A Chance for a Blessing

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...For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us;
1 Corinthians 5:7b

Praise God for linking us to the Jewish ceremony of life.

 

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And the scripture,
foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith,
preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying,
In thee shall all nations be blessed.
So then they which be of faith
are blessed with faithful Abraham.
Galatians 3:8-9

Thank you God, that the gospel was in the Old Testament
and that our faith is blessed with Abraham.

 

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...that the Lord,
having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Jude 5

Praise to the Lord that saved me
and please do not destroy me
or any other person on this forum who struggles with unbelief.
Lord I believe;
help thou mine unbelief.
Mark 9:24

 

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But Jerusalem which is above is free,
which is the mother of us all.
Galatians 4:26

Thank you our Heavenly Father, for providing us with a mother.

 

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For if the Gentiles
have been made partakers
of their spiritual things,
their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
Romans 15:27

Praise God that we can be partakers in the spiritual things of Israel.

 

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Circumcision is nothing,
and uncircumcision is nothing,
but the keeping of the commandments of God.
1 Corinthians 7:19

Praise God that what we were does not matter but what we are.

 

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For I would not, brethren,
that ye should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of Gentiles be come in,

And so all Israel shall be saved:

Romans 11:25-26a

Praise to God that He has included us in the commonwealth of Israel.

 

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And I will gather
the remnant of my flock
out of all countries
whither I have driven them,
and will bring them again
to their folds;
and they shall be fruitful and increase.

Jeremiah 23:3

Praise God for His promise to restore.

 

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Now therefore,
if ye will obey my voice indeed,
and keep my covenant,
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure
unto me above all people:
for all the earth is mine:
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests,
and an holy nation.
These are the words which thou shalt speak
unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 19:5-6

But ye are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood,
an holy nation,
a peculiar people;
that ye should shew forth the praises of him
who hath called you out of darkness
into his marvellous light:
Which in time past were not a people,
but are now the people of God:
which had not obtained mercy,
but now have obtained mercy.
1 Peter 2:9-10

Praise to God that Old Testament believers and New Testament believers are the holy nation, children of Israel.

 

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Know ye therefore
that they which are of faith,
the same are
the children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:7

Praise to God that Old Testament or New Testament, believers are the children of Abraham.

 

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For thou art an holy people
unto the Lord thy God:
the Lord thy God hath chosen thee
to be a special people unto himself,
above all people that are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 7:6

But ye are... an holy nation...
1 Peter 2:9

Praise to God for making us part of a holy nation.

 

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He also exalteth the horn of his people,
the praise of all his saints;
even of the children of Israel,
a people near unto him.
Praise ye the Lord.
Psalm 148:14

Praise to those of Israel, all his saints, who are near.

 

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These twelve Jesus sent forth,
and commanded them saying.
Go not into the way of the Gentiles,
and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
But go rather to the lost sheep
of the house of Israel.
Matthew 10:5-6

Praise to God the all the apostles were Jews
and that God loves Jews.

 

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For I am not ashamed
of the gospel of Christ:
for it
is the power of God
unto salvation
to every one
that believeth;
to the Jew first,
and also to the Greek.
Romans 1:16

Jews first, praise God.

 

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Brethren,
my heart's desire and prayer to God
for Israel is,
that they might be saved.
Romans 10:1

If Paul wanted Israel to be saved we should also want the same.

 

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behold,
there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
saying,
Where is he that is born King of the Jews?
for we have seen his star in the east,
and are come to worship him. ...
And...they saw the young child with Mary his mother,
and fell down,
and worshipped him:
Matthew 2:1b,:2,:11a

Praise to God that Gentiles from the east worshipped the King of the Jews.

 

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
they shall prosper that love thee.
Psalm 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem now and in the future.
Guess who mostly lives there.
Jews.


"Jerusalem's 2020 population is now estimated at 931,756."
Jerusalem Population 2020 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)

 

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Even as David
also describeth the blessedness of the man,
unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Romans 4:6

Praise God for such a one under the old covenant who believed by faith and not works,
and who wrote of it, and whose writings were repeated again under the new covenant;
salvation by faith in God and not works: the gospel in the Old Testament.

 

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Because David did that which was right
in the eyes of the Lord,
and turned not aside from
anything
that he commanded
all the days
of his life,
save only in the matter
of Uriah the Hittite.

Praise God for a man under the Law that did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord.

That horrible sin he committed was forgiven with a cost.
I can think of many other "questionable" things David did, which are described in the bible,
but that one is the only sin.

Praise to God that David wrote the Psalms, many of which we rely on today.

 

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Remember that Jesus Christ
of the seed of David
was raised from the dead
according to my gospel.

the Apostle Paul in
2 Timothy 2:8

Praise God for Jesus' ancestry from David, a Jewish man who followed God,
and that Jesus was without even one sin. 1 John 3:5