Deut 23:26 "There
is no one like the God of Israel. He rides across the heavens to help you,
across the skies in majestic splendor.
27 The eternal
God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. He thrusts out the
enemy before you; it is he who cries, 'Destroy them!'
28 So Israel will
live in safety, prosperous Jacob in security, in a land of grain and wine, while
the heavens drop down dew.
29 How blessed
you are, O Israel! Who else is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is your
protecting shield and your triumphant sword! Your enemies will bow low before
you, and you will trample on their backs!" (NLT)
This blessing from Moses stands today. Israel does not seek
to make war, but if threatened, then Almighty God fights for them. He has
ordered his people to fight and even to destroy an entire people. Evil will be destroyed in God's time.
Exo 17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a
memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly
put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
He warned his people of His wrath against idolaters.
Exo 22:20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the
LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
Lev 26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land
of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to
destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD
their God.
God would keep his covenant with Israel, his covenant
people. He would punish them for turning away from him, but in the end times
they would be gathered again as a nation and then they would receive their
Messiah.
We, who believe in Jesus were once rebels and
outcasts.
Eph 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins:
Eph 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Eph 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Eph 2:7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
We are under the New Covenant of God's mercy and grace through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. God is greater than any power. God protects his covenant people. He holds us in his arms and goes before us to destroy his enemies. Fear God, but do not fear the devil and his words. Evil cannot stand before God. He has cleansed us from our sins and we are seen in Jesus as the righteous people of God.
Eph 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Eph 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Eph 2:7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
We are under the New Covenant of God's mercy and grace through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. God is greater than any power. God protects his covenant people. He holds us in his arms and goes before us to destroy his enemies. Fear God, but do not fear the devil and his words. Evil cannot stand before God. He has cleansed us from our sins and we are seen in Jesus as the righteous people of God.
Rom 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under
your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Amen.
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