It's a New Day

We live in an age where there is a lot of talk about Israel, struggles with our American economy, and the personality of the Church shifting. For Israel, many traditional, fundamental Christians talk about how they are still God's chosen people and watch them eagerly to determine last days and prophetic fulfillment. For the economy, there is a lot of talk about suffering, agony, and punishment for the empire. For the church shift, there seems to be a bipolar dispute about what is "orthodox" and a watering-down of the Gospel for the sake of attendance--neither of which is a very accurate, let alone healthy, discussion.

In all of this, we realize that sin still looms over our heads and without Christ, there is no hope for the struggles and fears we face on earth no matter who we are. We still need a Savior.

The nice thing about this scripture reference, when laid over the backdrop of the covenant in Exodus 19:1-9 is that we realize that though Israel was set aside as the example for the rest of the world, the time has now come for the rest of the world to participate in God's plan of salvation. God is now sending a savior not only for the Israelite nation, but enlarging that nation to include the gentiles (see Isaiah 9:1 and 9:3). This is not just an expansion of geological territory, but of people groups. It is one thing to expand political boundaries, but those boundaries must be populated and in this case, the nation is enlarged to include a population of gentiles.

The New Day that Christ brings, is no longer for Jews, but for gentiles as well. A close reading of Exodus 3, 17 and 19 will show that this was God's intent all along.

You and I, gentiles, have a hope in Jesus Christ, the light of the world. How awesome!

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