Joseph her husband, being just but not willing to shame her, planned to divorce her quietly. As he was considering this, behold an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying: “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take home Mary your wife. For what is begotten in her is from…[read more]
So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the Babylonian exile fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian exile to the Christ fourteen generations. Matthew 1:17 Matthew begins his gospel with the genealogy of Jesus. The genealogy is not designed so much to describe the past as to illuminate…[read more]
When that day comes you need feel no shame for all the misdeeds you have committed against me, for I will remove your proud boasters from your midst; and you will cease to strut on my holy mountain. In your midst I will leave a humble and lowly people, and those who are left in…[read more]
Sing and rejoice of daughter Sion! See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the Lord. Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day, and they shall be God’s people, and he will dwell among you, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. Zechariah…[read more]
. . . so that all may see and know, may all observe and understand that the hand of Yahweh has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it. Isaiah 41: 20 For all the prophets and the Law until John prophesied. And if you are willing to accept it, he is…[read more]
Come to me all you who toil and and are burdened, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11: 28-30 Yahweh…[read more]
A voice says. “Cry out!” I answer, “What shall I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all their glory like the flower of the field. The grass wither, the flower wilts, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it So then, the people is the grass. Though the grass withers and the flower…[read more]
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ. Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence, . . . determining that we…[read more]
No longer shall Jacob be ashamed, no more shall his face grow pale, for he shall see what my hands have done in his midst, he shall hold my name holy. They will hallow the Holy One of Jacob, stand in awe of the God of Israel. Erring spirits will learn wisdom and murmurers accept…[read more]
Trust in the LORD forever! For the LORD is an eternal Rock. He humbles those in high places, and the lofty city he brings down; He tumbles it to the ground, levels it with the dust. It is trampled underfoot by the needy, by the footsteps of the poor. Isaiah 26: 4-6 Everyone who listens…[read more]
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