Saturday, March 8, 2008

God will again choose Jerusalem

Haggi 2:6-8

"This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

I will shake all nations, and the Desired of All Nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,'

says the LORD Almighty.

Zechariah 1:12-17

Then the angel of the LORD said,

"LORD Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?"

So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.
Then the angel who was speaking to me said,

"Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD Almighty says:

'I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, but I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they added to the calamity.'

"Therefore, this is what the LORD says:

'I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,' declares the LORD Almighty.

"Proclaim further: This is what the LORD Almighty says:

'My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.' "

Zechariah 2: 7-13

"Come, O Zion! Escape, you who live in the Daughter of Babylon!"

For this is what the LORD Almighty says:

"After he has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye-

I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me.

"Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion.

For I am coming, and I will live among you,"
declares the LORD.

"Many nations will be joined with the LORD in that day and will become my people.
I will live among you and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you.

The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.

Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling."

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