When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many crowds followed him, and he cured all of them, and he ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah: ‘Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not wrangle or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory. And in his name the Gentiles will hope.’ (Matthew 12:15-21, NRSV)
Gentiles will hope in His name!
He is the reason we can hope!
He is the servant of the Living God and God’s Spirit is upon Him. He will bring justice to victory!
How can we who are in darkness have hope that something will change, that our world will be different?
You see the quote in Matthew above comes form Isaiah and so was spoken through the prophet Isaiah many years before Jesus and Matthew, and yet the words spoken by that prophet hundreds of years before Christ still rang true in the person of Jesus.
The promise of God is not a one time and done promise. God’s promise is forever, and in that we who are heathens, and gentiles can rejoice and have our hope!
aSacredRebel 