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Jeremiah chapter 23 verses 5 and 6.

Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,

when I will raise up for David a righteous branch and he shall reign as

king and deal wisely and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will dwell securely

and this is the name by which he will be called the Lord is our righteousness. This promise in the book of

Jeremiah is one of those places in the Old Testament that explicitly points

forward to the coming of Jesus when a righteous branch from the line of David,

this is a picture of Jesus who would come from the line of David and would reign as king.

And you think about in the Old Testament all these kings who didn't rule wisely, who didn't rule wisely,

who didn't rule with justice in the land.

And God says, there's coming a day

when there will be a perfect king

who will deal wisely and he will execute justice and he will execute righteousness in the land and he will bring salvation.

In his days Judah will be saved.

Israel will dwell security, salvation, security, and his name will be the Lord is our righteousness.

What a picture God says to an unrighteous people, I will be your righteousness.

I'm going to send a king who will be righteous for you, who will be your righteousness.

this passage just points us powerfully to Jesus in a way that causes us

powerfully to Jesus in a way that causes us to rest securely in his salvation today and his

righteousness today. I just want to encourage you. Look around the world.

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