Passage of the Day - March 30, 2011

Zechrariah 10:7-12

 ⁷"Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
         And their heart will be glad as if from wine;
         Indeed, their children will see it and be glad,
         Their heart will rejoice in the LORD.
    ⁸"I will whistle for them to gather them together,
         For I have redeemed them;
         And they will be as numerous as they were before.
    ⁹"When I scatter them among the peoples,
         They will remember Me in far countries,
         And they with their children will live and come back.
    ¹⁰"I will bring them back from the land of Egypt
         And gather them from Assyria;
         And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon
         Until no room can be found for them.
    ¹¹"And they will pass through the sea of distress
         And He will strike the waves in the sea,
         So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;
         And the pride of Assyria will be brought down
         And the scepter of Egypt will depart.
    ¹²"And I will strengthen them in the LORD,
         And in His name they will walk," declares the LORD.

This sounds a lot like a "revival".  I know it is end time prophecy, but you catch my drift.  This great return home is not a work of great spirituality or a new reach-out tactic.  It is being driven by the call of the LORD.  It is obeying His call.

Also, please note verse 12.  This sounds like a purpose for the Church.  Christ, through His body the Church, will strengthen His followers and the broken-hearted, the wounded, and the rejected and in Christ's name they will walk.

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