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Therefore prophesy (Eze–
kiel] a nd say unto them. Thus saith
th e Lo rd Goo; Be hold . O my
people,
1
will
open your graves,
a nd
cause you to come up o ut of your
graves [is
that
no t a resurrect ioo?].
and bring you into the land of
Israel. And ye shall know that I am
the Lord.
when
1 hav·e opened your
graves. O my people. a nd brought
you up out of your graves.
and shall
put my spirit in you"!
(Ezek. 37: 11-
14.)
Read it and weep-tears o f JOY!
Opportunity for Sa lvation
And not only Israel is included in
this merciful resurrection to lheir
one and only cha nce a l e terna ! life.
but all the people of every nation
under lh e sun. from every genera–
tion th a t ever lived. are included!
Matthew
12
and Luke
11
tell o f
Jesus warning the generation of His
day. s ince long dead. tha t those of
the generat ion of Jonah in Nineve h
(the ve ry ant ithesis of Israel) and
those of the generation of the queen
of the south (the queen of Sheba)
would one day rise
1vith the genera–
tion to whom He was speaking.
And
J es u s further wa rn ed that lhe
chances for salva tio n of those other
gen era tio ns would be better because
they did not have- and reject - th e
ve ry Christ Himsetf livi ng among
them during thei r fleeting days o n
ea rth! For more on thi s. please write
for our free bookle t
After Death–
Then What?
and lhe reprint " ls This
the Only Day of Salvation?"
God is no respecter of persons. He
made all mankind in His own im–
age. He loves them
all- and
inte nds
them
al/
to have a n equal cha nce at
salvat ion.
"As it is written. J acob [Is rael]
have lloved, but Esau have
1
hated.
What shall we say then? l s the re
unrighteousness with God? God for–
bid. For he saith
to Moses,
1 will
have merey on whom 1 will have
merey, and
1
wi ll have compassion
on whom I will have compassion. So
the n [and this is the lesson that
Moses had to learn] it is not of him
tha t willeth . nor of him that run–
neth. but
of God that sheweth
merey.
...
Shall the thing formed
say to him that formed it. Why hast
thou made me thus?" (Rom. 9:
13-20.)
God is the One who is in cha rge.
28
He is the On e who will offer salva–
tion to whom He wants to offer it
when He
chooses. Thank G od He
chooses to offer that same sa lvat ion
to everyone sooner o r la ter! Ba bylo–
nians. Scythians. Ni nevites. Afri–
cans. Romans and Chri s tians alike!
And that's
real/y
good news!
God is "not willin g that
any
should perish. but that
al/
sho uld
come to repentance··
(11
Peter
3:9).
God's wi/1 be done!
How sad it is that so many mis–
interpret what J ohn said: ' 'For the
law was given by Moses. but grace
and truth carne by J esus Christ' '
(John
1: 17).
Although the law carne
through Moses and grace and truth
carne
through
Jesus Chri st. Moses
was most familiar with not only
God's law but also His infinite
merey and grace-and thal's lhe
truth!
Learn the same lesson Moses
lea rned. Don't be impatienl wilh
God. anxious for Him to ofl'er salva–
tion and grace when
you
want Him
10.
to whom
you
choose- wait on the
Lo rd! Hi s arm is nol shortened.
Death is His enemy. But He has
conquered death once a nd
for al/!
His g race a nd truth are not limiled
by tempora ry death. No r is Hi s law
in oppositio n to His grace a nd truth!
All those who have never known
His name will rise again a nd have
their once-in-a-lifet íme opportunily
for grace and for lite e terna !!
And
1ha1's
good news!
God's Name
Blessed be the name of the Lord .
But wha t
is
His name? Moses kept
ask ing Him lhe same question. And
God gave Hi s friend Moses the
an–
swer:
"And the Lord [
YH VH]
de–
scend ed in the cloud. a nd stood with
him [Moses] there. a nd
proclaimed
the name of 1he Lord.
And lh e Lord
passed by before him. and pro–
claimed, The Lord. The Lo rd God,
merciful and gracious. longsuffering.
and abundan! in goodness and lruth.
keeping merey for thousands
[of gen–
e ra lio n s].
forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin,
a nd that will
by no means clear th e gui lty: vis–
iting the iniquity ofthe fathers upon
the children, and upon the chil–
dren's children, unto the third and
to the fourth generation" (Ex. 34:5-7).
And
that
is the "name of the
Lord" Moses learned from his
friend Goo!
That wa"s al mos t more th an
Moses could end ure. What a mar–
velous plan! What all-encompassing
mercy-beyond the wi ldest hopes of
Moses. but very much in li ne wi th
Moses' hope!
Wha t God told Moses was thal
every human being would at one
time have his opportunity for salva–
tion. But the God of grace reserves
the judgment of
when
and
whom
to
Himsetr. Grace was not to be ad–
ministered thro ug h Moses. but
through God.
Trust God- Moses did!
Why Salvation?
But wha t about
whr?
Why would
anybody want to be saved? Saved
from wha t fo r wha t? Saved from
Egypt? F rom sin? From death? But
for wha1?
Why
did
God make us the way
He did? Mortal. subject to si n. ca–
pable of inflicting so much misery
on our own kind for so many thou–
sands of years. Why a re we he re?
Whv
were we
born~
What is it God
plans for
us~
Whal
purpose
is the re?
And once we a re "saved" whal will
we
be?
That\ the "Tale of the
01her
Prophet"- Jesus. Moses knew- do
rou?
o
"
(To Be Continued)
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