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Scripture Reading:
Jeremiah 33:14 “Here, the days are coming,” says Adonai, “when I will fulfill this good promise which I have proclaimed for the house of Isra’el and the house of Y’hudah.
15 When those days come, at that time,
I will cause to spring up for David
a Branch of Righteousness.
He will do what is just and right in the land.
16 When those days come, Y’hudah will be saved,
Yerushalayim will live in safety,
and the name given to her will be
Adonai Tzidkenu [Adonai our Righteousness].”
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John Wesley's Notes-Commentary for Jeremiah 33:14-16
Verse 2
[2] Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
The Lord — The maker thereof, of Jerusalem, or of these promises, his name is Jehovah; he hath a sufficiency in himself to make good his word.
Verse 5
[5] They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
They — The Jews sally out and fight with their enemies, but to no purpose, but to fill their houses with their own dead bodies, whom I will cause in my anger to be slain.
Verse 6
[6] Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
I will cure — The miserable disturbed state of a nation being compared to wounds and sickness, the restoring of it to a peaceable prosperous state is fitly called its health and cure. I will bring them again to a quiet and peaceable state in which they shall abide many days.
Verse 9
[9] And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
They shalt fear — And not only so but shall fear to engage against a nation so beloved and favoured by me.
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Daily Devotionals:
Monday, November 23, 2015
Text to Read: Jeremiah 33:14-16
- What does the word “salvation” mean to you?
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Text to Read: Jeremiah 33:14-16
- Read the Jeremiah text.
- How do you see salvation here?
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Text to Read: Jeremiah 33:14-16
- Who does most of the saving work in your life? Why?
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Text to Read: Jeremiah 33:14-16
- What habits do you have that help and hinder God’s salvation in your life?
Friday, November 27, 2015
Text to Read: Jeremiah 33:14-16
- Advent is a season of preparation.
- How does this text help you prepare for Christmas?
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Text to Read: Jeremiah 33:14-16
- Does this promise in Jeremiah apply to the nation of Israel?
- Who is the true Israel?
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Text to Read: Jeremiah 33:14-16
- Pray for those who have lost hope for salvation.
First United Methodist Church
2111 Camino del Rio South
San Diego, California 92108, United States
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Sermon Story "The Coming Days" by Gary Lee Parker for Sunday, 29 November 2015 with Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14 “Here, the days are coming,” says Adonai, “when I will fulfill this good promise which I have proclaimed for the house of Isra’el and the house of Y’hudah.
15 When those days come, at that time,
I will cause to spring up for David
a Branch of Righteousness.
He will do what is just and right in the land.
16 When those days come, Y’hudah will be saved,
Yerushalayim will live in safety,
and the name given to her will be
Adonai Tzidkenu [Adonai our Righteousness].”
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We coem to realize that as we read the Scripture for today, God through the prophet was attempting to encourage the Israelites as conqueored and exiled people or soon to be conquered and exile that God will not forgive them. In this short pasage we can see where God is going to send a root of David to be ruler over all of Israel and that there will be be peace on all sides of Israel while all the nations will honor Israel and worship their God. In this passage, we see the coming of the Messiah which was fulfilled in the coming of Yeshua on the earth to be born, suffer, die, be buried, be resurrected, and ascend back into the Heavens. Yet, even with the coming of the Messiah Yeshua, the full promise will not be fulfilled until He returns in all of His Glory to set up Heaven on Earth with eternal peace and salvation. We are living in the inbetween times yet God is calling us to work with Him to recreate His creation on earth as it is in Heaven. This includes the full and active inclusion in His church of people who have been marginalised such as the people who are differently abled. We read and reflect on this passage asking: How do I understand this message for today? How have I lived out God's Message in love and mercy in recreating His creation? What is God asking me to be and do for His Kingdom? We come to seek God's Blessings and Power to be all we are called to be in coming and eating the Body of Jesus and Drinking His Blood in our participation of the Holy Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. We come to receive from God singing the Hymn "Soon and Very Soon" by Andre Crouch:
Chorus:
Soon and very soon we are going to see the king x3
Halelujha, halelujha, were going to see the king (sp)
No more cryin there, we are going to see the king X3
Halelujha, halelujha, were going to see the king (sp)
Bridge:
Should there be any rivers we must cross
Should there be any mountains we must climb
God will supplt all the strength that we need
Give us strength till we reach the other side... go in to verse
Verse:
We have come from every nation, God has already signed our name. Jesus took his blood and he washed my sins.. he washed them all away. Yet there are those of us who have laid down our lives but we all shall meet again on the other side... soon and very soon.
Chorus:
Soon and very soon we are going to see the king x3
Halelujha, halelujha, were going to see the king (sp)
No more cryin there, we are going to see the king X3
Halelujha, halelujha, were going to see the king (sp)
Bridge:
Should there be any rivers we must cross
Should there be any mountains we must climb
God will supplt all the strength that we need
Give us strength till we reach the other side... go in to verse
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Gary Lee Parker
4147 Idaho Street, Apt. 1
San Diego, California 92104-1844, United States
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