BBD 11.17.21 Living in Beulah Land

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

17 November 2021

Living in Beulah Land

You shall
no longer be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord delights
in you, and your land shall be married. - Isaiah 62:4. (Hephzibah means literally, my delight
is in her. Beulah means literally, married.)

Now I saw
a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had
passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for
her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be
His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.’ - Revelation 21:1-3.

Looking
out my back door I can see calves grazing on the green wheat pasture. It is a
peaceful setting, an idyllic setting. The calves have no worries about their
future because their immediate need of food is cared for by the expanse of
wheat available for them to eat. However, the calves cannot see that at some
point in their future they will be loaded up and taken to be sold. The calves
will become neatly packaged meat in some grocery store.

The
lives of many people resemble that of cattle. Many become absorbed in their
day-to-day activities of work and play. They have little desire to hear about
the future because the present is fulfilling. But we are not cattle.
We have the capacity of mind to look forward in time with imagination to our
ultimate end. What is it that you see when you look toward that time? Do
you know what is waiting for you there? Do you look forward with anticipation
or dread?

I can
remember one of the first times I looked forward in time to the end of my life.
It was a frightening experience because in my mind it was dark and unknown. I
didn’t know what would happen when I reached the end of my physical life. Five
years later after I received Christ as my Savior I could then look ahead to the
future and the darkness was gone because I knew what lay ahead. What lay
ahead would be Heaven - living in a perfect place where the Lord God will be
the very light. The marriage will have been completed in New Jerusalem and we
will be living in Beulah Land.

The
Bible says at the end of Revelation 21,
"But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an
abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life
(v. 27).” Is your name written in the Lamb’s
Book of Life?

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
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Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops wherever they may be and help for
Americans and others who have been left behind and those who are fearing for
their lives there in that place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for those
affected by the hurricanes!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Alan Medders (Heart Attack); Georgia Bronnert; Caleb
Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his
wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and
De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia
Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and
Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern
McVey; Nannie R.; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

17 November 2021

Living in Beulah Land

You shall
no longer be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord delights
in you, and your land shall be married. - Isaiah 62:4. (Hephzibah means literally, my delight
is in her. Beulah means literally, married.)

Now I saw
a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had
passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for
her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be
His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.’ - Revelation 21:1-3.

Looking
out my back door I can see calves grazing on the green wheat pasture. It is a
peaceful setting, an idyllic setting. The calves have no worries about their
future because their immediate need of food is cared for by the expanse of
wheat available for them to eat. However, the calves cannot see that at some
point in their future they will be loaded up and taken to be sold. The calves
will become neatly packaged meat in some grocery store.

The
lives of many people resemble that of cattle. Many become absorbed in their
day-to-day activities of work and play. They have little desire to hear about
the future because the present is fulfilling. But we are not cattle.
We have the capacity of mind to look forward in time with imagination to our
ultimate end. What is it that you see when you look toward that time? Do
you know what is waiting for you there? Do you look forward with anticipation
or dread?

I can
remember one of the first times I looked forward in time to the end of my life.
It was a frightening experience because in my mind it was dark and unknown. I
didn’t know what would happen when I reached the end of my physical life. Five
years later after I received Christ as my Savior I could then look ahead to the
future and the darkness was gone because I knew what lay ahead. What lay
ahead would be Heaven - living in a perfect place where the Lord God will be
the very light. The marriage will have been completed in New Jerusalem and we
will be living in Beulah Land.

The
Bible says at the end of Revelation 21,
"But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an
abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life
(v. 27).” Is your name written in the Lamb’s
Book of Life?

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops wherever they may be and help for
Americans and others who have been left behind and those who are fearing for
their lives there in that place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for those
affected by the hurricanes!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Alan Medders (Heart Attack); Georgia Bronnert; Caleb
Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his
wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and
De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia
Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and
Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern
McVey; Nannie R.; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by
sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
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