Hello, John and Doves,
Let no one say that the LORD has forsaken Israel.
For it is written,
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A Promise of Restoration
36“Now
I want to say something more about this city. You have been saying, ‘It
will fall to the king of Babylon through war, famine, and disease.’ But
this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 37I
will certainly bring my people back again from all the countries where I
will scatter them in my fury. I will bring them back to this very city
and let them live in peace and safety. 38They will be my people, and I will be their God. 39And
I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever, for
their own good and for the good of all their descendants. 40And
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing
good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and
they will never leave me. 41I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.
42“This is what the Lord says: Just as I have brought all these calamities on them, so I will do all the good I have promised them. 43Fields
will again be bought and sold in this land about which you now say, ‘It
has been ravaged by the Babylonians, a desolate land where people and
animals have all disappeared.’ 44Yes,
fields will once again be bought and sold—deeds signed and sealed and
witnessed—in the land of Benjamin and here in Jerusalem, in the towns of
Judah and in the hill country, in the foothills of Judah and in the
Negev, too. For someday I will restore prosperity to them. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Jeremiah 32:36-44 NLT
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Again, it is written,
27“Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant;
do not be dismayed, Israel.
I will surely save you out of a distant place,
your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,
and no one will make him afraid.
28Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,
for I am with you,” declares the Lord.
“Though I completely destroy all the nations
among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”
Jeremiah 46:27-28 NIV
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Consider the meaning of the following psalm also:
Psalm 24 NIV
Of David. A psalm.
1The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
2for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.
3Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
4The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not trust in an idol
or swear by a false god.
5They will receive blessing from the Lord
and vindication from God their Savior.
6Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek your face, God of Jacob.
7Lift up your heads, you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
8Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.
9Lift up your heads, you gates;
lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
10Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.
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~Blessings,
Mike