My Dream, My Hope!
(Rev 22:1-5)
Hope is in Him, and
He fulfills the dreams of those who put their hope in Him.
Faith is having the dream of God, and
The life of this faith is being obsessed with His dream to finally fulfill it.
As dreams occur having nothing to do with one's will,
Hopes arise suddenly and
People make all kinds of sacrifice to fulfill them.
Because of dreams, improvements can be made,
Though a family or a couple having different dreams will face arguments and breakups.
Nevertheless, God wants to give His dream
To men and fulfill it.
Deceived by the devil,
Adam, the living being, sinned and
All men became hidden from the face of God (Ge 4:14).
The Bible describes men who were
Obsessed with their dreams and succeeded.
Jacob saw God in his dream (Ge 28:12-17) and,
Accordingly he returned to his father's land after 20 years and
Wrestled against an angel, seeing the face of God (Ge 32:30).
Because of his dream, Joseph was sold and
Lived as a slave and even was imprisoned (Ge 37:5, Ge 44:14).
But after he became the governor of Egypt and his brothers bowed to him
His dream came true after 27 years (Ge 42:6).
The Israelites who were slaves of Egypt began to have
A new dream, unlike those of other peoples', which was
To be led into the land where milk and honey flowed and
Worship God (Ex 3:12).
God commanded Moses, who saw the back of God, to
Build the sanctuary (Ex 33:23) so that
God would shine His face on it (Dan 9:17).
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days, because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn 2:19),
He would reveal the Father's face to those who see Him (Jn 14:9) for
He is the face of God, the glory of the Only Begotten Son(Jn 1:1 Jn 1:14 Php 2:6).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished(Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
- Fulfilled the Father's dream(Jn 10:18);
- Condemned the devil;
- Tore His flesh and made a way for whosoever to come by the confidence gained through His blood before the name Jesus to see the face of God (He 10:19-20).
He rose and He is the Lamb on
The throne by the river of water of life (Rev 21:1-5).
The Holy Spirit comes to
Those sprinkled with the blood of Jesus and
Gives them the dream of seeing the face of Jesus.
The man of the Spirit has
The dream of seeing the face of the Lord Jesus in the air when He returns.
Therefore, he puts every effort to
Worship successfully (Mt 18:20; Jn 4:24) and
Pray (Mt 18:18; Rev 8:3), and
Lives with such obsession for 20 years, 30 years - until it is fulfilled.
O Lord,
We have a dream today - to see Your face when You return!
This is our dream, our hope.
Let us, our family and our church be united by this dream.
Amen.