Written on a 4x6 note card by Stan Julin.
[Blog Author's Note: The following note card, is remarkable, not for its phrasing, but for the depth of thought necessary to find this connection between Revelation 22:16 and 1 Thessalonians 5.]
June 27, 2000
The Greek word for morning (in bright and morning star) is ὀρθρινός, which means also and perhaps usually, early. For those who think the time will be afar, He will come sooner than expected. For those who look for [Him] with hope and expectancy, He will surely come without delay. For those who dispair, the star visibly shows the beginning of a clear day, a welcome signal. Those who see the brightness, know that His strong and faithful purposes have never slackened. Those who see Him bright and early, know that He has important things to do. Those in the night may realize that the star is there for someone else to see. Those asleep do not know whether there is a star there for someone to see. Those asleep do not know whether there is a star and do not care, for they have no hope, no sight but distorted dreams, nothing important to do and no good reason to do it, for to them there is no night, no day, no time, no opportunity; those that sleep, sleep in the night and are drunken in the night. Peace and safety...all things continue as they were.
But we, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should catch us as a thief. You are all children of light and children of day; let us watch, etc.
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