The Word of the Lord spoke about what would happen when the Savior came to take our place, receiving our sins and sufferings upon Himself, as the beginning of our deliverance. It was all that man could hope for from the hands of God to be free from the evil of the enemy. Since Jesus came and replaced us on the cross, there is no more suffering, for He suffered our evils (Isaiah 53:4-6).

         Man's deliverance from the forces of darkness has already taken place. Now we need to proclaim the Good News to every creature. Those who accept what Jesus did on their behalf will be saved, but those who reject Him will continue in their sin and therefore will not go to Heaven (John 3:36). There is no way one can be saved after death. Those who reject the invitation of the Most High will be sent to the lake of fire and brimstone (Revelation 20:15). Believe!

         Through the prophet Isaiah, the Most High said that He would send the Messiah, the Branch of the Lord, to die in our place. Since this has already happened, we are instructed to receive Him into our hearts, so that we may be given the power to become children of God (John 1:12). This covering enables us to resist the devil and his temptations. Even so, if we become negative and fail to use what is freely given to us, we will fall into them.

The Branch of the Lord came full of beauty and glory. With His beauty, we become children approved by the Father, and with His glory, which He Himself gave to His group of disciples, we are prepared to do the same works done by Jesus (John 14:12). We must carry on the Lord's work as He did. We can believe that nothing will be impossible for us.

Those who receive Jesus as their Savior and Lord become blessed and faithful servants of the Most High and have the responsibility to continue the work begun by Christ: For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you ( John 13.15). Imagine what will happen to us at the judgment seat of Christ (2 Corinthians. 5:10), when the saved will be called to account for what they did with the resources they were given?

Where is the fruit of the Promised Land, the Gospel, that was guaranteed to us? Is this promise being fulfilled? Yes, according to the Scriptures: For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us (2 Corinthians 1.20). Therefore, strive to obey God's commandments, walking confidently in what He has accomplished in Jesus, for the Day of reckoning is fast approaching.

Those of Israel who escaped by accepting the promised Messiah share in the production of the fruit of the earth, which is excellent and beautiful. Accept God's invitation and go to the judgment seat of Christ with the certainty that you will not be put to shame (2 Corinthians 5:10). However, those who do not believe in the Lord will be put to shame before the righteous Judge, Jesus of Nazareth!

In Christ, with love,

         R. R. Soares.