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HOLINESS TO THE LORD

"His servants shall serve Him. And they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads." -Revelation 22:3, 4  [KJV] Mark these characters, my soul. Jesus hath servants, and they are distinguished from the world. They "serve Him." What is it to serve Christ? The prophet hath described. Free grace hath made them servants, in bringing them from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God; and therefore he saith, in the Lord's name, "My servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; My servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; My servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed; My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart"  (Isaiah 65:13). How distinguishing these characters! God's servants have the table of Jesus to sit down to; the bread of life, the bread of God, the living bread, which is Jesus Himself, to feed upon. They shall drink also; for He that is their living bread

The Wednesday Word

  The Cities of Refuge , Part III   by D.G. Miles McKee   Just to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance, Israel, by the command of the Lord, established 6 cities as cities of refuge.  Anyone guilty of manslaughter could flee to anyone of these places and find a refuge and a place of safety (Numbers 35:11; Joshua 20:7-8).  We have also discovered that the names of these cities tell us a great deal about Jesus.  To date we have covered Kedesh and Shechem. Today we encounter the third city, Hebron . Hebron is one of the most ancient of all the cities in the world. After wandering about from place to place in the land of promise, it was here, at Hebron, the patriarchs had, for the first time, a settled home. It was probably near here that the Lord appeared to Abraham when he was seated at his tent door (Genesis 13:18; 18:1). It was in Hebron that David was anointed king of Israel (2 Samuel 5:3-5). It was in this area that John the Baptist grew up before he appeared in the wildernes