BBD 08.23.16 Is Now the Time? (Classic)

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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

23 August 2016

Is Now the Time?

The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.
So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom
they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests. -
Matthew 22:8-10 NKJV.

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. - Psalm 23:6b NKJV.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness
to all the nations, and then the end will come. - Matthew 24:14 NKJV.

Looking ahead to our future home can give us great comfort. I believe King
David often contemplated his eternal home, and how wonderful that would be to
leave behind the pain and troubles of this world. How close are we to the end?
I think that every generation has believed that they were on the brink. Surely,
now we are very close to the Gospel being preached to every nation. Of course,
only the Father knows as Jesus says, “But of that
day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only
(Matthew 24:36).”

With every day, the wedding feast of the Lamb is drawing closer and closer. In Revelation 19:9 we are told, “Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!” Who will be in the Kingdom of Heaven? All those who
respond to the invitation, and are clothed with the wedding clothes will be in
the Kingdom of Heaven. What are the wedding clothes? In Matthew 22:11-14 is the description of a
guest who refused to put on the wedding clothes: “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did
not have on a wedding garment. So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in
here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to
the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer
darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called but
few are chosen.”

It was the custom of royalty during the time of Jesus to give beautiful robes
to all those attending their parties or feasts to wear while in attendance. The
robes were luxurious, and when they left the robes would be collected. In the
parable Jesus tells, the king has passed out the robes so everyone would be
properly dressed. One man, even though he wanted to attend the party, refused
to put on the proper clothes. What is the King’s robe? It is the Robe of
Righteousness that can be ours through the turning from sin and receiving
Christ as our Savior. Isaiah says, “I delight
greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with
garments of salvation and arrayed me in a Robe of Righteousness (Isaiah 61:10).” In Revelation
chapter three we are given a view of those whose names are
written in the Lamb’s Book of Life and everyone is wearing a white robe.

Perhaps life’s greatest question is have you accepted the King’s invitation and
been clothed with the Robe of Righteousness?

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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 websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

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Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
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Prayer
Requests:
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Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Loretta Brewer and
Jeanie. Please add Gary Kirk to your prayer list.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. 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. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

23 August 2016

Is Now the Time?

The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.
So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom
they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests. -
Matthew 22:8-10 NKJV.

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. - Psalm 23:6b NKJV.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness
to all the nations, and then the end will come. - Matthew 24:14 NKJV.

Looking ahead to our future home can give us great comfort. I believe King
David often contemplated his eternal home, and how wonderful that would be to
leave behind the pain and troubles of this world. How close are we to the end?
I think that every generation has believed that they were on the brink. Surely,
now we are very close to the Gospel being preached to every nation. Of course,
only the Father knows as Jesus says, “But of that
day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only
(Matthew 24:36).”

With every day, the wedding feast of the Lamb is drawing closer and closer. In Revelation 19:9 we are told, “Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!” Who will be in the Kingdom of Heaven? All those who
respond to the invitation, and are clothed with the wedding clothes will be in
the Kingdom of Heaven. What are the wedding clothes? In Matthew 22:11-14 is the description of a
guest who refused to put on the wedding clothes: “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did
not have on a wedding garment. So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in
here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to
the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer
darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called but
few are chosen.”

It was the custom of royalty during the time of Jesus to give beautiful robes
to all those attending their parties or feasts to wear while in attendance. The
robes were luxurious, and when they left the robes would be collected. In the
parable Jesus tells, the king has passed out the robes so everyone would be
properly dressed. One man, even though he wanted to attend the party, refused
to put on the proper clothes. What is the King’s robe? It is the Robe of
Righteousness that can be ours through the turning from sin and receiving
Christ as our Savior. Isaiah says, “I delight
greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with
garments of salvation and arrayed me in a Robe of Righteousness (Isaiah 61:10).” In Revelation
chapter three we are given a view of those whose names are
written in the Lamb’s Book of Life and everyone is wearing a white robe.

Perhaps life’s greatest question is have you accepted the King’s invitation and
been clothed with the Robe of Righteousness?

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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 websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

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.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle Abetz, Shane
Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Loretta Brewer and
Jeanie. Please add Gary Kirk to your prayer list.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. 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. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

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.

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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
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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