Family Portion
We've been reading our family portion from Jeremiah these last few weeks. Tonight it was Chapters 21-14. We all read, and Chapter 23 was my reading. This stood out at me.
Jeremiah 23
1"I will send disaster upon the leaders of my people--the shepherds of my sheep--for they have destroyed and scattered the very ones they were expected to care for," says the LORD.
2This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds: "Instead of leading my flock to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them. 3But I will gather together the remnant of my flock from wherever I have driven them. I will bring them back into their own fold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4Then I will appoint responsible shepherds to care for them, and they will never be afraid again. Not a single one of them will be lost or missing," says the LORD.
5"For the time is coming," says the LORD, "when I will place a righteous Branch on King David's throne. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land. 6And this is his name: `The LORD Is Our Righteousness.'[a] In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.
7"In that day," says the LORD, "when people are taking an oath, they will no longer say, `As surely as the LORD lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.' 8Instead, they will say, `As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.' Then they will live in their own land."
In that day.. in that day... in that day he will be called `The LORD Is Our Righteousness.' Jehovah Tsidqenu - Our Righteousness. Wonder what that means? Let me seek out Kay Arthur's Lord I Want to Know You book and look it up.
"And the blood of bulls and goats can't change a man's heart. Then there is no hope, is there? Yes! There is. And it was in this dark hour of judgment and failure that God revealed to His people another of His names, Jehovah tsidkenu, the Lord our righteousness. And with that revelation came the promise of a new covenant, the covenant of grace - and with it, a new heart (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 26:26-28; Hebrews 8:6-13).
These are His sheep. They shall not want! Jehovah-raah is their Shepherd. And as Jehovah-jireh, their Provider, He promises a righteous branch. 'This is His name by which He will be called, the LORD our righteousness' (Jeremiah 23:6).
Man can be right with God! Righteous is more than goodness; it is a right standing with God. Righteous means to be straight. It is to do what God says is right, to live according to His standards. But righteousness in man requires a new heart. And man can have a hear heart!"
AH, in that day.. in that day.. rigteousness is a right standing with God, and Jehovah Tsidkenu will bring this into being, and we will say 7"In that day," says the LORD, "when people are taking an oath, they will no longer say, `As surely as the LORD lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.' 8Instead, they will say, `As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.' Then they will live in their own land." The people of Israel will be brought back to their own land from the north. AH, more prophecy about the end times, the return of the Yeshua HaMeshiach. Yes, Adonai is Jehovah Tsidkenu, He is Yeshua HaMeshiach, who will ride out on a white horse to claim his bride. That new covenant says Kay Arthur, is promised with this revelation of Jehovah Tsidkenu, who will bring the righteous branch back to the Promised Land. Yes, that will be Jehovah Tsidkenu sitting on that white horse, bringing the people from the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.
Later in her chapter on Jehovah Tsidkenu Kay quotes "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances (Ezekiel 36:26-27)
Someone at church the other day was talking about "there but not fully there" or about how it has been revealed, but there is still more to be revealed. I can't remember the exact words, nor the context, but this is how I feel about this last quote of Kay's.. We have that His Spirit within us - and he is causing us to walk in His Statutes and ordinances.. but there is more to come, there is a going to be a more complete revelation of what it means to be righteous at the end times, when He comes for His bride. Could this be why we are being called back to the Torah?
I love your Word Adonai, so many rich treasures to be found within.
Jeremiah 23
1"I will send disaster upon the leaders of my people--the shepherds of my sheep--for they have destroyed and scattered the very ones they were expected to care for," says the LORD.
2This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds: "Instead of leading my flock to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them. 3But I will gather together the remnant of my flock from wherever I have driven them. I will bring them back into their own fold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4Then I will appoint responsible shepherds to care for them, and they will never be afraid again. Not a single one of them will be lost or missing," says the LORD.
5"For the time is coming," says the LORD, "when I will place a righteous Branch on King David's throne. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land. 6And this is his name: `The LORD Is Our Righteousness.'[a] In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.
7"In that day," says the LORD, "when people are taking an oath, they will no longer say, `As surely as the LORD lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.' 8Instead, they will say, `As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.' Then they will live in their own land."
In that day.. in that day... in that day he will be called `The LORD Is Our Righteousness.' Jehovah Tsidqenu - Our Righteousness. Wonder what that means? Let me seek out Kay Arthur's Lord I Want to Know You book and look it up.
"And the blood of bulls and goats can't change a man's heart. Then there is no hope, is there? Yes! There is. And it was in this dark hour of judgment and failure that God revealed to His people another of His names, Jehovah tsidkenu, the Lord our righteousness. And with that revelation came the promise of a new covenant, the covenant of grace - and with it, a new heart (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 26:26-28; Hebrews 8:6-13).
These are His sheep. They shall not want! Jehovah-raah is their Shepherd. And as Jehovah-jireh, their Provider, He promises a righteous branch. 'This is His name by which He will be called, the LORD our righteousness' (Jeremiah 23:6).
Man can be right with God! Righteous is more than goodness; it is a right standing with God. Righteous means to be straight. It is to do what God says is right, to live according to His standards. But righteousness in man requires a new heart. And man can have a hear heart!"
AH, in that day.. in that day.. rigteousness is a right standing with God, and Jehovah Tsidkenu will bring this into being, and we will say 7"In that day," says the LORD, "when people are taking an oath, they will no longer say, `As surely as the LORD lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.' 8Instead, they will say, `As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.' Then they will live in their own land." The people of Israel will be brought back to their own land from the north. AH, more prophecy about the end times, the return of the Yeshua HaMeshiach. Yes, Adonai is Jehovah Tsidkenu, He is Yeshua HaMeshiach, who will ride out on a white horse to claim his bride. That new covenant says Kay Arthur, is promised with this revelation of Jehovah Tsidkenu, who will bring the righteous branch back to the Promised Land. Yes, that will be Jehovah Tsidkenu sitting on that white horse, bringing the people from the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.
Later in her chapter on Jehovah Tsidkenu Kay quotes "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances (Ezekiel 36:26-27)
Someone at church the other day was talking about "there but not fully there" or about how it has been revealed, but there is still more to be revealed. I can't remember the exact words, nor the context, but this is how I feel about this last quote of Kay's.. We have that His Spirit within us - and he is causing us to walk in His Statutes and ordinances.. but there is more to come, there is a going to be a more complete revelation of what it means to be righteous at the end times, when He comes for His bride. Could this be why we are being called back to the Torah?
I love your Word Adonai, so many rich treasures to be found within.
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