Calling All RETURNEES!

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Calling all returnees!

"Zion will be redeemed with justice,
and her repentant ones with righteousness."
-Isaiah 1:27, bold mine

Chapter 1 of Isaiah provides us with a classic example of two primary aspects of God's character;  justice and mercy.  God is just.  He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished (see Exodus 34:7; Nahum 1:3).  And God is merciful.  In fact, God wonderfully informs us that "mercy triumphs over judgement" (see James 5:13). 

And then verse 27 (see above).  Really, a sumation of the entire Bible.  The message of God through the prophets in the Old Testament, and the clear thesis of the New Testament from Matthew 3:2 to Revelation 22:21: 

"How long will you hesitate between
two opinions...Choose ye this day...
But Daniel made up his mind...
The time is already past..."-1 Kings 18:21; Joshua 24:15;
Daniel 1:8; 1 Peter  4:3

The glorious truth of the Bible is that God is a Redeemer!  The sobering reality is that His redemption is available to everyone, but relatively few (see Matthew 7:13-14), are, and will be redeemed.

So who will be redeemed?  Isaiah 1:27(see above) calls them, "The repentant ones."  "Repentant ones" can accurately be translated, "Returnees."

So...Calling all RETURNEES!

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