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After Isaiah 11:1-11   In the reign, triumphant, of the branch, the shoot, the wolf lives with the lamb; the calf and the lion lie down toge...

After Isaiah 11:1-11   The branch bursts into view, soon establishing itself, establishing a reign, a reign marked by righteous judgment, bl...

After Isaiah 11:1-11   This root,  this branch, bursts into  the air, long  promised, mostly  forgotten, little  believed. This root,  this ...

After Isaiah 11:1-11   From the stump of the axed tree comes forth a shoot, tender and green, emerging against all odds, forcing its way, te...

After Jeremiah 33:10-16   The Lord will fulfill his promise, the one made to the house of Judah, to the house of Israel. The Lord will raise...

After Revelation 7:9-10   A promise was made, a promise was kept, a command to go, a command was kept. And through that keeping came the ble...

After Hebrews 6:13-20   The promise was accompanied by an oath, to know that it was true, and real, and it would happen.   The oath bridged ...

After Hebrews 6:13-20   Why trust, you ask, why believe that a promise made eons ago will be delivered? Time passes, cries made in pain seem...

After Hebrews 6:13-20   He swears an oath, he makes a promise, an oath, a promise given in his name, because no one is greater. The man rece...

After 2 Samuel7:1-17   From my body  will come  the offspring  who will lead a kingdom. His throne will be set forever. He will be disciplin...

After 2 Samuel 7:1-17   I thought to build him a house, but he promised to build me a dynasty.   He brought me from the hillside, he set me ...

After 2 Peter 3:9   We wait on a promise, a promise to be fulfilled, a promise spoken and unspoken from the beginning. Waiting is not an acc...

After Hebrews 11:1-3, 11-12   She laughed at how ridiculous it was, to become pregnant at her age. She laughed, and kept laughing, until she...

After Galatians 3:15-25   One wonders: why make a promise? Why tell a childless old man that his offspring would be countless, like grains o...

After Galatians 3:15-25   The promise comes first; the law follows. The promise remains; once made, it’s inviolable. The law comes as a guar...

After Galatians 3:15-25   A promise made is a promise kept. A promise made to one man becomes a promise to his offspring. Once  the promise ...

After Galatians 3:1-9   It’s an ongoing reading of the will, a daily event to which all are invited. The will is read, announcing the inheri...