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Thursday, December 26
Isaiah 40:1-5
CONSOLATION FOR ISRAEL
"Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her, that her hard service has been completed…." Isaiah 40:2, NIV
Isaiah spoke as the mouthpiece of God to allay the sorrow of Israel as she faced double captivity and times of affliction (v. 2).
Israel had suffered greatly from neighbouring nations that God permitted to capture and enslave them. However, when they have completed the service for their sins the LORD remembered them and promised them a time of respite. They were to receive double grace for their affliction; this is indeed a great consolation for a hopeless people!
As the church awaits the second coming of Christ, we are encumbered with so many trials, challenges, persecutions, outright show of wickedness, even deaths. But in it all Jesus is saying, "Cheer up, I have overcome the world."
Perhaps you have suffered greatly for a sin you have committed in the past, be not dismayed because the LORD who permitted the afflictions is saying to you, "Comfort, comfort."
The LORD shall clear your path from every thorn and thistle and your misery shall be over with 2013.
Read Bible Through Passage: Zechariah 1, 2, 3; Rev. 18
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