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[title] => The Consolation of Israel
[time] => 2005-10-21 16:16:25
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[bodytext] => THE CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL ( Concern for National Israel ) God decreed a covenant; a covenant of works, on Sinai He gave it to man: Obey the Law, from it righteousness draw, - be saved by it if you can. We labored and cried, and from it we tried, to earn our favor with God. We strained and strived, in failure we sighed, - and felt the disfavor of His rod. After many years through sorrow and tears, we discovered our nature too foul. Our confidence gone, we moved out alone, - ran to an idol named Baal. He too, was severe, filled us with fear; demanded our children to take. This was for naught, no righteousness it brought, - so him, we too, did forsake. On return to our land, we dealt with a man, many people worship as Deity. He taught mercy and grace; withstood us to face, - was nailed to a Roman tree. After the dispersion of all, denying Adam's fall, our leaders placed our trust in man. Utopia to build, by the strength of our will, - find satisfaction in life as we can. Doomed to fail, we helped make a Humanist hell, with torture as never before. Workers paradise gone, its doctrine all wrong, - salvation's not there anymore. Some men claim, to our “perceived” shame, that Messiah was the one crucified. But, they're common folk, without credentials of note, - and are quiet easily stupefied. Surely we, the learned, can readily discern, by reasoned, scholarly analysee. We're not easily fooled, as a general rule, - and we have an historic pedigree. Yet, if Abraham’s promised seed, was singular indeed, reason demands Messiah be so too. Then, our Zionist claim, to National Messianic fame, - is just another fanciful bugaboo. Should we look anew at him whom we slew, determine if his claims could have merit: The Prophets shed light on a Messiah in type; - shall we see if the scriptures declare it? In the Genesis of old, a wonderful story is told, of a singular birth - miraculous. The woman’s seed (Virgo), a virgin shall conceive, - calling him Immanuel (God with us) Did Adam’s fig leaf portray his work in brief; the attempt, his sinfulness to cover: While the “blood sacrificed skin”, atoned the sin; - covering it rightly all over? Cain’s works of his will, “the best from his field,” could not win him God’s favor. Was Abel’s sacrifice, a “type” of Christ’s strife, - to God, a sweet smelling savor? The “provided” Ram, replacing the damned; Abraham saw this parallel. Did Christ, sacrifice give, for sinners to live, - sparing them a deserved hell? Hosea redeemed, a shameful, unfaithful thing, paying the price that was due. Gomer, prisoner of sin - Hosea, her freedom to win; - is this what Christ came to do? Joseph, you know - with the colorful clothes, was wrongly abused by his brethren. But, the pain he went through, though they never knew, - resulted in their natural salvation. Is, "When I see blood, I'll pass over you", Metaphoric too: is this, Christ's passion being shown? The Egyptians paid the price, with a useless sacrifice; - they had no savior to atone. Of the bones in the valley, lets make a short tally; did the wind bring life - or prophesying? They used not their will, in that lifeless field; - it was the Spirit’s own devising. The blood of the sacrificial Goat, - Israel's great hope, seems (spotless) a "sign" of perfection. The ancients shed light on a Redeemer of might, - bestowing a sinless connection! Does the Christian life, “typed” in Israel's Sinai strife; show Moses to be Christ's shadow? He led them well, made intercession when they fell, - brought them to Canaan's bright meadow. Could extremities in the past, of Israel be cast, to reveal a new covenant future: Where wisdom and light, come not by natural sight, - but are granted by Spiritual nurture? If Christ was a King, being predestined to reign, over an eternal kingdom - It couldn't be carnal, for that's not eternal, - but a Spiritual one, say some. My confusion is great, as is all Israel's of late, while we wonder in great exasperation. Oh, where is our peace, when shall the warfare cease, - oh, God where is our consolation? xxxxxxxxxxxxx "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name “Immanuel”(God with us) Isaiah 7:14 "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made, He sayeth not to seeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ.” Galatians 3:16 “And, if you be Christ's then are ye Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:29 "God will provide HIMSELF a lamb for a burnt offering... " Genesis 22:8 "...when I see the blood I will pass over you..." Exodus 12:13 " Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” Ezekiel 37:9 " ...Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel,...”Hosea 3:1a " But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good...” Genesis 50:20 1Cor.4:7 “For who maketh you to differ from another, and what hast thou that thou didst not receive”? Rom.10:1 “Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved.” Job 19:25 “ I know that my redeemer liveth”. Isa. 53 and 54:17 ( Proofs of Christ,s passion and substitutionary atonement in the old Testament,- of which there are many.) 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