OUR FATHER WHO DOES NOT EXCLUDE ANYONE WHO LOVES HIM

Isaiah chapter 56 verses 3 - 4 says this;

Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”

And let no eunuch complain, “I am only a dry tree.”

For this is what the Lord says: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant—

This poignant passage continues on to reassure the foreigners and eunuchs in the land of Israel. Whereas they may have viewed themselves as being outside the main stream, the Lord addresses them and tells them that they are not excluded from His plans.

Th Lord tells the eunuchs who keep the Lord's Sabbaths and do what pleases Him that they are not to call themselves 'dry trees' because the Lord will give them an eternal memorial and a name that is better than sons and daughters.

The Lord then speaks to the foreigners who viewed themselves as outsiders and said that they had no destiny among God's people. The Lord speaks to these and says that they if they keep the Sabbaths and love the name of the Lord, He will bring them up to His holy mountain and fill them with joy and their sacrifices will be accepted because, as even Jesus quoted from Isaiah 56 verse 7, "my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

Amen.