OUR FATHER WHO WILL GATHER HIS PEOPLE

The book of Isaiah chapter 43 verses 4 - 6 says this;

Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.

I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’

Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

This passage records the Lord speaking to the children of Israel in loving and protective terms where He tells them that they are precious and honoured in His sight and that He loves them and He will protect them and redeem them.

The Lord tells them that He will gather the children from the far reaches of the earth back into the land of their inheritance.

In the subsequent verse 7, the Lord generalizes the group of people who are the children of Israel to include everyone who is called by the Lord's name whom He created for His Glory. It reads this way;

everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

The Lord will gather to Himself all His people and will shield them from floods and flames. 

Amen.

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