We celebrate the birth of Christ! He came to restore his people a give them the Heavenly land and Kingdom promised to their father Abraham. He achieved his mission perfectly, so let us worship and adore Him. All wisdom, knowledge and blessings are found in Christ Jesus.
1. God restores the children of Israel to the land promised to their fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; to that heavenly Kingdom that they received by faith and filled with righteouness, peace and joy and not to a kingdom of meat and drink.
[Ezek 36:16] The word of the LORD came to me:
[Ezek 36:17] "Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their doings; their conduct before me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
[Ezek 36:18] So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it.
[Ezek 36:19] I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries; in accordance with their conduct and their deeds I judged them.
[Ezek 36:20] But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they had to go out of his land.
[Ezek 36:21] But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel caused to be profaned among the nations to which they came.
[Ezek 36:22] "Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned
among the nations to which you came.
[Ezek 36:23] And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them; and the nations will know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
[Ezek 36:24] For I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the countries, and bring you into your own land.
[Ezek 36:25] I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
[Ezek 36:26] A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
[Ezek 36:27] And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.
[Ezek 36:28] You shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
2. God establishes a new coveanant with the children of Israel by putting his nature in them through their faith in his Son Jesus Christ. They receive the nature of God and are given the baptism of the Holy Spirit to help them overcom this world. This is the New Covenant promised by God.
31: Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and
they shall be my people.
3. Jesus regathers and establishes his people in righteouness through his Incaranation, Crucifixion and Resurrection. God becomes the Father of his children through their rebirth in Christ.
[Isa 54:5] For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
[Isa 54:6] For the LORD has called you like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God.
[Isa 54:7] For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
[Isa 54:8] In overflowing wrath for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the LORD, your Redeemer.
[Isa 54:9] "For this is like the days of Noah to me: as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you and will not rebuke you.
[Isa 54:10] For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
[Isa 54:11] "O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
[Isa 54:12] I will make your pinnacles of agate, your gates of carbuncles, and all your wall of precious stones.
[Isa 54:13] All your sons shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the prosperity of your sons.
[Isa 54:14] In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
4. Let the New Israel rejoice forever because the corner stone that the builders rejected has become the Rock of their salvation.
[Pss 118:1] O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever!
[Pss 118:2] Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures for ever."
[Pss 118:16] the right hand of the LORD is exalted, the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!"
[Pss 118:17] I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.
[Pss 118:22] The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
[Pss 118:23] This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
5. Jesus fulfills the prophecies about establishing the sons of God through his birth, Crucifixion and Resurrection. The spiritual sons of God have now entered his Kingdom through their rebirth and infilling with the Holy Spirit.
[Rom 6:3] Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
[Rom 6:4] We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
[Rom 6:5] For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
[Rom 6:6] We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the sinful body might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
[Rom 6:7] For he who has died is freed from sin.
[Rom 6:8] But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.
[Rom 6:9] For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
[Rom 6:10] The death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
[Rom 6:11] So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
6. Jesus fulfills the prophecies as the King who would come to rule his people Israel.
5: And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6: And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
Let us worship and adore Christ our King! He is All in All. He is the source of all our blessings, our wisdom and our knowledge.
Emile |
