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What Happened in Jerusalem Today 1989 Years AGO ?
Facing death, Jesus is taken to Golgotha to be crucified.
Bible Verse and Prayer for Today;
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Luke 23:46
Prayer
Lord . We Know that The Father and Son Relationship between You God and Jesus suffered that Day at Calvary , all this due to Our Sin , We Are Sorry Lord , Please accept our deepest apology , and the worst of all we continue in Sin . Please forgive us our Daily Sin and Help us to stop Sinning , we Pray this in Jesus name , Amen and Amen
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- More teachings from Jesus on prayer.
Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, - Pray with faith and prayer builds faith.
- When praying you will be strengthened.
- Pray with might.
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
En toe Jesus met ‘n groot stem uitgeroep het, sê Hy: Vader, in u hande gee Ek my Gees oor; en nadat Hy dit gesê het, het Hy die asem gegee.
Lukas 23:46
Gebed
Here. Ons weet dat die Vader en Seun Verhouding tussen U God en Jesus daardie Dag op Golgota gely het, dit alles as gevolg van Ons Sonde, Ons is jammer Here, aanvaar asseblief ons diepste verskoning, en die ergste van alles gaan ons voort in Sonde. Vergewe ons asseblief ons daaglikse sonde en help ons om op te hou sondig, ons bid dit in Jesus naam, Amen en Amen
Gebed Wenke
Nog leringe van Jesus oor gebed.
Luk 22:32 Maar Ek het vir jou gebid dat jou geloof nie ophou nie; en as jy jou bekeer, versterk jou broeders.
41 En hy is van hulle teruggetrek omtrent ‘n klipgooi, en het neergekniel en gebid:
42 en gesê: Vader, as U wil, neem hierdie beker van My weg; laat nogtans nie my wil nie, maar u wil geskied.
43 En ‘n engel het uit die hemel aan hom verskyn wat hom versterk het.
44 En terwyl hy in angs was, het hy ernstiger gebid, en sy sweet was soos groot druppels bloed wat op die grond geval het.
45 En toe Hy opstaan van die gebed en by sy dissipels kom, vind Hy hulle aan die slaap van droefheid,
Bid met geloof en gebed bou geloof.
Wanneer jy bid sal jy versterk word.
Bid met mag.
Bible Teaching of the Day
Concentrate on the Cross – Part 20
“It is finished”
Of the last sayings of Christ on the cross, none is more important or more poignant than, “It is finished.” Found only in the Gospel of John, the Greek word translated “it is finished” is tetelestai, an accounting term that means “paid in full.” When Jesus uttered those words, He was declaring the debt owed to His Father was wiped away completely and forever. Not that Jesus wiped away any debt that He owed to the Father; rather, Jesus eliminated the debt owed by mankind—the debt of sin.
Just prior to His arrest by the Romans, Jesus prayed His last public prayer, asking the Father to glorify Him, just as Jesus had glorified the Father on earth, having “finished the work you have given me to do” (John 17:4). The work Jesus was sent to do was to “seek and save that which is lost” (Luke 19:10), to provide atonement for the sins of all who would ever believe in Him (Romans 3:23-25), and to reconcile sinful men to a holy God. “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:18-19). None other but God in the flesh could accomplish such a task.
Also completed was the fulfillment of all Old Testament prophecies, symbols, and foreshadowings of the coming Messiah. From Genesis to Malachi, there are over 300 specific prophecies detailing the coming of the Anointed One, all fulfilled by Jesus. From the “seed” who would crush the serpent’s head (Genesis 3:15), to the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53, to the prediction of the “messenger” of the Lord (John the Baptist) who would “prepare the way” for the Messiah, all prophecies of Jesus’ life, ministry, and death were fulfilled and finished at the cross.
Although the redemption of mankind is the most important finished task, many other things were finished at the cross. The sufferings Jesus endured while on the earth, and especially in His last hours, were at last over. God’s will for Jesus was accomplished in His perfect obedience to the Father (John 5:30; 6:38). Most importantly, the power of sin and Satan was finished. No longer would mankind have to suffer the “flaming arrows of the evil one” (Ephesians 6:16). By raising the “shield of faith” in the One who completed the work of redemption and salvation, we can, by faith, live as new creations in Christ. Jesus’ finished work on the cross was the beginning of new life for all who were once “dead in trespasses and sins” but who are now made “alive with Christ” (Ephesians 2:1, 5).
