The
Levites had an important part to play in the life of Israel. A man
called Levi (Matthew, the writer of the first Gospel) had an important
part to play in the life of the early Church. We are told, in Psalm 37:17,
that “the Lord upholds the righteous” – “The days of the blameless are
known to the Lord, and their inheritance will endure forever” (Psalm 37:18).
This is a tremendous declaration of the saving purpose of the eternal
God. We, who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are part of the
inheritance of Israel and of Jesus’ first disciples. We have come to
share in their inheritance through reading, with faith, the Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments, the Scriptures which declare to us God’s
preparation for Christ and God’s proclamation of Christ. Through
Christ, we have entered into an eternal inheritance: “eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
" ... 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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