Zechariah’s Prophecy! Part-One.

Luke 1:67-79.

We tend to over look this New Testament Prophecy, perhaps because it points to the Jewish race and to that of John, who would make a way for Jesus the Messiah to come!

But in these few verses is some invaluable lessons as to the events that were taking place in Jerusalem two thousand years ago and continue to this day in the form of anti-Semitism and even in Ekklesia by many who fail to understand what the Holy Bible is saying?

These human reactions prove that some who profess a faith, are not what they say they are, while others have been mislead into false or not fully understood teachings! Verses 69-71 sum up the connection of events past and present in the day of Jesus appearing and His role in redeeming the nation and all who believe in Him?

But those he came for rejected Him as much as many continue to so today!

Psalm 18:2-3, 132:17-18, Luke 1:32-33, Romans 9:4-5.

The Magnificat! Part-Two

Upset for the world?

This song has much to say and reveal in relation to finding Salvation, but it is also upsetting for a Church that has accepted replacement theology to cut the Jewish people out of their inheritance!

There is no where in the holy Bible that says that God has given up on His own people Israel? We are all looking at the modern state of Israel and saying this is not right or possible, then look at your own so called Christian nations and Churches that have accepted sexual sin, cross-dressing, Homosexuality and filth, before you again judge the Jews for not coming up to your standards?

The New Testament is very clear in relation to the Jews being blinded, so that the Gentiles can be saved! But the Lord is returning to be the king of Israel and He will remove Satan from the restored Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, Israel and reign on the Earth for one thousand years!

Luke 1:46-55, 54-55, Psalm 98:3, 132:11-17, Zephaniah 3:14-20, Romans 11:7, 28-29, 2 Corinthians 3:14, Genesis 12:3.

We pray that you have a blessed Christmas and a happier New Year, 2021!

The Magnificat? Part-One.

Problems for Protestant Christians!

The main problem with the Song of Mary is that of her veneration by the Roman Church and other Orthodoxy, Coptic’s, Maronites, Armenian and so on?

But if these reformation ideas are explained and then excused we have a marvelous revelation of the humbleness and humility of this chosen young girl to allow the incarnate Jesus to enter into humanity!

The beginning of this song opens with exaltation to God, rather than the word praise that is used in many translation. There is an important deeper meaning to this interaction between humanity and eternity and next time we will see the problems of replacement theology that has done much damage to the misunderstandings by the commonwealth of Israel to the Jewish race?

Luke 1:46-56, Psalm 34:2-3, 102:17, 111:9, Isaiah 12:2-3, 45:25, 1 Corinthians 1:26-28, Jeremiah 10:6.

The Incarnation!

A double Miracle.

This is another difficult area for many Christians the activity of God in the conception and birth into human flesh of His son Jesus.

We see the Holy Spirit being employed here in two powerful miracle of the divine, first that of the conception of a seed being placed in Mary’s womb and then the birthing and healing of that womb so that May did not loose her virginity to her husband Joseph!

Many people cannot fathom some of the language of the Churches, because for the lay person its is deliberately hidden as a mystery!

One has to wonder about the hypocrisy of Churches that deceive believers into thinking that men who do not marry, will know much about anything to do with woman or even care?

The veneration of Mary again can be misconstrued in that the Magnificat has been abandoned by most Protestants since the reformation to their loss?

Matthew 1:18,   Luke 1:35,   44,   46-55,   Genesis 28:14.  

 

Jesus Circumcision?

Fulfilling the Law and set us Free!

The Law is what the world lives under and to set us free from rules and regulations was the work of Jesus, who we as believers in Him will be celebrating this Christmas?

Many have taken away the emphasis of this part of the story of the birth of Jesus, their reasons may be more to do with anti-Semitism rather than it being just a minor issue!

Jesus came for Israel first and so He had to fulfil the Jewish Law by doing everything that it required, because He was both perfect and sinless a second Adam. If we see this and point it our to others, it will make understanding more of the New Testament teachings in a better way.

Limiting it because its not relevant now, is no excuse in explaining the role of the law which will come up again and again in the scriptures! One is concerned that much racism amongst believers is both a block and short coming to mission, outreach and preaching the Gospel today?

Let us this season stand back knowing the fulness of this season and our own salvation in God, hoping that by our witness others will to come to faith in Jesus the King of Israel and the Saviour of the world!

Luke 2:21,   Genesis 17:12,    Leviticus 12:3,    Galatians 4:4-5.