A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots. Marcus Garvey
Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot—yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. Isaiah 11:1 NLT
Who in your life needs to know the sprout, from the stump of Jesse? This question is how
yesterdays devotion ended and where I wish to begin today. For I am not ashamed of the
gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to
the Jew, then to the Gentile. Romans 1:16 Because the Bible is a collection of ancient
writings, we wrongly use the past tense for the Gospel. Grammatically, the entire verse is in the
present tense. There are three verbs: I am not ashamed, is and believes. All are in the present tense.
The gospel is, not was, but is the power of God, it is to all who believe, and it is to the Jew first.
How many watched the arrival of George Herbert Walker Bush's coffin arrival to the Capitol.
This is how the New York Times describes it; "Former President George Bush made his final
journey to the nation’s capital on Monday, his coffin arriving at the Capitol as the rays of the
setting sun washed over the plaza where family and friends stood solemnly during a 21-gun
salute that began four days of commemoration of his life and death.
With all the pomp and pageantry of the first presidential state funeral in 12 years, Mr. Bush was
welcomed back to the building where he served four years in Congress at the start of a political
a career that would take him to the heights of power. He will lie in state there until Wednesday’s
funeral service at Washington National Cathedral.
For a majority of Jewish faith in the first Century, Bush's funeral is a good metaphor of their
Messianic expectations. The Messiah would restore the Throne of David, and it's land. He will
strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
Isaiah 11: 4.
The Gospel is present tense, but can only be fully appreciated in HIStory. Man's greatest
achievements have always fallen short of man's need. Paul put it this way; We know that the
whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Romans 8:22. Let's celebrate great men like George Herbert Walker Bush, but realize hope in
man is no hope at all. Our only hope is Jesus, the shoot from the stump of Jesse. May we
pray today; Come, Lord Jesus, Come Quickly Lord Jesus. Amen. Who in your life needs to
know the sprout, from the stump of Jesse?
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