Comments on: Talibans South Korean Hostages - Update http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2007/08/01/south-korean-taliban-hostages-update/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:33:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Craig http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2007/08/01/south-korean-taliban-hostages-update/#comment-90850 Craig Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:21:47 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=3314#comment-90850 “I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10They called out in a loud voice, ‘How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?; 11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.” By their blood martyrs pour life into the land. Not their own life, for anyone who has been baptized into Christ has been bepatized into his death – we have died already, and our lives are hid with Christ in God. It is the life of Christ, the expression of of the Father which remains to be given. Let each of the hostages finish the race set before them, and not one before their time. Let all of them (and we as well) so run the race set before them that their testimony should bring about the reconciliation of their persecutors, faithful stewards of the life that has been given them. Let them be encouraged whether they hear the voice of the bridegroom at the door saying, “Come away with me, my beloved” or whether it pleases Him that reamin a while longer. Let the families of the slain be comforted and honored for the sake of them whose lives are given as a fragrant love offering. All praise to the Lamb, who is worthy of great praise. Holy is He! And precious in His sight the death of His saints. Holy is the Lamb! “I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10They called out in a loud voice, ‘How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?; 11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.”

By their blood martyrs pour life into the land. Not their own life, for anyone who has been baptized into Christ has been bepatized into his death – we have died already, and our lives are hid with Christ in God.

It is the life of Christ, the expression of of the Father which remains to be given.

Let each of the hostages finish the race set before them, and not one before their time.

Let all of them (and we as well) so run the race set before them that their testimony should bring about the reconciliation of their persecutors, faithful stewards of the life that has been given them.
Let them be encouraged whether they hear the voice of the bridegroom at the door saying, “Come away with me, my beloved” or whether it pleases Him that reamin a while longer.

Let the families of the slain be comforted and honored for the sake of them whose lives are given as a fragrant love offering.

All praise to the Lamb, who is worthy of great praise.

Holy is He!

And precious in His sight the death of His saints.

Holy is the Lamb!

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