Matt 7:13 (KJV) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow} 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. {Because: or, How}
Hebr 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims> ["exiles"-RSV] on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith} 1Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers ["aliens"-RSV] and pilgrims ["exiles"-RSV], abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
The Lord Jesus Christ --- the promised Messiah --- was "Israel's Holy One." They rejected Him, crying "Away with Him; we will not have this man to rule over us!", but they must have Him and the whole world must yet be ruled by Him. Kings and princes must bow to Him. He has been and is true to the Gentiles. He is true today, --- the Holy One Who stands before the people and bids them come to Him for forgiveness of sin for the joy of a new life.
Our Holy One, help us to reveal Thee to a lost world as the only Savior so that all men will bow to Thee as both Savior and Lord. Amen.
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