Ezra 9:1-15; Daniel 10:1-21; Revelation 5:1-14
And thus shall ye eat it (the Passover lamb); with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Ex. 12:11
Plague after plague swept through the land of Egypt. When this, the last plague, arrived—the death of the firstborn—God instructed His people, as shown in our subject verse, to be ready to leave that very night for their “promised land”. We live in similar times. Catastrophe after catastrophe, plague after plague is sweeping our world, and mankind with all its resources, is completely impotent to deal with them. Under these circumstances, we, like the children of Israel on the Passover night, must be on “high-alert” to leave at a moment’s notice to meet the Lord in the air, and be escorted to our “promised land”, Heaven. —Willie H. Burnett
Midst the darkness, storm and sorrow, one bright gleam I see,
Well I know the blessed morrow, Christ will come for me. —P. Gerhardt