Yet another word deluged me this morning about the nations streaming to YHWH in the latter days. This stuff courses through the prophets and Psalms. It's unavoidable; it's everywhere. And it ought to fire confidence within us as we consider how many still have yet to come to King Jesus and pay tribute with their very lives. But today I want to point to only one instance of this sure coming of the nations: "to you shall the nations come, from the ends of the earth . . . (Jer. 16:19). This one word (oh don't miss it!) is like a tidal wave of sovereign grace, casting up upon the shores of the nations, deluging, drawing, wooing, effectually moving idolaters to forsake their idols and foreswear their worthless ways.
Now briefly consider the context of this confident confession to feel its force: Jer. 16:14-15. It is restoration! Of Israel! Seamlessly the godless Gentiles are woven into the promise. One can almost miss it. But oh don't miss it! When YHWH calls forth his people for his name from exile, back to the land of promise, Jew and Gentile both come from the ends of the earth. Israel comes back to inherit the land and consists of those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation! "Oh the depths of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!" (Rom. 11:33).
To further fire your faith (I know I said I'd point to only one text, but I can't hold a few others back), see also these mighty missions texts: Isa. 2:2-4; Mic. 4:1-2; and Hab. 2:14. As I confessed—"Oh the depths!"
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