Forever One

15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 “Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Belonging to Joseph (that is, to Ephraim) and all the Israelites associated with him.’ 17 Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.

18 “When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by this?’ 19 say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’ 20 Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written on21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lordsays: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms. 23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,[a] and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

24 “‘My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees. 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,and David my servant will be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever. 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lordmake Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.’”

Last Judgement

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Last Judgment

Watch, therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming! Scripture is very clear that there will come a day when all who rejected Christ will be repaid for their evil. The Christian need not fear this day! For it will be the first day of eternal bliss in heaven!

Today’s sermon is based upon the old testament reading from the book of Jeremiah chapter 8 verses 4 through 7. 

4 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?

When someone turns away, do they not return?

5

Why then have these people turned away?

Why does Jerusalem always turn away?

They cling to deceit;

they refuse to return.

6

I have listened attentively,

but they do not say what is right.

None of them repent of their wickedness,

saying, “What have I done?”

Each pursues their own course

like a horse charging into battle.

7

Even the stork in the sky

knows her appointed seasons,

and the dove, the swift and the thrush

observe the time of their migration.

But my people do not know

the requirements of the Lord.

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Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming!  Scripture is very clear that there will come a day when all who rejected Christ will be repaid for their evil.  The Christian need not fear this day!  For it will be the first day of eternal bliss in heaven!