God pursues His orginal promise

Romans 8:24- 25 says that we are saved by hope and wait for the unseen with patience. We have a promise from God. Although we have not yet seen a perfect man or a perfect Earth, we wait with perseverance, doing all that we have been taught by the Holy Spirit, because of hope. It is important that we spend time in worship and edification so that God can take us to a place of allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us into victorious intercession. It is in these places in the Spirit that hindrances are broken, revelation given, and purpose discovered.

Isaiah 56:6-7  New Living Translation (NLT)

⁶ “I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord,
who serve him and love his name,
who worship him and do not desecrate the Sabbath day of rest,
and who hold fast to my covenant.
⁷ I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem
and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer.
I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices,
because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.

 

This passage is often used to encourage prayer on behalf of the nations.  This is fine, but it may miss the point of Christ's passionate teaching and temple-cleansing: the hope that the nations themselves will pray in full-hearted worship.

 

The Lord wants us to see His glory! He has created an incredibly beautiful and marvelously expanding universe to proclaim His glory and omnipotence! He has given us Jesus Christ to reveal Himself to us. He does not withdraw Himself, cover Himself and hide Himself. He is bringing a revelation of His glory throughout all His creation, and He will be seen in all the earth. This is the beauty of the gospel message!

 

Luke 11
1 And it came to pass, that, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.2 And He said unto them, When ye pray, say Our Father Which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.3 Give us day by day our daily bread.4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

 

Christ the Lord, High Priest taken from among men, made the new people "a kingdom and priests to God the Father". The baptized, by regeneration and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, are consecrated as a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, in order that through all those works which are those of  Christians they may offer spiritual sacrifices and proclaim the power of Him who has called them out of darkness into His marvelous light. Therefore all the disciples of Christ, persevering in prayer and praising God, should present themselves as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.  Everywhere on earth they must bear witness to Christ and give an answer to those who seek an account of that hope of eternal life which is in them.

 

 

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