God speaks to His people all through the Old Testament as He was
establishing His Covenant with the Patriarchs and their decedents. How awesome is the marvelous works of God in
the midst of the Old Testament saints. His dealings with them was so personal.
He led them and guided them; think of Noah, Moses, Abraham, and the Prophets,
Isaiah, Joel, Jonah, for a few.
Sometimes the dealings with humanity brought consequences. The Law was
strict, but God loved His people. He spoke
to them over and over telling them “I Will” ....
“I Am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I
will Redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: And I will take you to Me for a
people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I Am the Lord
your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.” ~ Ex. 6:6-7
And are we apart of Israel? Are we not grafted into the Promises
that were given to God’s People? I
believe this Word of God is for us today too. For often, the term “generations
to come,” was applied to the Covenant that God was making with the Old
Testament saints. We know that God is a
Covenant making God, and we know that we are partakers of this Covenant, but
sometimes we forget the power of sacrifice that was in God’s heart as He
“willed” to Covenant with mankind.
“That the “Generation” to come might know them, [Law-Covenant] even the children which
should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: That they
might set their Hope in God, and not forget the Works of God, but keep His
Commandments:” ~ Ps 78:6-7
We are the “Generation to come,” and He has Redeemed us, He sent
His Son to be our Salvation! He will bring us out of the difficulties for He is
our Hope!