Matthew 28:6

Miracle Countdown

The nights turned to morn and the moments ticked away, but it was coming!  Each day mounted a new excitement, a waited anticipation, but for whom?  Who believed Jesus when He said He would die but "rise again" on the third day?  They had never heard of such a happening and were skeptical.  But, Jesus Christ the Lord, said it, and the "Miracle Countdown" was on; the redemption plan was underway.

                                                              

"There came unto him a woman having an

alabaster box of very precious anointment,

and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat."

(Matthew 26:7)

There are four reports of Jesus being anointed by a woman while He was still alive on earth.  The two most notable were Mary of Bethany, who anointed Jesus' feet and wiped them with her hair; and the other is the unnamed woman in the house of Simon the leper, who anointed Jesus' head.  The first took place six days before the Passover at which Jesus was crucified and the latter took place two days before Passover.  All of the disciples complained about the waste of the expensive ointment, but Jesus described it as a beautiful thing done to anoint Him for burial.  We should never taint anyone's attempt at worship of the Lord Jesus Christ; what we might think is showy or flagrant, the Lord may consider it to be precious in His sight. 

"Say to the Daughter of Zion, 'See, your king comes to

you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal 

of a donkey."   (Matthew 21:5) 

The countdown continues; the Prophet Isaiah foretold it, "Say ye to the daughter of Zion, behold thy salvation cometh."  (Isaiah 62:11)  He is coming in meekness and compassion with a purpose, to give himself as a ransom for the very dust of the earth He created.  He comes willingly, silently, humbly, to be beaten, spit upon, nailed and crucified to redeem a people who have yet to understand His infinite thought process from the beginning of time to the finale of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:2.  It was a plot of ethereal scheming, maneuvering self-sufficient clods of dust by an eternal unseen hand. 

                                                              

"And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they 

put {it} upon his head, and a reed in his right hand:

and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him,

saying, Hail, King of the Jews!"

(Matthew 27:29)

"Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?

Whom seekest thou?  She, supposing him to be the gardener,

saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me

where thou has laid him, and I will take him away."

(John 20:15)

The Miracle was manifested!  The Lord Jesus Christ was alive; He rose and lives forevermore!  However, the story is not over  ...  we are still in a Countdown to Miracles; the hand of Almighty God moves daily, in prisons, in hospital rooms, in sanctuaries, in homes, in baptistries, in altars, and on street corners  ...  but, the Countdown continues!  We have only moments until the Rapture of the church, the catching away of the Bride of Christ ... then, the Countdown moves on to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, riding on a white horse, with multitudes of saints following. 

The Lord Jesus Christ invented that awesome, glorious word "Miracle," from the moment He created the heavens and the earth and said, "Let there be light."  That famous word moves in waves of Glory second by second as God implements His ongoing physics' formula of amalgamated matter and breathes into created earth His own eye view of perfection. 

There's one thing we know for sure; the Miracle Countdown is an unhindered continuum, for God is eternal; His mind is eternal; His creative impetus is eternal; His motive for molding heaven and earth is eternal; His desire for you and me is eternal; His blueprint following the 1,000 years of peace is eternal  ...  We should keep one thing in mind; the One who knows all, IS all, becomes all, makes or breaks all, holds all, and looses all, IS Alive!  In case mankind thinks we are in charge, we would do well to note the power of Almighty God; He created life and He created death ... the tomb is empty AND the cross is empty!

                                                                                                                                   By Sheryl Fowler

                                      (Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.

 PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)