"For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens, who is God, who formed the earth and made it, who has established it, who did not create it in vain, who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain’; I, the Lord, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Isaiah 45:18-19 (NKJ) To have hope - not the hope that this world offers in all of its festering, decomposing, glory - but the true hope found in Christ Jesus, is to possess the greatest everlasting hope to be found in all of this universe and beyond, along with all of the wealth of heaven. "And again, Isaiah says: “There shall be a root of Jesse; and He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, i n Him the Gentiles shall hope.” Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in ...
"All things are full of labor; Man cannot express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which it may be said, “See, this is new”? It has already been in ancient times before us. There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come by those who will come after." Ecclesiastes 1:8-11 (NKJ) There of course was something new that came long after Solomon's days, but it was only new because it was the fruition of a longstanding plan that God set it into motion Himself. He made restitution to justice Himself through Christ Jesus - paying the bloody price for the sins of mankind so that man would have the opportunity to be reconciled to Himself. And man thereby having the opportunity to once again walk in close relationship with God as Adam and Eve did befo...