Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters
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Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters
‘ the world’ and the Kingdom of God. Back then the division was between Israel( God’ s people) and the Gentiles in the rest of the world. There were, however, early examples of a change that Jesus would bring where‘ God’ s people’ would be made up of both Jew and Gentile.“ But the Scriptures say that sin controls everyone, so that God’ s promises will be for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ.” Galatians 3:22 God’ s people are‘ the called out ones,’ those who believe on Jesus and whom He has separated from the world unto Himself,, without discrimination of nationality, gender or age etc.
When He brought His people, Israel, out of Egypt, that foreshadowed the separation of His people in these last days. Egypt in this scenario was a type of the world.
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Possibly the best Old Testament example was when God brought Lot and his family out of Sodom and Gomorrah. Sodom and Gomorrah represented the world.“ We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and did all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.” Jude 1:7 What happened to Sodom and Gomorrah serves as an example of what God is going to do to this godless, devilish, sinful, selfish and perverse system of thought and practice referred to in Scriptures as‘ the world’. Anyone who is not delivered from this system by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, is going to perish along with it. Those brought out of it who return to it or retain a love for it in their hearts, will also perish with it.
The good news is that the Kingdom of God is presently accessible to everyone in the world. Jesus Christ is only a prayer away, and God, by His Spirit, is appealing to every human heart to acknowledge Him as their Creator and serve His Son, as their Lord. He is that very present help in times of trouble. He warns us of disaster, convicts us of sin and presents the way of escape out of the entrapments of the world.
However, only few recognise His voice. They reason Him away as conscience, a sixth sense, coincidence, intuition, premonition or deja vu. Today if you hear His voice harden not your heart. p
By Homer Slack author, preacher, Bible teacher, IT tutor, programmer & graphic designer
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