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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 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 the 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 to rest securely in his salvation today and his righteousness today.

I just want to encourage you. Look around the world. Where is there a leader, a king who deals

wisely in every way, who executes justice and righteousness in the land in every way? There is no

king like Jesus who brings salvation,

who brings security, who is righteousness for us. Oh God, we praise you for sending Jesus.

Jesus, we exalt you right now. Whether we're driving in a car or sitting around in a room in our homes or somewhere else

in an office, God, we look to you and we praise you for coming to us.

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