“Yeshua was going all over Galilee,teaching in their synagogues preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.” Matthew 4:23

Before we moved to California,my family and I lived in suburban Chicago…the #2 least-churched city in America. A person’s success in Chicago seems only hindered by their willingness to get up early and work late. In a word, it’s driven.

Soon after school began, it became apparent that we were going to have a Bible study before school. We started in Matthew chapter 1, and every day I would teach something from the next chapter. Sound familiar…?

When we got to Matthew Chapter 4, I asked, “What was the good news of the kingdom that Yeshua was teaching and preaching?” My daughter Ruth answered quickly, “That Yeshua died for us?” Nope. This was 3 years before He did that.

So, what was the “good news” Yeshua was preaching?

The good news that Yeshua was preaching is very simple:G_d can be trusted to fulfill His promises. 400 years had past since Israel’s last prophet. 14 generations had past since their exile to Babylon. Had G_d forsaken His promises and covenant with Israel?Not in the least.

Messiah was standing before Israel, accompanied by signs &wonders. The reason why Yeshua came first to the Jew, then to the Gentile, is because the promises were given to the Jew first. The Jews who believed G-d’s promises of Messiah were looking & praying for the “deliverer”. Yeshua came at the time G-d appointed and He didn't just heal a few sick people. He healed every kind of sickness, including the root of all sickness, sin.

Are you searching for deliverance? Do you feel lonely and forsaken by G_d? I have GOOD NEWS for you: G-d can be trusted!!

“Whoever calls on the Name of the L-rd will be saved.”Romans 10:13

G_d has promised never to leave or forsake His children.Because He was faithful to fulfill His promise concerning the atoning work of Messiah, Yeshua, we know that G_d’s yet-to-be fulfilled promises to believers(including spending eternity with Him because of our faith in Yeshua) can be trusted, as well.

Blessings.

~Steve Wiggins, Assistant Rabbi

Shuvah Yisrael 
Daily Devotional, Tuesday April 23, 2013