JESUS AS THE SERVANT OF GOD and HUMANITY

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JESUS AS THE SERVANT OF GOD and HUMANITY​

Romans 15.8-12

Indeed, first coming of Christ had only one purpose to serve people of the world by teaching them the Gospel of GOD (Spiritual Commandments of the Law of Moses), "the Truth of GOD," and because of it Jesus Christ was the Servant of whole humanity.

"Confirm the promises" means to confirm all the promises of GOD and the prophecies of the prophets given to Abraham and to his descendants, promises that contain assurance to the descendants of Abraham that they will be the people of GOD forever and the GOD will be their GOD forever.

Promises of GOD also contain disciplinary promises and following consequences for obedience and disobedience to GOD, blessings and curses, resurrection from the dead, salvation, and Eternal Life for those who are godly and dedicated their lives to GOD obeying His Statutes and Commandments.

Christ reminded people of Israel of all what was promises to them, many promises already have been fulfilled, and some that still standing revealed the future of things to come for entire world to know.

It should be clear to everyone that it is not the Jews joining Christians in Christ, but it is the Christians joining Jews in Christ. GOD Father and Christ already have been GODS of Hebrews from the beginning of existence of Abraham, who's descendants GOD also adapted as His personal people.

Promises and prophecies of GOD also relate and to Gentiles because they are also the subjects of GOD'S will and His Laws. Despite the fact that Jesus Christ communicated very little with Gentiles during His mission, He on the other hand commanded, urged, and directed His Apostles and His other followers to Gentiles, to preach for them His Gospel and save as many souls as possible, they are His people too.

In this sense Jesus Christ truly presented Himself as the Servant not only of His Father GOD Whom He faithfully serve from the beginning, but He became the Servant of the whole humanity of the world in His first coming, and He fully accomplished His mission.

For this reason, Paul presented following verses from 9 to12, "I will give praise to You among the Gentiles," verse 9, (2Samuel 22.50) (Psalm 18.49).

"Rejoice of Gentiles with His people," verse 10, (Psalm 117.1).

"There shall be come the Root of Jesse," verse 12, to Rule over Gentiles and in Him Gentiles will have Hope. (Isaiah 11.1-5.10) (Revelation 5.5).

~ Jesus Christ as the Servant of the Lord: (Isaiah 42.1, 52.13, 53.11) (Zechariah 3.8) (Matthew 12.17-18) (Acts 3.13.26) (Romans 15.8)

As the Christ serve us and even died for us in order to save our souls for His Father and His Kingdom, we shall do the same. The first worshipers and servant of GOD were the Jews. From them Torah (5 Books of Moses) became known to the world, following by the Prophets the men of GOD who are Preached and Prophesied to the world about One True GOD of Israel and His will.

~ Out of Zion shall go forth Instruction, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem: (Isaiah 1.27, 2.3, 42.4, 49.6, 51.4, 59.20) (Deuteronomy 18.15.18-19) (Micah 4.1-4) (Matthew 12.18-21) (Luke 24.47).

Leviticus 25.55
55. "To Me the people of Israel are servants, they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, I am the Lord your GOD.” (Deuteronomy 32.36.43).

Because Jews and Gentiles fail their GOD, GOD will change His approach to humans as whole and will write His Laws and His will on their hearts (souls-spirits) and they will be possessed by GOD'S Law and will be obedient to Him forever.

~ New heart. Law of GOD written on the heart: (2Chronicles 30.12) (Psalm 40.7-8) (Proverbs 7.3) (Jeremiah 24.7, 30.22, 31.33, 32.38.40) (Hebrews 10.16-17) (2Corinthians 3.3).

So, in this case, obligation and responsibility of every true Christian is to do the same, to serve GOD as GOD serve us. To spread the Truth (not false teachings of different denominations and their false doctrines), the Gospel of GOD to all corners of the world and faithfully and loyally serve Him to the rest of our lives, with full obedience to His Laws, Statutes, and Commandments, with Fear, with Hope, with Faith, and with Love for Him.

~ Nations will come to Zion and will worship the Lord the GOD of Israel: (Isaiah 14.1, 18.7, 19.19-23, 55.5, 60.3.6-7.9-13.16, 66.23) (Jeremiah 3.17) (Zechariah 2.11, 8.22, 14.16-19) (Revelation 11.6-13, 15.4).

I remember one "preacher" said that Israel lost its privilege due to their disbelieve in Christ and for many other failures before GOD. He claimed that now "Christians" replaced Jews, and now they (the Christians) are the servants and the people of GOD. Of course this man know very little and even less understand the GOD, His compassion, His mercy, and His Love.

