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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Your Redemption Draws Near, #8
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. (Jeremiah 31:32,33)
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: (Romans 11:26)
It is being taught today that the Christian Church has replaced the Jews in God's affection and that God has turned away from the physical people and land of Israel. This is not true.
It is a fact that the Christian disciple, Jew or Gentile, is an integral part of the Seed of Abraham (which is Christ). True Israel is the Lord Jesus Christ and those who are part of Him, whether Jewish or Gentile by physical birth.
However, the Scriptures teach with utmost clarity that the gifts and callings of God are without repentance and God will restore the physical people and land of Israel at the end of the Church Age and the beginning of the thousand-year Kingdom Age.
The Jews are to lift up their heads when they see the great signs in the heavens because their redemption draws near. The Divine redemption from Heaven will bring the Presence of God and eternal life, the forgiveness of sin for all who receive their Christ, deliverance from the presence of sin, the change from bodily corruption to bodily incorruption for those whose life the Lord Jesus is, and the exaltation of Jerusalem and all Israel to supremacy among the governments of the world.
Redemption as the bringing of justice and the rule of God to the meek of the earth. The Book of Isaiah contains several promises concerning the Servant of the Lord. The Servant of the Lord is Christ—Head and Body. When Christ comes the humble will obtain justice. The meek will inherit the earth.
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. (Isaiah 11:4)
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment [justice] to the Gentiles [nations]. (Isaiah 42:1)
We do not always picture the coming of the Lord as resulting in the bringing of justice to mankind. But the removing of self-seeking government and the installing of righteous kings over the saved nations is an important aspect of the redemption included in the thousand-year Kingdom Age.
In every nation of our day, there is injustice because of the wickedness of the rulers. Some peoples are starving and their rulers will not permit food to be given to them. Children are being sold into prostitution. Robbery, rape, and murder are widespread. Bribery, corruption, lying, stealing, self-exaltation characterize every major government. Relief efforts continue to fail because those in charge use such efforts as an opportunity to become wealthy by diverting the food and money to themselves. Governments that at one time had been Christian—at least in name—are now refusing even to acknowledge God.
To be continued.