Thurs.’s Devo - Jerusalem’s Turning

Read: Is. 28:14:-30:11; Gal. 3:23-4:31; Ps. 62:1-12; Pr. 23:19-21 There will be people who have made a covenant with hell…who have rejected the words of God and Isaiah and they will be destroyed because they didn’t believe God would judge them. Ariel is a fictitious name for Jerusalem. All the nations that come up against her will be like empty dreams. Right now, the Jew's eyes have been shut by God. They talk of God but they can't understand Him or His Word because their hearts are not willing to hear the truth. When we see God bless Lebanon then we know that He is about to open the eyes of the Jews also. Then those that are meek and humble will come to God and receive His son. Sometimes it is hard to know where we Gentiles fit into the promises of God, especially those specifically given to the Jews. Verse 29 of Galatians today settles this matter. If we are in Christ then we are Abraham’s seed and heirs of the promises. So every verse in the Bible pertains to us. We are grafted in to Judaism. In Chapter 4, Paul is trying to remind them that he loves them even though he has to rebuke them and speak truth to them. He sees them slipping back under the bondage of the law and is trying to keep them free. Those that want to walk in freedom will always be a minority and be persecuted by those that don’t understand. Lord, help us to watch over and fight for our freedom in Christ.