The story of our life is only understood once we see the full
picture. The book of Job is not understood by reading the words of Job
and his ‘comforters’. We must also hear the Word of the Lord. The
history of God’s salvation is not understood by reading only about
Christ’s first coming. We must look on to His Second Coming. Concerning
that Coming, we might imagine Jesus Christ speaking to the Father in the
words of the Psalmist: “You armed me with strength for battle; You
humbled my adversaries before me” (Psalm 18:39; see also Philippians
2:9-11 and 1 Corinthians 15:24-28).
" ... Will you ... come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, We are safe" - safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears My Name become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord" (Jeremiah 7:8-11). “God demands a conversion of the mind and heart as the basis of peace and security (cf. Is 26:3), not the superstitious veneration of a stone building or a traditionally sacred site” ( R K Harrison , Jeremiah ).
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