Better Than One Day

In Psalm 84:10 we read, “a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.” The choirmaster led the congregation in this song, and “blessed are those who dwell in Your house, ever singing Your praise!” (verse 4)

Jesus taught that a day was coming when the presence of God’s blessing would not be limited to entering one set of doors (John 4:21), and that day was defined by Him. When He sent His Spirit, and then sent His men to the ends of the earth with the gospel, believers are able to know the Lord without a quest to one holy address.

This is because Jesus is better. He is the Son of God and Son of Man. He is the true and better Adam, the firstborn of creation, the firstborn from the dead. He is preeminent, the one from whom and through whom and to whom are all things.

Better is Jesus than anything. And with Jesus, all are ours.

The only ongoing and repeated ordinance for His disciples is communion. Baptism is important, but the Supper should be frequent. Eating the bread and drinking the wine in Jesus’ name proclaims His death until He comes. Here we are, around one table in Jesus’ name. Jesus is better.