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The LORD is near - Saturday, January 31, 2026
by Jacob Redekop, Brian Reynolds, John van Dijk, Eugene P. Vedder Jr

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An Unshaken Kingdom Seen by Faith

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
Hebrews 12:28

An Unshaken Kingdom Seen by Faith
As the Spirit of God passes these great and heavenly truths before our souls in Hebrews, we are given to see how they exceed, and set aside, all that went before. The glories of Christ eclipse every created being, whether prophets or angels; the priesthood of Christ sets aside the Aaronic priesthood; the sacrifice of Christ sets aside the many sacrifices under the law; the immediate access to God sets aside the temple and its veil; the path of faith sets aside the whole system of seen things; the outside place sets aside “the camp” with its earthly religion. We are made to see how everything in Christianity lies in the region of faith, outside things of sight and sense. Christ in the glory, His priesthood, His sacrifice, the approach to God, the path of faith, the heavenly race, and the things to which we have come, can only be seen and known by faith. The effects of Christianity may indeed be manifest in life and character, and may even produce results in the lives of unconverted men; but all that properly pertains to Christianity, that produces the effect in lives, is unseen, in contrast with Judaism with its appeal to sight and sense.

Moreover, in coming to heavenly things and the things of faith, we have come to things which are before God, and things which are stable. We are surrounded by things which are passing, things which are changing, things which are shaking (Heb. 12:27). In Christianity we are brought to that which never passes, never changes, and never will be shaken. Christ remains, Christ is the same, and all that is founded upon Christ, and His eternal redemption, is stable and will never be moved.

Hamilton Smith

O make us each more holy,
In spirit pure and meek:
More like to heavenly citizens,
As more of heaven we speak.

M. Bowley

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