10/11/2021 - EXCHANGED THE LORD FOR VANITY

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Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; Jeremiah 2:10

From the beginning of creation, the Lord planned the evangelization of people and knew everything that would happen against or for the faith. Therefore, being Omnipotent, He granted us the power to take the message of the cross to thousands of people. So, we don’t have to fear the barriers no matter how difficult they are, nor go to other places – without first consulting Him about when and how to act.

The order was to go to the coasts of Cyprus, which according to Flavius Josephus, the Hebrew historian of the time of the beginning of the Church, refers to Cyprus and the other islands of the region. It was the missionary vision of the Lord, through Jeremiah, that the Church had to seize and reach. Time has passed and today, new “invasions” of the saved are needed in places like these, because the vision may have been forgotten.

The island of Cyprus and the surrounding area was occupied by one of the sons of Japheth, son of Noah – thus, a cousin of the Hebrews who descend from Shem, also son of Noah. There is nothing surprising in God’s work concerning any people on Earth. The Most High wants everyone to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). So, with this understanding, we must go everywhere and find those who need to hear the message to be saved, and they are not few. Let’s go?

From Cyprus the Philistines left to dwell southeast of the Mediterranean Sea, with Israel having territory further east, giving God’s people much trouble. It is important to remember that our war is not against flesh and blood, but against hell: For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:12).

We also need to send missionaries to Kedar and do a very close examination of what is happening there, because today it is not poor Bedouins who live in Arabia, but the richest people in the world. Only the message of the Gospel can give everyone the necessary spiritual deliverance, because various doctrines have been spread. There is no substitute for the true Gospel!

Kedar was founded by one of the sons of Ishmael, Isaac’s brother – who, according to the Lord, would not inherit the blessing promised to Abraham because he was not the son of Sarah, but of the concubine Hagar. Both the cousins of Noah’s sons and the Ishmaelites, sons of the same father as the Hebrews, have the right to hear the Good News. The salvation purchased by Jesus, with His blood, encompasses all people (1 John 2:2).

Nothing resembles the perfect plan of peoples’ salvation – such as that carried out by the heavenly Father, in giving His only Son to take our place and die for us. Christ paid the price to redeem from sin those who wish to have a new life with Him. Today, it is no longer necessary to sacrifice anything; one only needs to believe in Jesus and be saved (John 3.16). So, do it now!

 

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares