He'll Do It Again

Recently I've been spending some time in Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament, a one-year devotional book written by Nancy Guthrie.  I began this book in January, so you would think that today I would have read the June 15 reading, or something at least close to that.

However, I'm still in the March readings.  One of the reasons for that is that I don't read from this book every day.  The more significant reason is that I sometimes (often) spend more than one day on a day's reading.  Thinking about what I've read.  Pondering it.  Doing some additional digging.

This morning's reading has me on "pause" again.  This morning's reading was titled He Came Down.  Ponder the magnitude of that for a moment.

God came down.  To earth.  To us.

God came down in the Old Testament.

"I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians."  (Exodus 3:8 NLT)

"The LORD came down in a cloud and stood there with [Moses]." (Exodus 34:5 NLT)

"When all the people of Israel saw the fire coming down and the glorious presence of the LORD filling the Temple, they fell face down to the ground and worshiped and praised the LORD."  (2 Chronicles 7:3 NLT)

These Old Testament events pointed to the time when God would come to earth in the flesh.

"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us."  (John 1:14 NASB)

"The Son of Man has come down from heaven."  (John 3:13 NLT)

"I am the bread that came down out of heaven."  (John 6:41 NASB)

"Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."  (Philippians 2:8 NASB)

God came down in the Person of Jesus Christ.  He came down to rescue us from the slavery of sin.  He came down to reveal Himself to us.  He came down to fill the world with His presence.

And He'll do it again.

"For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God."  (1 Thessalonians 4:16 NLT)

Are you ready?