If you could stand in one moment of biblical history, just as an observer, which scene would you want to witness?
The Red Sea parting?
Jesus calming the storm?
The resurrection morning?
Something quieter, like Mary sitting at Jesus’ feet?
Which moment would you choose, and why does it speak to you?
Beyond a doubt I want to witness Revelation 20:10. To see satan finally get what is coming to him. No sympathy from me, burn baby burn!
Rev 19:9 And he said to me, Write: Blessed are the ones having been called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These Words of YAHWEH are true.
Rev 19:10 And I fell before his feet to worship him, but he said to me, Behold! Stop! I am a fellow-slave of yours, and of your brothers, having the testimony of Yahshua. Worship YAHWEH. For the testimony of Yahshua is the spirit of prophecy.
J.
If I could stand in just one moment, I would definitely choose the resurrection morning…at the exact moment when the stone was rolled away and the empty tomb was first discovered.
Everything we believe rests on that moment. Death defeated, promises fulfilled, hope made certain.
I think I would choose this same thing, except particularly when Jesus speaks to Mary Magdalene before she recognizes him. When he simply says, “Mary,” it seems like such a pivotal moment. He truly sees her and knows her, and that’s when she recognizes him. It’s easy to see Jesus calling each of us by name in that moment in a gentle, knowing way.
That moment always reminds me -”my sheep recognize my voice”
~Romans 8:16 Berean Literal Bible, “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,” where the present active indicative summarturei (bears witness together with) explicitly states a joint testimony, the Holy Spirit not replacing the human spirit, but testifying alongside it in covenant assurance grounded in Christ’s cross.
~Romans 8:15 Berean Literal Bible, “For you did not receive a spirit of slavery again unto fear, but you received a Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, ‘Abba, Father,’” where the aorist active indicative elabete (you received) marks a decisive reception of the Spirit, and the present active indicative krazomen (we cry out) shows the ongoing lived expression of that co witnessing relationship.
~1 Corinthians 2:10–12 Berean Literal Bible, “But God has revealed them to us through the Spirit… Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things freely given to us by God,” where the aorist elabomen (we received) and present ginōskōmen (we might know) show the Spirit enabling shared awareness rather than bypassing human consciousness.
~2 Corinthians 1:21–22 Berean Literal Bible, “Now the One establishing us with you in Christ and having anointed us is God, who also sealed us and gave the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts,” where the aorist participles chrisas (having anointed), sfragisamenos (having sealed), and dous (having given) describe completed divine acts that establish internal assurance without negating the human spirit’s participation.
~Galatians 4:6 Berean Literal Bible, “And because you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba, Father,’” where the present active participle krazon (crying) mirrors Romans 8, presenting the Spirit’s voice and the believer’s cry as a unified testimony.
~Ephesians 1:13–14 Berean Literal Bible, “Having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the pledge of our inheritance,” where the aorist passive esphragisthēte (you were sealed) confirms objective divine action that undergirds subjective assurance.
~1 John 3:24 Berean Literal Bible, “And the one keeping His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given to us,” where the present indicative ginōskomen (we know) ties experiential assurance to the Spirit’s indwelling testimony.
~1 John 5:6–10 Berean Literal Bible, “And it is the Spirit bearing witness, because the Spirit is the truth… The one believing in the Son of God has the testimony in himself,” where the present active participle marturoun (bearing witness) grounds internal assurance in the Spirit’s truthful co testimony, not private imagination.
So,taken together, Scripture teaches that assurance of sonship is not produced by the human spirit alone nor imposed apart from it, but arises where the Holy Spirit testifies together with the believer’s spirit, anchored in the finished work of Christ Jesus, sealed by the Spirit, and expressed in filial confidence before the Father.
J.
To be with Mary in the tomb when she discovered Christ had risen. That moment of such grief turned to shock turned to joy. To see the church in those days during the first chapters of Acts before Christ Ascended when the Apostles learned He lived. Seeing the veil lift from their eyes as each one realized He was standing there with them.
I would have to say the birth of Christ. I have to admit, I’m a big, strong man, yet? I do not think I could handle His death and crucifixion. I would probably join my namesake and cut off Malchus’s other ear.
Peter