18 Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.
19 He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. He will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. ~ Micah 7:18-19
46Mary responded,
“Oh, how my soul praises the
Lord.
47 How my spirit rejoices in
God my Savior!
48 For he took notice of his lowly
servant girl,
and from now on all
generations will call me
blessed.
49 For the Mighty One is holy,
and he has done great things
for me.
50 He shows mercy from
generation to generation
to all who fear him.
51 His mighty arm has done
tremendous things!
He has scattered the proud
and haughty ones.
52 He has brought down princes
from their thrones
and exalted the humble.
53 He has filled the hungry with
good things
and sent the rich away with
empty hands.
54 He has helped his servant Israel
and remembered to be
merciful.
55 For he made his promise to
our ancestors,
to Abraham and his children
forever.”
56Mary stayed with Elizabeth
about three months and then
went back to her own home.
Luke 1:78-79
“Because of God’s tender mercy, The Morning Light from Heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.”
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One of these days I may get through Romans 11 and 12. I guess for now I am stuck there until God says, “When you learn to stop giving Me advice, you may move on!”
Back into Romans chapter 11 now:
It seems that God’s mercy is for everyone. Our Father God’s secretive plan is now revealed to Paul. Clearly, God’s chosen people, the Hebrews, will be reinstated into spiritual fellowship with Himself via a circuitous route. Since Jesus has been rejected by many of the Jews, God extends His mercy to include the Gentiles. Oh my! Such a thing must have been unthinkable back then!
30Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against Him, God was merciful to you instead. ~ Romans 11:30
But don’t think proudly that Gentiles are greater than Hebrews; for the mystery Paul talks about in verses 25-26 is that the Israelites will again turn to their Almighty God for salvation in Jesus once the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.
31Now they (Hebrews) are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to you (Gentiles) so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy. 32For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so He could have mercy on everyone. ~ Romans 11:31-32
Why was this kept a secret by God throughout the centuries? The answer could be as simple as God not allowing Satan in on the secret – loose lips and all that.
33Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand His decisions and His ways! 34 For who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to give Him advice? 35 And who has given Him so much that He needs to pay it back? ~Romans 11:33-35
Thank you, Lord, for including me in that number of fullness. I am convinced that it is the most merciful, sacred, and secret number. Even your prophets were never told.
May that number be so large that Heaven has to be enlarged to hold us.
Father, may it be as Your will dictates.
36For everything comes from Him and exists by His power and is intended for His glory. All glory to Him forever! Amen ~Romans 11:33-36
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children’s children;
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