God, where is the love you showed\par in the past?\par You promised David that you would be\par loyal to his family.\par
Jeremiah 30:9 - Easy To Read Version The people of Israel and Judah will not serve foreign countries. No! They will serve the Lord their God. And they will serve David their king, {\cf2\super [236]} I will send that king to them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they will serve the Lord their God and David's [descendant] their King, Whom I will raise up for them. [Jer. 23:5.] American Standard Version (1901) but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Common English Bible They will serve the LORD their God and the king whom I will raise up for them from David’s family. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, they will serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up to them. |
God, where is the love you showed\par in the past?\par You promised David that you would be\par loyal to his family.\par
This message is from the Lord,\par “The time is coming,”\par “when I will raise up a good ‘sprout.’ {\cf2\super [181]} \par He will be a king\par who will rule in a wise way.\par He will do what is fair and right\par in the land.\par
I say this because I know the plans that I have for you.” This message is from the Lord. “I have good plans for you. I don’t plan to hurt you. I plan to give you hope and a good future.
One of their own people will lead them.\par That ruler will come from my people.\par People can come close to me\par only if I ask them to.\par So I will ask that leader to come to me,\par and he will be close to me.\par
At that time, I will make a good ‘branch’ grow from David’s family. That good ‘branch’ will do the things that are good and right for the country.
After this the people of Israel will come back. Then they will look for the Lord their God, and for David their king. In the last days, they will come to honor the Lord and his goodness.
The wise men asked people, “Where is the new baby that is the king of the Jews? We saw the star that shows he was born. We saw the star rise in the sky in the east. We came to worship him.”
God has given us a powerful Savior\par from the family of God’s servant, David. {\cf2\super [21]} \par
God has brought one of David’s descendants {\cf2\super [262]} to Israel (the Jews) to be their Savior. {\cf2\super [263]} That descendant is Jesus. God promised to do this.
God raised Jesus from death. Jesus will never go back to the grave and become dust. So God said:
David was a prophet {\cf2\super [33]} and knew something God said. God promised David that he would make a person from David’s family to be a king like David. {\cf2\super [34]}