You are wonderfully favoured, forgiven and not forsaken. And as you are going, preach and say The Kingdom of Heaven has come near.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. You need to be continually reminded of these three things in this doxology. As you go, announce this: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’. What you believe about the future, becomes your motivation for living today. Even if you die, you will be raised to life again so that your eyes may see the glory of the Lord. Jesus will right all wrongs, and you shall have victory. What you believe took place in the past becomes your foundation for living today.Īnd who is to come This ties in with Jesus being ".the Omega." or the end, and makes Jesus real as you look to the future when Jesus will come in the clouds. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. This is what "was" a very long time past, yet it is your hope for reconciliation with God and new life today in the risen Lord. Isaiah 1:18 18 Come now, let us settle the matter, says the LORD. If the person trying to draw near to God refuses to deal with his unconfessed sins, the Lord.
But that invitation has a requirement confession and cleansing of sin. So the term coming as you are is an invitation to whoever wants to get near and right with God.
The Son of God, who created the world, who was eternal and in the beginning with God, became flesh and died for your sins. God will never condone sin, even if it is the simplest one you can think of. Jesus "has freed us from our sins by his blood". Who was This ties in with Jesus being ".the Alpha." or beginning, and makes Jesus real as you look back over 2000 years to the beginning of the Christian era. The living Lord makes your short lifetime meaningful as you serve God faithfully as a royal priest for his glory in his church. Yet he "loves us" and wants to be the close personal friend of everyone, even you. Jesus today is ruler of all even of all rulers. Through Jesus, right now, you are being saved. Him who is This ties in with Jesus saying, "I am." and it makes Jesus real in your lifetime, right now.
This statement is linked to Jesus’s own claim, "I am the Alpha and the Omega" (Revelation 1:8). We will look at this passage again in other lessons, but for now we will consider the first part where Jesus Christ is described as "Him who is, and who was, and who is to come" (Revelation 1:4). 7Behold he is coming with clouds, and every eye shall see him. To him who loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6And has made us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion, for ever and ever, Amen. 5And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Thus says the Lord God: Because the enemy said of you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient heights have become our possession,’ therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people, therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around, therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely I have spoken in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey.¶“ 4.from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come. “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
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