Each
of the tribes had their part in the promised land. Each of Jesus’
disciples, whom He called to Himself at the outset of His ministry, had
his part in the work of the Lord. What God did with Israel
and with Jesus’ first disciples will be surpassed when Christ comes in
glory: “You shall see greater things ... You shall see the heavens
open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man”
(John 1:50-51).
On that Day, there will be both salvation and judgment: “The righteous
man is rescued from trouble, and it comes on the wicked instead” (Proverbs 11:8).
" ... 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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