Bybel Lering vir die Dag
Konsentreer op die Kruis – Deel 20
“Dit is Volbring”
Van die laaste woorde van Christus aan die kruis, is niemand belangriker of meer aangrypend as: “Dit is volbring nie.” Die Griekse woord wat slegs in die Johannes-evangelie gevind word, is tetelestai, ‘n rekeningkundige term wat “ten volle betaal” beteken. Toe Jesus daardie woorde uiter, het Hy verklaar dat die skuld aan Sy Vader heeltemal en vir altyd weggevee is. Nie dat Jesus enige skuld wat Hy aan die Vader verskuldig was, afgevee het nie; Jesus het eerder die skuld van die mensdom uitgeskakel—die skuld van sonde.
Net voor Sy arrestasie deur die Romeine, het Jesus Sy laaste openbare gebed gebid en die Vader gevra om Hom te verheerlik, net soos Jesus die Vader op aarde verheerlik het, nadat Hy “die werk voltooi het wat U My gegee het om te doen” (Johannes 17:4). Die werk wat Jesus gestuur is om te doen, was om te “soek en red wat verlore is” (Luk. 19:10), om versoening te verskaf vir die sondes van almal wat ooit in Hom sou glo (Romeine 3:23-25), en om sondige mense met ‘n heilige God te versoen. “Dit alles is van God, wat ons met Homself versoen het deur Christus en aan ons die bediening van die versoening gegee het: dat God die wêreld met Homself versoen het in Christus en die mense se sondes hulle nie toereken nie. En Hy het die boodskap van die versoening aan ons toevertrou” (2 Korintiërs 5:18-19). Niemand anders as God in die vlees kon so ‘n taak verrig nie.
Ook voltooi was die vervulling van alle Ou-Testamentiese profesieë, simbole en voorafskaduwings van die komende Messias. Van Genesis tot Maleagi is daar meer as 300 spesifieke profesieë wat die koms van die Gesalfde Een uiteensit, alles vervul deur Jesus. Van die “saad” wat die slang se kop sou vermorsel (Genesis 3:15), tot die Lydende Dienaar van Jesaja 53, tot die voorspelling van die “boodskapper” van die Here (Johannes die Doper) wat die “weg” vir die Messias sou voorberei, is alle profesieë van Jesus se lewe, bediening en dood by die kruis vervul en voltooi.
Alhoewel die verlossing van die mensdom die belangrikste voltooide taak is, is baie ander dinge by die kruis afgehandel. Die lyding wat Jesus verduur het terwyl hy op aarde was, en veral in Sy laaste ure, was uiteindelik verby. God se wil vir Jesus is volbring in Sy volmaakte gehoorsaamheid aan die Vader (Johannes 5:30; 6:38). Die belangrikste is dat die mag van sonde en Satan voltooi is. Die mensdom sou nie meer die “vlammende pyle van die Bose” hoef te verduur nie (Efesiërs 6:16). Deur die “skild van geloof” op te lig in die Een wat die werk van verlossing en verlossing voltooi het, kan ons deur geloof as nuwe skeppings in Christus lewe. Jesus se voltooide werk aan die kruis was die begin van nuwe lewe vir almal wat eens “dood was deur misdade en sondes”, maar wat nou “saam met Christus lewend gemaak is” (Efesiërs 2:1, 5).
Today’s Devotional
O, HOW MUCH HE LOVED US.
When I think of Calvary, the cross and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ giving up His life for us, I cannot help but shed a tear. Not just because of Jesus dying, but because of my sin and the part I played in inflicting this gruesome death of Jesus Christ.
Oh, if it were not for the sin of those who lived before Christ and the sins of all those born after Christ, He would not have suffered such an agonizing death. Even though He was sinless and without blame, Jesus took our death-sentence upon Himself and died a horrific death.
