{"id":16,"date":"2008-03-21T19:48:31","date_gmt":"2008-03-22T01:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharingchrist.wordpress.com\/?p=16"},"modified":"2008-03-21T19:48:31","modified_gmt":"2008-03-22T01:48:31","slug":"10-opened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/10-opened\/","title":{"rendered":"10. Opened"},"content":{"rendered":"

We go to Calvary and see an opened side, from which flowed out our Saviour’s precious blood John 19:34.<\/em> We hear a cry “Finished,” and behold, rocks rend and a broken veil reveals\u00a0a way opened into the Holiest Heb. 10:19.<\/em> We find the power of death is broken and the graves are opened Matthew 27:52.<\/em> We travel to the garden and view an open\u00a0tomb; the great stone is rolled away John 20:1<\/em>. We walk along a road to Emmaus as the Scriptures are opened to us Luke 24:32<\/em>. Later our eyes are opened and we stare in amazement after the One Who ROSE AGAIN and revealed Himself to us Luke 24:31<\/em>. We gather behind closed doors and the Lord appears to open our understanding of all that has transpired Luke 24:45<\/em>.<\/p>\n

May my heart be opened to the reality and wonder of the Man of Calvary\u00a0and what He has done for me Acts 16:14<\/em>, and may I see and experience the Scriptures as if I\u00a0had been\u00a0there. May the grandeur of the\u00a0One for whom the heavens were opened\u00a0meet my gaze as I meditate upon\u00a0Him today.\u00a0Mark 1:10,<\/em> John 1:51, Acts 7:56.<\/em><\/p>\n

“But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.” John 19:34<\/font><\/p>\n

“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,\u00a0by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh…”\u00a0 Hebrews 10:19-20 ESV<\/font><\/p>\n

“Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.” John 20:1<\/font><\/p>\n

“And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose” Matt. 27:52<\/font><\/p>\n

“And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?” Luke 24:32<\/font><\/p>\n

“And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. ” Luke 24:31<\/font><\/p>\n

“Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures” Luke 24:45<\/font><\/p>\n

“And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.” Acts 16:14<\/font><\/p>\n

“And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: And there came a voice from heaven, saying<\/i>, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ” Mark 1:10-11<\/font><\/p>\n

“And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. ” John 1:51<\/font><\/p>\n

“But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,\u00a0And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. ” Acts 7:55-56<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We go to Calvary and see an opened side, from which flowed out our Saviour’s precious blood John 19:34. We hear a cry “Finished,” and behold, rocks rend and a broken veil reveals\u00a0a way opened into the Holiest Heb. 10:19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-easter-resurrection-jesus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelriver.com\/sharingchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}