The Holy Scripture numerous times revealed that GOD never will abandon His people Israel under any circumstances, and even these few statements of Jeremiah fully confirm the faithful and loving nature of GOD to His chosen people Israel: (Jeremiah 31.35-37, 33.19-22.25-26).

 

[Alan Dale Gross]

"Confirm the promises" means to confirm all the promises of GOD and the prophecies of the prophets given to Abraham and to his descendants, promises that contain assurance to the descendants of Abraham that they will be the people of GOD forever and the GOD will be their GOD forever.

"Verses 43 to 45 of Joshua 21, throw light on the question we are investigating, namely the future hope of the Jews. The passage has already been mentioned in passing, but its importance demands a more extended consideration.

"Its value for our present purpose lies in the fact that it appears from it that nothing now remains to be fulfilled of all that God promised the fathers of Israel He would do for their natural descendants in the temporal realm.

"Joshua (whose name means Saved-of-Jehovah), had by God’s express command, led the children of Israel across the river Jordan and into the land which the Lord had promised their fathers to give them.

"Furthermore, after a personal interview with “the Captain of the host of the Lord” (who could have been none other than the Lord Jesus Himself) he led them victoriously against their enemies, subduing one after another, until, as the record declares, ‘he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses' (Jos. 11:15). And finally, he divided the entire land among the twelve tribes, assigning to each tribe its inheritance, and to the Levites cities in diverse parts of the land.

God was with Joshua in a very special way; and through that chosen and well prepared instrument He completed all He had promised to do for the children of Israel. The confusion and misunderstanding that now exist, in regard to the present status and future prospects of an ‘Israel after the flesh,’ would never have arisen had due attention been given to these facts of Scripture:

(i) that God’s promise to the fathers of Israel concerning the land of Canaan went no farther than He would bring their descendants into that land, would give them complete possession of it, and would subdue their enemies under them; and

(ii) that their continued possession of that promised land would then depend upon their faithfulness to Him and their obedience to His commandments.

Accordingly, when the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had fulfilled to their seed, through Joshua, all He had pledged Himself to do for them, all of which He faithfully accomplished to the last detail, notwithstanding their many and great provocations during the forty years, He suffered their manners in the wilderness, then the promises to the fathers were fulfilled so completely that ‘there failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel’ (Jos. 21:45).

"Therefore, they stood thenceforth, as to their relations with God, wholly upon the conditional covenant He made with them through Moses (Deut. 29:1), which we have considered in the previous chapters.

"The details of that substituted covenant, which is strangely ignored by Bible teachers in our day, occupy the greater part of the Book of Deuteronomy. The substance of it was, as we have already seen, that, upon the express condition that the children of Israel would diligently keep the commandments of God – those commandments being of the essence of the covenant – He would plant them firmly in that land, would establish them in permanent possession of it, and would, moreover, give them to enjoy certain specified blessings in it.

"But if, on the other hand, they should be disobedient, should adopt the customs of the people of the land, and should forsake Him to worship their gods, then He would bring sundry curses upon them, and eventually, for persistent rebellion and apostasy on their part, would destroy them from off the land and scatter them among all the nations of the world (Deut. 28:15-68). This is stated again and again, in the clearest and strongest terms (See Deut. 29:23-28; and 30:17,18).

"Certainly it is impossible to maintain, in the face of these plain Scriptures, and of what we are now about to bring to the reader’s attention, that God had obligated Himself to give the land of Canaan to the natural seed of Abraham for an everlasting possession.

"Moreover, those who so teach this overlook the fact that, if God had indeed obligated Himself by His covenants of promise, not only to bring the children of Israel into that good land, but also to establish them in it forever, then it would have been a breach of covenant on His part to pluck them from off the land and scatter them among all nations of the world, as He has now done.

"But, as to the conclusions we should reach regarding this important matter, we are not left to an inference, however plain; for we have this clear record:

‘And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which He swore to give unto their fathers and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

"And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that He swore unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

"There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass’(Josh. 21:43-45).

"Here is a carefully worded record, clearly designed to arrest the attention and impress itself upon the minds of the readers of God’s Word;

"which record declares in the most emphatic terms that God had, despite all the provocation and rebellion of that people, fulfilled completely ‘all’ He had promised and sworn to their fathers to do them; insomuch that of all the good things He had spoken concerning the house of Israel, ‘there failed not ought.’

From:

God’s promise to Israel fulfilled through Joshua – part 7 of ‘The Hope of Israel’.​

Full book:
The Hope of Israel - What is it?
here:

Hope of Israel – Philip Mauro

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