angel poured out his bowl
there will be cleansing and forgiveness for the on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead
nation as a whole (12:10–13:1; Rom. 11:25–27), man; and every living creature in the sea died.
made possible through Christ’s redemptive 4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl
provision at Calvary.
on the rivers and springs of water, and they
became blood. And I heard the angel of the
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waters saying:
‘And I will remove the iniquity of that
land in one day. “You are righteous, O Lord,
In that day,’ says the LORD of hosts,
10 The One who is and who was and who
‘Everyone will invite his neighbor is to be,
Under his vine and under his fig tree.’ ” Because You have judged these things.
6 For they have shed the blood of saints
Psalm 147:12–20 and prophets,
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! And You have given them blood to
Praise your God, O Zion! drink.
For He has strengthened the bars of For it is their just due.”
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your gates;
He has blessed your children within
you.
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He makes peace in your borders,
And fills you with the finest wheat. 16:5 who is and who was and who is to be.
15 This phrase expresses God’s eternality (1:4,8;
He sends out His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly. 4:8; 11:17). Verse 6 says that the eternal God
He gives snow like wool;
16 will judge justly because they have killed the
He scatters the frost like ashes; believers and preachers of the gospel (6:9–11;
He casts out His hail like morsels;
17 7:9–17; 11:18; 17:6; 18:20). This slaughter will
Who can stand before His cold? have no parallel in history (Matt. 24:21) and
18 He sends out His word and melts neither will the vengeance of God (Rom.
them; 12:19–21).
He causes His wind to blow, and the
waters flow.
7 And I heard another from the altar saying,
19 He declares His word to Jacob, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righ-
His statutes and His judgments to teous are Your judgments.”
Israel. 8
20 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl
He has not dealt thus with any nation; on the sun, and power was given to him to
And as for His judgments, they have scorch men with fire. And men were
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not known them.
scorched with great heat, and they blas-
Praise the LORD! phemed the name of God who has power over
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