Genesis 30:1-43; Job 40:1-41:34; Matthew 16:13-17:13
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
2 Peter 3:13
It has become understandably common for believers to lament about the decaying moral state of the world around us. It pervades everything and imposes itself upon our consciousness. We know it won’t last, and that the Lord’s final victory will usher in an eternal state of peace. Yet like the weeping prophet Jeremiah, we cry repeatedly “How long?”. There is a holy sadness which is proper, but it should not pin us to the ground of hopelessness. —Rick Morse
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long,
Ere we shout the glad song?
Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Amen! —H.L. Turner