As we take heed to the Scriptures the day dawns. That day is the Day of the Lord, the period when the Lord alone is exalted. The Day of the Lord will begin in the hearts of those who are obeying the Lord, those in whom the Lord alone is exalted.

The "day star" (the morning star) rises in the heart of each believer who keeps the commandments of the Lord. Physically the day star is the planet Venus. This bright planet announces the coming of the new day.

Spiritually the day star, or morning star, is the Lord Jesus.

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. (Revelation 22:16)

As we keep the commandments of the Lord the Day of the Lord dawns in our heart and the King, the Lord Jesus, ascends the throne. Only then are we eligible and competent to govern the nations of the earth.

And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the morning star. (Revelation 2:26-28)

The goal of every Divine covenant is righteous people who can have fellowship with God and successfully perform all the roles for which man was created.

The method of attaining God's goal is to have Christ formed and dwelling in us.

Christ is formed in us only as we keep God's commandments.

Divine grace is given to us so we may keep all of God's commandments while we yet are overcoming through Christ our fallen adamic nature.

This is the way in which the new covenant operates.

We must follow these four steps if we wish to have fellowship with the fiery God of Israel, to be members of the Bride of the Lamb, the Body of Christ, and to be living stones in the eternal Temple of God.

It is the Lord's desire that each of us come forth in the day of resurrection to discover that a new creation has been formed in us. If a new creation has been formed in us we will be clothed with a marvelous spiritual body.

God prepares us for the future. God spoke to the Israelites while they were in the wilderness concerning aspects of their future life in Canaan. They were "sealed," so to speak in view of a future redemption, a future inheritance.

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. (Exodus 13:5)

Life in the wilderness was a preparation for the day when the Israelites would come into the land of promise.

To be continued.