I asked the Lord yesterday the 22nd December what should I say to the people about this coming year 2022 and I quickly got the response "Speak about Covenant"
I am awakened at about 2:30am on the 23rd and God leads me to Jeremiah 33. A chapter speaking of things to come as the Messiah had not yet come. As I got in depth in studying the chapter, I begin to understand that God is speaking about the establishment of his Covenant with his people.
It is clear in God's word and the evidence of nature (the sunrise and sunset and so much more) that he keeps covenant, he HAS proved himself to be faithful.
The Messiah DID come - his coming brought about the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies and also the establishment of God’s Covenant for his people.
Remember when you may feel weary, when you may feel doubtful or when you may feel fear. God keeps covenant with his people. Trust his heart because he is a faithful God. He is OUR FAITHFUL ABBAH FATHER.
I will share part of the exegesis and also the verses from Jeremiah 33 here:
Jeremiah 33
New Living Translation
Promises of Peace and Prosperity 33 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the Lord gave him this second message: 2 “This is what the Lord says—the Lord who made the earth, who formed and established it, whose name is the Lord: 3 Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come. 4 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: You have torn down the houses of this city and even the king’s palace to get materials to strengthen the walls against the siege ramps and swords of the enemy. 5 You expect to fight the Babylonians,[a] but the men of this city are already as good as dead, for I have determined to destroy them in my terrible anger. I have abandoned them because of all their wickedness. 6 “Nevertheless, the time will come when I will heal Jerusalem’s wounds and give it prosperity and true peace. 7 I will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel and rebuild their towns. 8 I will cleanse them of their sins against me and forgive all their sins of rebellion. 9 Then this city will bring me joy, glory, and honor before all the nations of the earth! The people of the world will see all the good I do for my people, and they will tremble with awe at the peace and prosperity I provide for them. 10 “This is what the Lord says: You have said, ‘This is a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.’ Yet in the empty streets of Jerusalem and Judah’s other towns, there will be heard once more 11 the sounds of joy and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will be heard again, along with the joyous songs of people bringing thanksgiving offerings to the Lord. They will sing, ‘Give thanks to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, for the Lord is good. His faithful love endures forever!’ For I will restore the prosperity of this land to what it was in the past, says the Lord. 12 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: This land—though it is now desolate and has no people and animals—will once more have pastures where shepherds can lead their flocks. 13 Once again shepherds will count their flocks in the towns of the hill country, the foothills of Judah,[b] the Negev, the land of Benjamin, the vicinity of Jerusalem, and all the towns of Judah. I, the Lord, have spoken! 14 “The day will come, says the Lord, when I will do for Israel and Judah all the good things I have promised them. 15 “In those days and at that time I will raise up a righteous descendant[c] from King David’s line.
16 In that day Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this will be its name: ‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’[d]
17 For this is what the Lord says: David will have a descendant sitting on the throne of Israel forever. 18 And there will always be Levitical priests to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings and sacrifices to me.”
19 Then this message came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 20 “This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other, 21 only then will my covenant with my servant David be broken. Only then will he no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. The same is true for my covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before me. 22 And as the stars of the sky cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister before me.”
23 The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, 24 “Have you noticed what people are saying?—‘The Lord chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!’ They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation. 25 But this is what the Lord says: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws that govern night and day, earth and sky. 26 I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David’s descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them.”
Here is a few verses of the Exegesis:
“Nature will utterly collapse before God will go back on the slightest promise to his people.” (Feinberg)
iii. “It should be noted, if only in passing, that these verses form part of the foundation for the modern study of science. They assert that the regularity of day and night is not the product of evolutionary chance. Rather, God has established a covenant with the sun and the moon.” (Ryken)
You may be wondering:
Why Lord or
How Lord
When Lord?
In these Perilous times
Again we do see the fulfillment of all that God spoke coming to past - line by line, word by word, sentence by sentence.
Once again though we are clearly seeing the faithfulness of God concerning his people. The establishment of his remnant.
If you are reading this remember God has chosen you for such a time as this. YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
Persecution, peril and tumult are on the rise,
BUT GOD, BUT GOD. He is keeping us, strengthening us, giving us peace, protecting and providing for us.
Remember most of all.....the physical things we see here and now is temporal, the perilous times are temporal.
What remains is all established under God’s Covenant of Eternity.
Eternity your place of belonging with God the Father. Eternity that is sure a long time compared to this short reign of havoc on the earth.
May God’s will be done and his Kingdom come.
Maranatha, come Lord Jesus.
Put all your hope and trust in God he will not disappoint or fail you. He is a faithful covenant keeping God
Amen
Walk Good in Christ
Till we meet again
Pastor J
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