and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant— these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer".
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I'm sure I miss a lot in my reading of scripture. There is so much there. One thing I haven't missed is the promise that God's promise to Israel is a promise to me.
Many may wonder how Christians make the leap from Old Testament prophesies for Israel to the New Testament Church. Well, here we see God inviting the foreigners...the Gentiles...to His holy mountain. He makes no ethnic distinction among people of faith. Furthermore, we are told in Galatians 3:29 "If [we] belong to Christ, then [we] are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise".
The Sovereign Lord declares—“I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered.”
It's often suggested we cannot fully understand or appreciate the New Testament until we are thoroughly familiar with the Old Testament. I understand why. Failure to study the Old Testament will likely result in failure to apply New Testament teachings properly. It explains why there is so much errant theology floating around in our churches today. I wonder how this should influence my reading...
I'm pretty good with the Gospels and the Epistles. How about you?
Live boldly out there today...
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