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06/27/2026 – “The Promise”- Day 129 / “For every one of God’s promises is “Yes”in Him. Therefore the “Amen” is also through Him for God’s glory through us.” 2 Corinthians 1:20

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Let’s add verse 21 & 22: “Now the one who confirms us, is God; He has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts.” 2 Corinthians 1: 21-22

And now, let’s get to our story: “The Promise” (*a) , a fulfillment of prophecy spanning over two thousand years! (*a – See Jeremiah , chapters 30 & 31)

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“He removed a scroll from one of the shelves in the Chamber of Scrolls, place it on the wooden table, and unrolled it.

“Thousands of years ago,” said the teacher, “God gave a prophecy to the Jewish people. They would be taken captive from their homeland, scattered to the nations, and driven from one land to the next, to the ends of the earth. And it all came true. For the last two thousand years the Jewish people have been wandering the earth, from nation to nation. But He gave them a promise: At the end of the age He would gather them from the nations and bring them back to the land of Israel. So it is written in the Book of Jeremiah, ‘I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the woman with child, and the one who is in labor together.’ It was an impossibility. In all of human history nothing like this had ever happened before. And few believed it ever could.”

“Even those who read the Bible?” “Most had convinced themselves that God was finished with the Jewish people. And most Jewish people didn’t think they would ever live to see the prophecies come true. For two thousand years the land of Israel was in the hands of their enemies or in the hands of those who had no intention of giving it back. And the Jewish people were overwhelmingly powerless. But God said it would happen. The promise was inscribed in His Word. And despite all the powers and all the odds against it, after two thousand years of impossibility, in the midst of a secular and cynical age, God fulfilled the prophecy and His promise. He gathered His ancient people back from the ends of the earth and brought them back to their ancient homeland, the blind and the lame, the woman with child, a great multitude… as a shepherd gathers his flock.”

He closed the scroll.

“You see,” said the teacher, “between the Word and the world, it was again the Word that was the more real and more true. And between the promise and the hell that came against it, it was the promise that was the stronger, Never forget that. His Word is true, truer than the world, and His promise is sure, and stronger than all that come against it. And if after two thousand years God remembered His promise to fulfill it, He will also remember His promises to you.”

The Mission: Today, find a promise in the Word of God that applies to you and stand on it, believe it, and live this day in light of it.

Jeremiah 30 – 31; 2 Corinthians 1:20.

The Ingathering

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For Jeremiah 30 – 31, here is the section from the post: “09/26/2020 – Day 125- Jeremiah 27 – 31 :

And yes, that brings us to victory by God’s grace!: Chapter 30 – Restoration of Israel and Judah and Chapter 31 – The Remnant of Israel Saved. These two chapters are the first two of four called: “The Book of Consolation.” As was noted yesterday in the sacred gathering in D.C. and also in my book:

” ‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘ plans to give you hope and a future.’ (29:11)”

And look in 30:7 – 9: “For it shall come to pass I that day,” Says the Lord of hosts, ‘That I will break his yoke from your neck, and will burst your bonds; Foreignors shall no more enslave them. But they shall serve the Lord their God, And David their king, Whom I will raise up for them.” (Yeshua (Jesus the Christ) – resurrection!) “

My book, “Be Decisive” notes: “

The promise in 30:9 applies to the future kingdom age, following the tribulation, when the Messiah shall reign over his people. You find corresponding promises in 23:5 and 33: 14-26. When Jesus was here on earth, His people said, ‘ We will not have this man to reign over us’ (Luke 9:14), but in that day, they will recognize their Messiah-King and welcome Him (Zechariah 12:8 – 14:21).”

And check this out, as it goes further in verse 30:21: “.. But here is a suprising revelation: Not only will the Messiah be their King, but He will also be their Priest! ‘ Then I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach Me’ (v 21 NKJV). This is a language that applies especially to the Jewish high priest, who alone entered the Holy of Holies on the on the annual day of Atonement (Lev. 16) Only Jesus Christ, who is both King and Priest (Hebrews 7-8), can quality to fulfill this prophecy.”

And we conclude our reading in session six of ten with 31: 31 – 39: “A New Covenant”. It is new in that as noted in verse 33 that God will write it on our hearts. And as noted in my book commentary aid: “for the heart of every problem is the problem of the heart.” (2 Corinthians 3; Ezekiel 11: 19-20; 18:31; 36: 26 – 27) The old covenant could direct our conduct but it didn’t change our character.

So , I will conclude with our connective tie in between 1) this scripture reading assigned yesterday (saturday, the 26th); the sacred assembly in D.C. – call to global repentance and prayer; and, the day of atonement Yom Kippur , concluding the 10 days of awe tomorrow, Monday, September 28th.

From “Be Decisive” once again: “Jewish history is punctuated with a number of covenant renewals that brought temporary blessings but didn’t change the hearts of the people. The book of Deuteronomy records a renewal of the covenant under Moses, before people entered the Promised Land. In addition, before he died, Joshua led the people in reaffirming the covenant (Joshua 23 -24). Samual called the nation to renew the vows to God (1 Samuel 12), and both Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29 -31) and Josiah (2 Chronicles 34 -35) inspired great days of “revival” as they led the people back to God’s law.

The fact that blessings didn’t last is not argument against times of revival and refreshing. When somebody told Billy Sunday that revivals weren’t necessary because they didn’t last, the evangelist replied,

“A bath doesn’t last, but it’s good to have one ocassionally.”

A nation that is built on spiritual and moral principles must have frequent times of renewal or the foundations will crumble.”