With every drop of spit, falling on His face, He had us in mind. Every time He was shoved around, He was thinking of us. Every time He was beaten with a whip, His skin and flesh torn from His body, we were on His mind. When the crown of thorns was placed on His head with thorns piercing through His scalp into His skull, He was mindful of us.
Then as the sound of the hammer, driving the nails into His hands and feet, echoed through the air, He was thinking of us. When He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing,” Jesus was not just praying for the ones around the cross, but also for us. When He said to the criminal next to Him; “Today you will be with Me in paradise” Jesus also spoke to those who will later accept Him as Lord and Saviour. When He said, “It is finished,” Jesus also finished the salvation works needed to save us all from eternal death. (See Matthew 27, Mark Luke 23)
With arms wide open, bleeding profusely and battling to breath until He had no breath, and no life left, He was thinking of you and me.
Let us give thanks to the Lord. Let us lift His Holy name on high for never had any man shown such love that He gave up His life for us. (John 15:13) But let us also weep before the Lord, not just because of our own sin, but also for the sins of others, who are yet to find redemption, through the blood of Jesus Christ.
Vandag se Bemoediging
“O, HOE LIEF HET HY ONS NIE.”
As ek dink aan Golgota, die kruis en ons Here en Verlosser Jesus Christus wat Sy lewe vir ons prys gegee het, kan ek nie anders as om ‘n traan te stort nie. Nie net as gevolg van Jesus wat gesterf het nie, maar ook as gevolg van my sonde wat tot die grusame dood van Jesus Christus gelei het.
O, as dit nie was vir die sonde van diegene wat voor Christus geleef het en die sondes van almal wat na Christus gebore is nie, sou Hy nie so ‘n pynlike dood gesterf het nie. Al was Hy sondeloos en sonder blaam, het Jesus ons doodsvonnis op Hom geneem en grusaam aan die kruis gesterf.
Met elke druppel spoeg wat op Sy gesig geval het, het Hy ons in gedagte gehad. Elke keer as Hy rondgestamp of gestoot was, het Hy aan ons gedink. Elke keer as Hy met ‘n sweep geslaan was, Sy vel en vlees van Sy liggaam geskeur was, was ons in Sy gedagtes. Toe die doringkroon op Sy kop geplaas en die dorings deur Sy kopvel tot in Sy skedel gedring het, het Hy aan ons gedink.
Toe die geluid van die hamer wat die spykers in Sy hande en voete ingedryf het, deur die lug weergalm, het Hy aan ons gedink. Toe Hy gesê het: “Vader vergeef hulle, want hulle weet nie wat hulle doen nie,” het Jesus nie net vir die mense rondom die kruis gebid nie, maar ook vir elkeen van ons. Toe Hy vir die misdadiger langs Hom gesê het; “Vandag sal jy saam met My in die paradys wees” het Jesus ook gepraat met elkeen wat Hom later as Here en Verlosser sal aanneem. Toe Hy gesê het: “Dit is volbring,” het Jesus die verlossingswerke voltooi wat nodig was om ons almal van die ewige dood te red. (Sien Matteus 27, Markus Lukas 23)
Met arms wyd oop, bloeiend en hygend na asem totdat Hy geen asem en geen lewe oorgehad het nie, het Hy aan my en jou gedink.
Laat ons die Here dank. Laat ons Sy Heilige Naam verhef, want nog nooit het iemand ons so lief gehad, dat Hy Sy lewe vir ons prys gegee het nie . (Johannes 15:13) Maar laat ons ook voor die Here ween, nie net oor ons eie sonde nie, maar ook oor die sondes van ander wat nog verlossing moet vind deur die bloed van Jesus Christus.
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Bible Prophecy in the News
Trump Says ‘No’ to Striking Iran: Trump backed off a proposed joint U.S.-Israel military operation targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities during a recent White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
US President Donald Trump denied that he blocked Israeli plans for a strike against Iran but emphasized that he prefers a diplomatic solution.
He said, “I wouldn’t say waved off,” but added, “I’m not in a rush to do it,” implying that he was confirming a New York Times report that Trump rejected a Israel’s planned attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in favor of negotiation.
In the Oval Office alongside Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Trump said, “Iran has a chance to have a great country and to live happily without death, and I’d like to see that. That’s my first option.
