03-09-2009, 11:00 AM
A good Monday to you all! :heartbeat:
Hosea 2:19
"I will (a)betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in (b)righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion, [New American Standard Bible (NASB)]
Following are the reference links that lead :grouphug:ALL:grouphug: lovers of God back to Him, to receive His blessings through His Son. When the Iraelites broke their exclusive covenant with YHVH, He still extended His great love and mercy to them.:heartbeat: And all for our benefit even today - since through faith in God's Son we also, their "offspring and descendants in all the ages to come", have been gathered to Him in His Christ and are heirs to His promises and blessings!
(a)Isaiah 54:6-8
"For the LORD has called you,
Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one's youth when she is rejected,"
Says your God.
"For a brief moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will gather you.
"In an outburst of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment,
But with everlasting lovingkindness
I will have compassion on you,"
Says the LORD your Redeemer.
Isaiah 62:4,5
It will no longer be said to you, "Forsaken,"
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, "Desolate";
But you will be called, "My delight is in her,"
And your land, "Married";
For the LORD delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.
For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
So your God will rejoice over you.
(b)Isaiah 1:27
Zion will be redeemed with justice
And her repentant ones with righteousness.
Isaiah 43:5
"Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your offspring from the east,
And gather you from the west.
Isaiah 57:19
Creating the praise of the lips
Peace, peace to him who is far and to him who is near,"
Says the LORD, "and I will heal him."
Isaiah 59:21
"As for Me, this is My covenant with them," says the LORD: "My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring's offspring," says the LORD, "from now and forever."
Isaiah 61:9
Then their offspring will be known among the nations,
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the offspring whom the LORD has blessed.
Acts 2:39
"For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself."
Ephesians 2:11-22
Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision" by the so-called "Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands-- remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,
by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.
AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR;
for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
And there you have it! ALL who love God and desire to follow His ways and be blessed must go through the Christ. This is what God our Father has wanted from the beginning - ONE FAITH - IN HIM - and He made it happen through His Son. There are no walls, divisions, sub-groups or classes. ALL are ONE IN HIM. ONE spirit - ONE group of God's worshippers! :grouphug:
There is but ONE hope we have, friends - and that hope is named "Christ Jesus", "Ye'shua Messiah", "God's Holy Son" - and he is our ONLY hope! :heartbeat:
Hebrews 7:19, 22
(for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
so much the more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
1 Timothy 1:1
... according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope,
With lots of love from
Your friend and sister in faith,
Willa
Hosea 2:19
"I will (a)betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in (b)righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion, [New American Standard Bible (NASB)]
Following are the reference links that lead :grouphug:ALL:grouphug: lovers of God back to Him, to receive His blessings through His Son. When the Iraelites broke their exclusive covenant with YHVH, He still extended His great love and mercy to them.:heartbeat: And all for our benefit even today - since through faith in God's Son we also, their "offspring and descendants in all the ages to come", have been gathered to Him in His Christ and are heirs to His promises and blessings!
(a)Isaiah 54:6-8
"For the LORD has called you,
Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one's youth when she is rejected,"
Says your God.
"For a brief moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will gather you.
"In an outburst of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment,
But with everlasting lovingkindness
I will have compassion on you,"
Says the LORD your Redeemer.
Isaiah 62:4,5
It will no longer be said to you, "Forsaken,"
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, "Desolate";
But you will be called, "My delight is in her,"
And your land, "Married";
For the LORD delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.
For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
So your God will rejoice over you.
(b)Isaiah 1:27
Zion will be redeemed with justice
And her repentant ones with righteousness.
Isaiah 43:5
"Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your offspring from the east,
And gather you from the west.
Isaiah 57:19
Creating the praise of the lips
Peace, peace to him who is far and to him who is near,"
Says the LORD, "and I will heal him."
Isaiah 59:21
"As for Me, this is My covenant with them," says the LORD: "My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring's offspring," says the LORD, "from now and forever."
Isaiah 61:9
Then their offspring will be known among the nations,
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the offspring whom the LORD has blessed.
Acts 2:39
"For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself."
Ephesians 2:11-22
Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision" by the so-called "Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands-- remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,
by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.
AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR;
for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
And there you have it! ALL who love God and desire to follow His ways and be blessed must go through the Christ. This is what God our Father has wanted from the beginning - ONE FAITH - IN HIM - and He made it happen through His Son. There are no walls, divisions, sub-groups or classes. ALL are ONE IN HIM. ONE spirit - ONE group of God's worshippers! :grouphug:
There is but ONE hope we have, friends - and that hope is named "Christ Jesus", "Ye'shua Messiah", "God's Holy Son" - and he is our ONLY hope! :heartbeat:
Hebrews 7:19, 22
(for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
so much the more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
1 Timothy 1:1
... according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope,
With lots of love from
Your friend and sister in faith,
Willa