Wednesday's Word: Like The Stars Forever And Ever

 

"And at that time of the end, Michael shall arise, 
the great angelic prince who defends and has charge 
of your (Daniel's) people, (Israel). And there shall be
a time of trouble and distress such as never was
 since there was a nation till that time. But at that
 time your people shall be delivered, everyone
whose name shall be found written in the
Book of God's plan for His own.

The Prophet Daniel

( circa.1508-1512)

Michaelangelo

(1475-1564)

Italian sculptor, painter, architect,

and poet of the High Renaissance

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth
shall awake: some to everlasting life and some to shame
and ever lasting contempt and abhorrence.

And the teachers and those who are wise shall shine
like the brightness of the firmament, and those who
turn many to righteousness, to uprightness and right
standing with God, shall give forth light like the
stars forever and ever.
(Daniel 12:1-3)

"Then will the righteous, those who are upright and in
right standing with God shine forth like the sun in the
kingdom of their Father.  Let him who has ears to hear
be listening, and let him consider and perceive
and understand by hearing."
(Matthew 13:43)

"And they shall come out-those who have practiced
doing good, will come out, to the resurrection of new life
and those who have done evil will be raised for judgment,
raised to meet their sentence."
(John 5:29)

View of the Old City of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

Picture courtesy/Getty Images/iStock

"The sun is glorious in one way, the moon is glorious in another way,
and the stars are glorious in their own distinctive way; for one star
   differs from and surpasses another in its beauty and brilliance.
    So it is with the resurrection of the dead.  The body that is sown
  is perishable and decays, but the body that is resurrected
is imperishable, immune to decay, immortal.
(1 Corinthians 15:41-42)

May You Shine

(2007)

Zemer Levav

Galilee of Nations Music USA, Inc.