“If there’s a second option, I think it would be very bad for Iran, and I think Iran is wanting to talk. I hope they’re wanting to talk. It’s going to be very good for them if they do. Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. It’s pretty simple,” he added.
Trump has cited the scrapping of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran negotiated in the Obama presidency as a major success of his first term.
According to a Wednesday report by The New York Times, President Trump backed off a proposed joint U.S.-Israel military operation targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities during a recent White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu had reportedly been urging for the strike potentially involving Israeli commandos on the ground in Iran to destroy underground nuclear sites to be launched as early as May.
The New York Times reported that top US officials, including Gen. Michael E. Kurilla, head of US Central Command, and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz were open to reviewing Israel’s proposed strike on Iran and exploring potential areas for American support. But as Iran signaled a willingness to resume talks over its nuclear program, Trump opted to pause the military plans and pursue a diplomatic route instead, according to the report.
Within the administration, there were growing concerns that a strike—whether by the US or Israel—could ignite a broader regional conflict.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was among those warning of potential escalation, while Vice President J.D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also reportedly expressed reservations about launching a direct attack on Iran.
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Signs of the Times in the News
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At least 40 people were murdered on Sunday night by Muslim gunmen in an attack on a Christian farming community in north-central Nigeria. The attack came on Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem.
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The Clock Is Ticking: If Negotiations With Iran Fail War Is Coming
The Iranians are prepared to hit back with everything that they have got if their nuclear facilities are attacked, and once that happens there will be no turning back. So there is a lot riding on the negotiations with Iran that began last weekend and that will continue this upcoming weekend.
Colorado Christians Unite Against Wicked Political Agenda
Colorado’s “wicked political agenda” has been met by the righteous fury of Christians in the state. Bill HB25-1312 was introduced by Democrats to label “misgendering” as a form of child abuse or “coercive control.” If passed, this law could strip parents of custody for rejecting their child’s self-prescribed transgender identity.
Gog and Magog Update
Israeli fighter jet bombs area near Israeli community by mistake
On Tuesday night, an Israeli fighter jet accidentally dropped a munition close to a community near Israel’s border with Gaza.
The bomb fell outside Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, just 3 km (2 miles) from Gaza. There were no reported injuries.
The IDF explained that the incident was the result of a “technical malfunction” that occurred while the fighter jet was attempting an airstrike within Gaza.
“A short while ago, a munition fell from an IDF fighter jet that was on its way to a mission in the Gaza Strip. The munition landed in an open area near Nir Yitzhak due to a technical malfunction,” the Israeli military said in a brief statement.
The IDF is currently reviewing the incident which occurred close the community of 550 people.
Hamas attacked Nir Yitzhak on October 7th, 2023; nearly half of the community’s population has returned since October 7th.
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Introduction to the Bible – Bible Summary
Summary of the Book of 2 Kings
Author: The Book of 2 Kings does not name its author. The tradition is that the prophet
Jeremiah was the author of both 1 and 2 Kings.
Date of Writing: The Book of 2 Kings, along with 1 Kings, was likely written between
560 and 540 B.C.
Purpose of Writing: The Book of 2 Kings is a sequel to the Book of 1 Kings. It continues
the story of the kings over the divided kingdom (Israel and Judah.) The Book of 2 Kings
concludes with the final overthrow and deportation of the people of Israel and Judah to
Assyria and Babylon, respectively.
Key Verses:
2 Kings 17:7-8: “All this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the LORD
their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt from under the power of Pharaoh
king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods and followed the practices of the nations the
LORD had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had
introduced.”
2 Kings 22:1a-2: “Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in
Jerusalem thirty-one years. He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in
all the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.”
2 Kings 24:2: “The LORD sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders
against him. He sent them to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the LORD
proclaimed by his servants the prophets.”
2 Kings 8:19: “Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the LORD was not willing
to destroy Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants
forever.”
