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“Of old hast Thou [the Lord Jesus] founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of Thy hands: they shall perish, but Thou continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vessel shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed. But Thou art the Same, and Thy years shall have no end” (Psalm 102:25-27 JND).
Yesterday we saw how the Lord Jesus was made sin for us, and was compared to unclean birds. Today we see God the Father’s answer to all this. It was the Lord Jesus who created the world, and one day this world will perish: God will destroy it by fire, and create a new heavens and a new earth. See if you can find the verse that tells us this; it is in 2 Peter.
But the Lord Jesus has a title—“the Same.” It is one of the names of God, and it tells us that He is the ever-existing One. The Lord Jesus is God; He was there from all eternity, and He never changes. That is a wonderful thing, for here in this world everything is changing continually. Even people change, and we may be hurt or puzzled to find a friend treating us differently. But the One who suffered for our sins on Calvary’s cross is always the Same: He never changes.
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