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Bible Repentance: Path to Love - Robert J. Wieland

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days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass<br />

un<strong>to</strong> this day; and for our iniquities have we, our<br />

kings, and our priests, been delivered in<strong>to</strong> the hand<br />

of the kings of the lands” (Ezra 9:7). “Our” kings”<br />

were those of previous generations, for there was<br />

no living king in Ezra’s day.<br />

- David writes his profound Psalms,<br />

experiencing in himself what Christ was <strong>to</strong><br />

experience so perfectly that Christ actually used<br />

David’s words <strong>to</strong> express the feelings of His own<br />

broken heart. “My God, My God, why hast Thou<br />

forsaken Me?” the Saviour cries as He hangs upon<br />

His cross (Psalm 22:1; Matthew 27:46). The<br />

meditation and prayer of His stricken heart finds<br />

perfect expression in the experience of David.<br />

Christ is in fact the Hebrew Word “made flesh.”<br />

Nowhere is the perfect corporate identity of the<br />

“member” with the “Head” more clearly seen than<br />

in the David-Christ relationship. Christ knows<br />

Himself <strong>to</strong> be the “son of David.” He has feasted<br />

upon David’s words and been inspired by David’s<br />

experiences. The perfect corporate identity He sees<br />

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