'I Will Repurchase You'
'I Will Repurchase You'
"He has made everything beautiful*
*Or “well-arranged; proper; appropriate.”
in its time.
He has even put eternity
in their heart;
yet mankind will never find out
the work
that the true God has made
from start to finish." Eccl. 3:11.
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"Long ago
you laid the foundations of the earth,"
of which scientists say: "Earth is estimated to be
4.54 billion years old, plus or minus about 50 million years.
Scientists have scoured the Earth searching for the oldest rocks to radiometrically date.
In northwestern Canada, they discovered rocks about 4.03 billion years old."... Upon this we must also mediate:
"And the heavens are the work of your hands." Ps. 102:25.
"The heavens are declaring
the glory of God;
The skies above proclaim
the work of his hands.
Day after day
their speech bubbles forth,
And night after night
they reveal knowledge.
There is no speech,
and there are no words;
Their voice is not heard.
But into all the earth
their sound has gone out,
And to the ends of the inhabited earth
their message.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun;
It is like a bridegroom
emerging from the bridal chamber;
It rejoices like a mighty man running his course.
It emerges from one end of the heavens,
And it circles to their other end;
And nothing is concealed from its heat." Ps. 19:1-6.
"After that"--“Further, God blessed them,
and God said to them:
“Be fruitful and become many, fill the earth
and subdue it,
and have in subjection the fish of the sea
and the flying creatures of the heavens
and every living creature that is moving on the earth.”--
"God saw everything he had made,
and look!
it was very good." Gen. 1:28, 31.
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"For his invisible qualities
are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward,
because they are perceived by the things made,
even his eternal power and Godship,
so that they are inexcusable."--"so that they
would seek God,
if they might grope for him
and really find him,
although, in fact,
he is not far off from each one of us." Rom. 1:20.
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"Jehovah is near
to all those calling on him,
To all who call on him
in truth.*" Or “in sincerity.” Ps. 145:18.
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"Search for Jehovah
while he may be found.
Call to him while he is near." Isa. 55:6.
"Draw close to God,
and he will draw close to you." James 4:8.
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"I will blot out your transgressions
as with a cloud
And your sins as with a thick cloud.
Return to me,
for I will repurchase you." Isa. 44:22.
For that is what 'loyal love' will do...
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"Jehovah, Jehovah,
a God...
Showing loyal love to" a faithful 'few':
“Go in through the narrow gate,
because broad is the gate and spacious is the road
leading off into destruction,
and many are going in through it;
whereas narrow is the gate
and cramped the road leading off into life,
and few are finding it." Ex. 34:6, 7; Matt. 7:13, 14.
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"He will swallow up death
forever,
And the Sovereign Lord Jehovah
will wipe away the tears from all faces.
The reproach of his people
he will take away from all the earth,
For Jehovah himself has spoken it." Isa. 25:8.
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"I take the heavens and the earth
as witnesses against you today
that I have put life and death before you,
the blessing and the curse;
and you must choose life
so that you may live,
you and your descendants,
by loving Jehovah your God,
by listening to his voice,
and by sticking to him,
for he is your life
and by him you will endure a long time
in the land that Jehovah swore to give to your forefathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”"' Deut. 30:19, 20.
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