Many don’t know that Jesus is coming back – but even more don’t know that He came the first time – or maybe they know the Christmas manger story but don’t know WHY He came. Then also they may not know He was prophesied to come – and thus BE the fulfilment of the law (of Moses by satisfying the law) – and fulfillment of the Prophets (by doing everything predicted and by being the Christ).  Jesus Came, Comes, Will Come. Jesus crushes the crisis of sin separation. Jesus saves.

Isaiah 65 talks about the righteousness that we need in Jesus from Jesus as Lord – and the whole new beginning that was foretold from the beginning, this is a matter of His Hands and His Coming and knowledge of His Promise and His Hope. Jesus saves. Hope in Jesus. 

Peter, beloved disciple, in his 2nd letter urges the reader, including us, to be found “at peace with him” – with the Lord. Urging us to remain within His peace by understanding that His ways are above our ways – make a sacrifice of praise because His return is imminent and like a thief in the night. So let us be ready to be with Him – stay close – stay watching and stay wanting Him. . .  With Him, the acceptance of Him as Lord comes first, the fixes next. Always the repentance before repair. Repair in His Righteousness. We all need repair. Jesus saves. 

Since we don’t know the hour, I pray we are patient to just keep applying Christ forgiveness in all our situations – be open in our concerns and corrections but be filled with the opportunity that Jesus DOES want us to come to Him… LET US ENCOURAGE THE CONNECTION… My friend always says,  in prayerful concern: “I pray the blood of Jesus over: (whomever we are talking about).” Of course that applies to us too, because none of us are blameless, we can’t achieve that, only GRACE and MERCY save us too. 

Here are 2nd Peter and Isaiah 65 scriptures – crucial for our Christmas Spirit – remember that the beginning was begun with the end in mind – and the end is ended with and for the New Beginning FOREVER. ALL will become CLEAR in the LIGHT of the LORD – Jesus Messiah – fullness fulfilled – full fulfillment.

Amen

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2nd Peter 3:8-18 

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.  But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

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Isaiah 65 NKJV

The Righteousness of God’s Judgment

“I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by My name. I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts; A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine’s flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!’ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. “Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay – Even repay into their bosom – Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,” says the Lord, “Who have burned incense on the mountains And blasphemed Me on the hills; Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”

Thus says the Lord: “As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, For a blessing is in it,’ So will I do for My servants’ sake, That I may not destroy them all. I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, And from Judah an heir of My mountains; My elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there. Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, And the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, For My people who have sought Me.

“But you are those who forsake the Lord, Who forget My holy mountain, Who prepare a table for Gad, and who furnish a drink offering for Meni. Therefore I will number you for the sword, And you shall all bow down to the slaughter; Because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear, But did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight.”

Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My servants shall eat, But you shall be hungry; Behold, My servants shall drink, But you shall be thirsty; Behold, My servants shall rejoice, But you shall be ashamed; Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, But you shall cry for sorrow of heart, And wail for grief of spirit. You shall leave your name as a curse to My chosen; For the Lord God will slay you, And call His servants by another name; So that he who blesses himself in the earth Shall bless himself in the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My eyes.

The Glorious New Creation

“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, And her people a joy. I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.  “No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; For the child shall die one hundred years old, But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed. They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.

“It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear.  The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,” Says the Lord.