Nov 1992 - Editorial

The tenor of Old Testament Scripture shows that God's purposes in the earth were to be centred in the descendants of Abraham. The Jewish nation received priority of attention and through them there came to mankind the Word of God, the Law of God and ultimately, in the fulness of time, the Seed in whom all the families of the earth will be blessed (Acts 3:25,26). The same tenor can be observed in the Lord's miracles. Whereas the Lord instructed His disciples to give priority to Israel (Mat 10:5,6), He Himself showed compassion for the alien in His dealings of miraculous healing of those outside Israel's borders. Our principal writer has shown that what is reflected in the Lord's miracles has been worked out since His death on Calvary through the gospel. God's power unto salvation is to the Jew first and then to the Greek (Gentiles, Rom. 1:16). So also will be the accountability of mankind to God, whether a person's works are evil or good, for He is no respector of persons (Rom. 2:9-11).

The tenor of the New Testament Scripture authoritatively confirms that Out of the Jewish nation came the Seed of Abraham and the Seed of the woman, who died not only for the nation, but for all nations. Moreover, our writer's Meditations in the Messianic Psalms highlights the glory associated with the resurrection of the Man of Calvary. The Lord Jesus is the Seed, who when He returns to earth will claim for His inheritance the nations and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession (Ps. 2:8).

Meantime, we Focus on the struggles going on within Christendom for union based on anything but what the Scriptures of Truth teach is acceptable to the Lord. Until the Lord Jesus returns to the air therefore, let us go forth unto Him without the camp bearing His reproach, for we have not here an abiding city (Heb. 13:13,14).

unknown | Nov 1992
Editorial