Brief Summary: Second Kings depicts the downfall of the divided kingdom. Prophets
continue to warn the people that the judgment of God is at hand, but they will not
repent. The kingdom of Israel is repeatedly ruled by wicked kings, and, even though a
few of Judah’s kings are good, the majority of them lead the people away from worship
of the Lord. These few good rulers, along with God’s prophets, cannot stop the nation’s
decline. The Northern Kingdom of Israel is eventually destroyed by the Assyrians, and
about 136 years later the Southern Kingdom of Judah is destroyed by the Babylonians.
There are three prominent themes present in the Book of 2 Kings. First, the Lord will
judge His people when they disobey and turn their backs on Him. The Israelites’
unfaithfulness was reflected in the evil idolatry of the kings and resulted in God
exercising His righteous wrath against their rebellion. Second, the word of the true
prophets of God always comes to pass. Because the Lord always keeps His word, so too
are the words of His prophets always true. Third, the Lord is faithful. He remembered His
promise to David (2 Samuel 7:10-13), and, despite the disobedience of the people and
the evil kings who ruled them, the Lord did not bring David’s family to an end.
Foreshadowings: Jesus uses the stories of the widow of Zarephath from 1 Kings and
Naaman in 2 Kings to illustrate the great truth of God’s compassion toward those the
Jews deemed unworthy of God’s grace—the poor, the weak, the oppressed, tax
collectors, Samaritans, Gentiles. By citing the examples of a poor widow and a leper,
Jesus showed Himself to be the Great Physician who heals and ministers to those in the
greatest need of divine sovereign grace. This same truth was the basis of the mystery of
the body of Christ, His Church, which would be drawn from all levels of society, male
and female, rich and poor, Jew and Gentile (Ephesians 3:1-6).
Many of the miracles of Elisha foreshadowed those of Jesus Himself. Elisha raised the
Shunammite woman’s son (2 Kings 4:34-35), healed Naaman of leprosy (2 Kings 5:1-19),
and multiplied loaves of bread to feed a hundred people with some left over (2 Kings
4:42-44).
Practical Application: God hates sin and He will not allow it to continue indefinitely. If
we belong to Him, we can expect His discipline when we disobey Him. A loving Father
corrects His children for their benefit and to prove that they indeed belong to Him. God
may at times use unbelievers to bring correction to His people, and He gives us warning
before delivering judgment. As Christians, we have His Word to guide us and warn us
when we go astray from His path. Like the prophets of old, His Word is trustworthy and
always speaks truth. God’s faithfulness to His people will never fail, even when we do.
The stories of the widow and the leper are examples for us in regard to the Body of
Christ. Just as Elisha had pity on these from the lowest levels of society, we are to
welcome all who belong to Christ into our churches. God is no “respecter of persons”
(Acts 10:34), and neither should we be.
Inleiding tot die Bybel – Bybel Samevatting
Opsomming van die Boek van 2
Konings
Skrywer: Die Boek van 2 Konings noem nie die skrywer daarvan nie. Die tradisie is dat
die profeet Jeremia die outeur van beide 1 en 2 Konings was.
Datum van Skrywe: Die Boek van 2 Konings, saam met 1 Konings, is waarskynlik tussen
560 en 540 vC geskryf
Doel van Skrywe: Die Boek van 2 Konings is ‘n opvolger van die Boek van 1 Konings.
Dit vervolg die verhaal van die konings oor die verdeelde koninkryk (Israel en Juda.) Die
Boek van 2 Konings word afgesluit met die finale omverwerping en deportasie van die
mense van Israel en Juda na onderskeidelik Assirië en Babilon.
Sleutelverse:
2 Konings 17:7-8 : “Dit alles het gebeur omdat die Israeliete gesondig het teen die HERE
hulle God wat hulle uit Egipte laat optrek het onder die mag van Farao, die koning van
Egipte. Hulle het ander gode aanbid en het die gebruike gevolg van die nasies wat die
HERE voor hulle verdryf het, sowel as die gebruike wat die konings van Israel ingestel
het.”
2 Konings 22:1a-2 : “Josia was agt jaar oud toe hy koning geword het, en hy het een en
dertig jaar in Jerusalem geregeer. Hy het gedoen wat reg was in die oë van die HERE en
gewandel in al die weë van sy vader Dawid , nie opsy draai na regs of links nie.”
