{"id":11522,"date":"2023-12-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11522"},"modified":"2023-12-03T10:57:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T17:57:23","slug":"looking-forward-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11522","title":{"rendered":"Looking Forward to …"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sunday, December 3, 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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(from the James Webb Space Telescope)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Looking To the Stars,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the Future,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As God Promises ….<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zechariah 1:17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proclaim further: Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; the Lord will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke 2:25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words of Grace For Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signs of the times have always pointed us to the end of times just around the corner. Yet if we imagine the future, are today\u2019s signs of the times so different? Can we not rest assured that God has a long future planned for us all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking 1000 years into the future, trusting God\u2019s promises we can envision Xaria and Ishra Delopier of Glaxton. They will live a day\u2019s travel at 10 times the speed of light from the nearest planet with cities on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

News will reach them each hour of conflicts and disasters, and diseases. On the first Sunday of Advent news will arrive of another sun gone nova, consuming all it\u2019s planets and the people on them, and the following messages filled with fears that the end of all time has arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At midday Xaria and Ishra will gather for a meal with the refugees they will have taken in the previous weeks. In the first week of Advent they will first thank God remembering God\u2019s work for their ancestors through so many generations, for the Holy Spirit\u2019s presence with them each day, and God\u2019s promise that Jesus would return to bring peace throughout the universe. Together they will end with, \u201cCome Lord Jesus, be our guest. Save us again this day, from disasters, conflict, and disease.\u201d Then they will all return to tending to the drones farming their planet to provide for their own growing numbers and for many people who will buy food from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are we doing today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do we wait looking forward to the consolation of the world, assured the Holy Spirit rests on us?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is another day to wait, looking forward to all God\u2019s promises for us and <\/em>all creation<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday, December 3, 2023 Looking To the Stars, To the Future, As God Promises …. Zechariah 1:17 Proclaim further: Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; the Lord will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem. Luke 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; … Continue reading “Looking Forward to …”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,86,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dark-and-light","category-hope","category-sky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11525,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11522\/revisions\/11525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}