There was no hope for the people, whose God was not the Lord. The blood of bulls and goats couldn't even cleanse the people who were trying to obey the Lord. It seemed a blind and oblique, slow death for the godly and the ungodly. Jesus was trying to show the disciples this, Many prophets came into the world, but there was none greater than John the Baptist. Yet he who is least in the kingdom is better than he. Even the prophets were looking at life and their present, not to mention the futures of the nations through a dark, scary kaleidoscope. Then, Jesus came into the pictures. Joy to the World! The angels got it! We are reaping the harvest of the nations who come to God through Christ. It wasn't all for naught! It wasn't just a bunch of souls heading to a dire destruction. Many did, for sure. But now, in Christ, we are a new creation and we have the opportunity to build our children's souls to pass on traditions that will solidify the fear of God to our next generations. What a wonderful privilege, to raise the next generation to love and serve the Lord. It is not up for grabs. It is not chance. God calculatedly set His love upon us. He is attempting to inherit our future generations by our casting our traditions into the pot of His good pleasure. Praising God with our lives and our habits. Spiritual healthy habits of love and good works. Taking captivity captive unto the submission to the God of the universe. He has displayed and given us the revelation of His heart in His Word and we have the opportunity of committing our ways and the traditions that we teach to our children that God may inherit our future generations, as He puts it. He has translated His will into human in Christ and made a way for us to come to Him. He has no respect of persons. The wise men came from far. The shepherds came from the fields. The angels rejoiced in heaven and we are redeemed, who trust in Him for salvation. There is no better gift than that.
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