Not Done Yet (Advent 19, 2023)

I don’t know when this replacement nonsense began, but the Church has not replaced the Jews as God’s Chosen People.  The Jews have been on hold, according to Romans, for one reason: so that the full Gentile number can enter. 

Irrevocable. (Isaiah 59:20-21) Once the full number of Gentiles is achieved through God’s grace and His Gospel, the Chosen People who accept this Gospel by faith, will repent and be grafted back in.  God is not done with them yet.

Questions for further thought:

Has Jerusalem yet been made an immovable rock? 

Have the nations that attack Jerusalem been destroyed yet?  

Why will God deliver the “house of David” and the clan of Judah before the “inhabitants of Jerusalem?”

What idols are currently in the land?

Prayer:  Father God, those of us praying for the peace of Jerusalem know that this peace will be only at Your final fulfilling of prophecy– when sin and impurity are cleansed by that fountain of the blood of Christ.  We lift the Jewish people up to You and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem (whether Jew, Gentile, or Arab) and long for the day when Lord Jesus returns.  Until that time, we ask Your hand of protection upon Your people in the Church now, and those who are among our Jewish brethren in the family of man who are yet to repent and believe but belong to You in accordance with Your Word.  Open their eyes, heal their blindness as only You can.  We praise You that You’re not done with any of us until You say that You are.  Strengthen us for the coming hour.  In Christ’s Name we pray.  Amen.

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Acknowledging inquiries about an entire season’s devotionals for your study group’s planning purposes, Seminary Gal’s prior seasons’ Advent devotionals can be accessed via the archives to the right and are as follows:  

  • Awaken Remnant” was the devotional topic for 2022. It began November 27, 2022, and highlighted the remnant found throughout Scripture as evident in Jesus’ lineage.
  • The multi-faceted Interlude between the promise of a Deliverer and the birth of our Messiah and King was the theme of 2021’s devotional series. It is archived beginning November 28, 2021.
  • 2020’s Devotional Series Divine Intervention began on November 29, 2020 and explored God’s activity on behalf of a hurting world and nations in tumult– Intervention for you and for me when our status as sinners required nothing short of a miracle.
  • God’s Christmas list explored what might be on God’s Christmas list, learning what He wants from us. It began December 1, 2019.
  • Storyteller began December 2, 2018 and entered into the Christmas story through its telling.
  • The 2017 series Still Christmas, began December 3, 2017 and was the Advent complement to the Lenten series, Be Still and Know that I AM God.
  • The 2016 season devotionals were called Timeless: The Message of Christmas for All Ages” and explored how the message of Christmas is timeless truth, for all ages of people, and for all ages at all times.  Timeless hope, encouragement, grace, peace, and love as we looked into the Word, saw the face of our Lord Jesus, and experienced restoration in His presence.  His goodness and His Gospel are truly Timeless. The 2016 devotionals began November 27, 2016.
  • The 2015 season devotionals were titled Incarnation and involved digging deep–and yes, I mean deep– in this important mystery of Christian theology.  They began November 29, 2015.
  • Carol Me, Christmas! remains one of my most popular offerings and tells the Christmas story through our most beloved Christmas hymns and carols.  You can access all of the numbered devotionals from 2014 via the archives.  They began November 30, 2014.
  • The 2013 series was Emmanuel: When LOVE Showed Up in Person and examined the Prologue to the Gospel of John.  It began December 1, 2013.
  • The 2012 series focused on Expecting the Unexpected…the unexpected, unlikely, and uniquely divine qualities of God’s perfect plan outlined in Luke’s account of the Christmas story.  It began December 1, 2012.

Categories Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals | Tags: | Posted on December 21, 2023

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