"The Promise"

“The Promise”

 

“You will conceive and give birth to a Son, and you are to call Him Jesus.   He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.  The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; His kingdom will never end.”         Luke 1:31-33

The Lord made a promise to David, a sure promise that He will not take back.  He promised, “I will make one of your descendants rule as king after you.  If your sons keep my agreement and the rules that I teach them, then their sons after them will rule on your throne forever and ever.”        Psalm 132:11-12

 

One ordinary day, long ago, an angel appeared to a very godly young lady, named Mary, with a very SPECIAL message from God.  The angel told Mary that she would conceive, and give birth to a SON, but this Son would be SPECIAL and they were to give Him the name, JESUS.  Jesus was a PROMISE to King David, His ANCESTOR.  The angel went on to say that Jesus would be GREAT and would be known as the Son of the Most High.  God would give Him the throne of King David, and Jesus would reign over Jacob’s descendants, the Jews, FOREVER, and His Kingdom would be ETERNAL.

 

The Lord God made a PROMISE to King David in a covenant, which is known as the Davidic Covenant, that if David’s descendants would keep God’s covenant and the rules, which God would teach them, then their sons after them would rule on David’s throne FOREVER and EVER. The ONLY ONE, who was capable to fulfill this PROMISE was the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Not only, was Jesus the PROMISE to King David, but to MANKIND as well.  The PROMISE God has given to us is through the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE of Jesus, where He SUFFERED and DIED a HORRIBLE DEATH, but He CONQUERED DEATH and AROSE from the grave a VICTOR, a CONQUERING KING, the PROMISE of REDEMPTION to a LOST and DYING world.  Have you ACCEPTED God’s PROMISE, the Lord Jesus Christ, as your KING, your SALVATION? 

 

If you have NOT, then you are DOOMED to spend an ETERNITY in Hell, with ALL of its HORRORS, with NO WAY of ESCAPE.  However, God is giving you the opportunity NOW, to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, to TURN TO Him with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him, and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and receive His PROMISE of an ETERNITY in Heaven with ALL of its glories.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!