2 Konings 24:2 : “Die HERE het Babiloniese, Arameërs, Moabitiese en Ammonitiese
stropers teen hom gestuur. Hy het hulle gestuur om Juda te vernietig, ooreenkomstig
die woord van die HERE wat deur sy knegte, die profete, verkondig is.”
2 Konings 8:19 : “Maar ter wille van sy kneg Dawid was die HERE nie bereid om Juda te
vernietig nie. Hy het belowe om vir Dawid en sy nageslag vir ewig ’n lamp in stand te
hou.”
Kort opsomming: Tweede Konings beeld die ondergang van die verdeelde koninkryk
uit. Profete gaan voort om die mense te waarsku dat die oordeel van God op hande is,
maar hulle sal hulle nie bekeer nie. Die koninkryk van Israel word herhaaldelik deur
goddelose konings regeer, en al is ‘n paar van Juda se konings goed, lei die
meerderheid van hulle die volk weg van aanbidding van die Here. Hierdie paar goeie
heersers, saam met God se profete, kan nie die nasie se agteruitgang keer nie. Die
Noordryk van Israel word uiteindelik deur die Assiriërs vernietig, en ongeveer 136 jaar
later word die Suidelike Koninkryk van Juda deur die Babiloniërs vernietig.
Daar is drie prominente temas in die Boek van 2 Konings. Eerstens sal die Here sy volk
oordeel wanneer hulle ongehoorsaam is en hulle rug op Hom draai. Die Israeliete se
ontrouheid is weerspieël in die bose afgodery van die konings en het daartoe gelei dat
God Sy regverdige toorn teen hulle rebellie uitgeoefen het. Tweedens kom die woord
van die ware profete van God altyd uit. Omdat die Here altyd Sy woord bewaar, so is die
woorde van Sy profete ook altyd waar. Derdens, die Here is getrou. Hy het Sy belofte
aan Dawid onthou ( 2 Samuel 7:10-13 ), en, ten spyte van die ongehoorsaamheid van
die volk en die bose konings wat hulle regeer het, het die Here nie Dawid se familie tot
‘n einde gebring nie.
Voorafskaduwings: Jesus gebruik die verhale van die weduwee van Sarfat uit 1 Konings
en Naäman in 2 Konings om die groot waarheid van God se medelye met diegene te
illustreer wat die Jode as onwaardig geag word vir God se genade—die armes, die
swakkes, die verdruktes, tollenaars, Samaritane , Heidene. Deur die voorbeelde van ‘n
arm weduwee en ‘n melaatse aan te haal, het Jesus getoon dat Hy die Groot Geneesheer
is wat diegene genees en bedien wat die grootste behoefte aan goddelike soewereine
genade het. Hierdie selfde waarheid was die basis van die verborgenheid van die
liggaam van Christus, Sy Kerk, wat uit alle vlakke van die samelewing getrek sou word,
manlik en vroulik, ryk en arm, Jood en nie-Jood ( Efesiërs 3:1-6 ).
Baie van die wonderwerke van Elisa het dié van Jesus self voorafgeskadu. Elisa het die
Sunamitiese vrou se seun grootgemaak ( 2 Konings 4:34-35 ), Naäman van melaatsheid
genees ( 2 Konings 5:1-19 ) en brode vermeerder om honderd mense te voed met ‘n
bietjie oor ( 2 Konings 4:42) -44 ).
Praktiese Toepassing: God haat sonde en Hy sal nie toelaat dat dit onbepaald
voortduur nie. As ons aan Hom behoort, kan ons Sy dissipline verwag wanneer ons aan
Hom ongehoorsaam is. ‘n Liefdevolle Vader korrigeer sy kinders tot hulle voordeel en
om te bewys dat hulle wel aan Hom behoort. God kan soms ongelowiges gebruik om
teregwysing aan Sy mense te bring, en Hy waarsku ons voordat Hy oordeel uitspreek. As
Christene het ons Sy Woord om ons te lei en ons te waarsku wanneer ons van Sy pad
afdwaal. Soos die profete van ouds, is Sy Woord betroubaar en spreek altyd waarheid.
God se getrouheid aan sy volk sal nooit misluk nie, selfs wanneer ons dit doen.
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