My scheduled reading for my devotions today was Isaiah 43. Most of it is a love letter to Israel. God's claim on His chosen people - and His passion for Israel is palpable in Isaiah - and very specifically in this chapter.
Jesus' passion was the fulfillment of God's passion expressed in Isaiah. It is both exciting and sobering to read these words penned approximately 700 years before the birth of Israel's Messiah, Yeshua aka Jesus.
We who are not Jewish, but who are believers, are grafted in - thank God for that - but Israel is God's central focus - and reading Isaiah 43 is a definite reminder of that!
Isaiah 43:1
But now, this is what the LORD says - he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine...."
Deuteronomy 33:29
Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights.
Psalm 115:12
The LORD remembers us and will bless us; He will bless His people Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron....
The world needs to pay attention. God is Israel's defender. I absolutely believe that God blesses those who bless Israel, and curses those who don't.
I believe that the 'end times' started with Jesus' coming to earth - - and in man's time it seems like the fulfillment of prophecy has taken a long time - but in God's economy of eternity and an eternal perspective, time is a wisp, a vapor....
Everything God has prophesied through the prophets of old - and later through John in the book of Revelation will come to pass - and for those who have eyes to see - is coming to pass rapidly in our day and time.
The storm warning has been posted. I don't have any predictions about when Jesus will return - but it could be very soon!
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