Monday, April 11, 2022

The Return

“Thus says the LORD:
‘I will return to Zion,
And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth,
The Mountain of the LORD of hosts,
The Holy Mountain.'  Zechariah 8:3

We're back! Some might wonder where we went, but it was the Internet in our area that got snuffed out like the proverbial candle in the wind. The outage was about 36-40 hours depending upon the location in our little town. When the wind came up again yesterday I was going with the uh-oh face, but so far no further outage at my house at least. I am glad and praise God because it is Easter week!

Promises had been made such as this promising verse for today. But when? When Jesus came to Jerusalem early in that final week, the week that turned out to be not so final, He was greeted as the conquering Messiah. His plan though was to save the world by His act of greatest love. The promises we see of Jerusalem from the prophet were not done at that time in Judea under the Roman occupation. In fact, we know that Jerusalem would be destroyed, again, in A.D. 70 by those same Romans. So, it would seem that another return and fulfillment remains out there somewhere.

Jesus began a great conquest by dying on the cross and rising again in a time that was to us so very long ago. His promise to return has not gone away though. We may see Him at any moment!

Love to you this Easter week!

Bucky

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