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Zakariah chapter 2 verses 10 and 11

sing and rejoice so daughter of Zion

for behold

I come and I will dwell in your midst declares the Lord and many

nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day and shall be my people.

So the reason I read these two verses is as one small example,

which I hope if you listen to this pray the word podcast often you see this

over and over and over again but I just want to remind you here we are in

Zachariah seeing this picture of God speaking through the Prophet Zachariah to his people

centuries ago in light of specific circumstances there as they were rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem, but we see this

theme over and over and over again in the Bible. The Great Commission is not the only passage in Matthew 28, 19,

to 20 that talks about missions. Like it's all over the Bible. The purpose of God is to bring all the nations to be a

part of his people. That's what's Zakiah Chapter 2, verse 10 and 11 say,

rejoice, oh daughter of Zion, he's talking about his people,

I'm going to dwell in your midst, declares the Lord

and many nations shall join themselves to the Lord.

That's a promise that God will draw the nations to be a part of his people.

They shall be my people.

And it's over and over and over again

from Genesis all the way to Revelation

and everywhere in between, including

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