The Divided Kingdom & The Remnant Returns
“Even when the Israelites did their worst and both kingdoms were taken into exile, God was getting ready to show them His best.”
“Even when the Israelites did their worst and both kingdoms were taken into exile, God was getting ready to show them His best.”
“From the very beginning of the creation of the first man, God has shown His desire to be in relationship, in communion, and in partnership.”
“When we take a closer look into the Hebrew, we uncover multiple amazing meanings tucked into each letter, and we see that God actually explains His whole plan of Salvation, literally, in the beginning of His story.”
However, much like finding the hidden image in the graphic, reading the Bible has less to do with โmaturityโ and so much more to do with knowing where and how to look for the message God wants us to see.ย
“โThe Holy Spirit can use our own stories to draw others to Jesus, no matter what we think of ourselves or to whom we are speaking.ย The question is not whether we have a story to share, but whether or not we will.โ
“It was at this moment that Jesus became so much more than just a traveler, a rabbi, or even a miracle worker. “
“Jesus intentionally took His disciples on this โfield tripโ to the region of Caesarea Philippi, not to tell them a fictional story like Narnia, Peter Pan, or the Secret Garden, but to make sure that they knew His identity as the One True, real, and Living God!”
“Just as we read of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew 3 and 4, water stories and miracles in the Biblical narrative seem to be followed up with wilderness seasons, almost as if weโre called by God to take the thirst-quenching relief of the miracle forward into the difficult season that lay ahead, as a reminder to trust that Heโll provide even long after the water dries up.”
“…in our remembrance and telling of this story, do we ever truly consider the geographical context of the Land and how it impacts the narrative we know and love?”
“Itโs fascinating to recognize some of the Jewish roots within our modern Christian songs, and yet, weโve been reminded again this week that there is a collective of people who are missing the Jewish roots of Judaismโฆ and, at that right, Christianity.”
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