This is the Day the Lord Has Made July 18

This is the Day the Lord has Made.

Psalm 118:24 This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Most of us truly love this verse and may either quote it or sing it often. We are sometimes showing the joy of the Lord and trying to rejoice in every day that God gives us. But truly, this verse speaks of one specific day, and that is the day of the Lord’s resurrection. This verse is actually a prophecy of the resurrection of Christ that would come many years later. I still love this verse and want to rejoice each day, but I keep in mind the one day it refers to, and I remember on a weekly basis to celebrate, worship, and rejoice on that day of the week.

Sunday the Day of Resurrection

Psalm 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord.”

Psalm 100:2

“Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before Him with joyful singing.”

Isaiah 35:10

And those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Psalm 45:15 NIV

Led in with joy and gladness, they enter the palace of the king.

I Chronicles 6:27 NIV

Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in His dwelling place.

Luke 24:1-6
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 2:46
Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,

Other Scripture taken from the King James Version which is public domain and the NIV.

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