Now this is His name by which He will be called: The Lord Our Rightenousness
Hundreds of years before Jesus appeared on the earth, the Lord prophesied to Jeremiah that One would come who would be our righteousness. Righteousness means, right standing with God. Up to that point, there was no one who was good enough, holy enough, or could do enough good works that would satisfy El Elyon, the Most High God. There was sin and corruption in the world and we are all born with sin because we come from the loins of Adam.
The Lord told Jeremiah in chapter 23:5 & 6, “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, and execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. In His days Judah will be saved and Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: The Lord Our Righteousness.” In Hebrew that means, Tsid-Kenu.
Jesus, from the lineage of David did come. He came as a Servant-King. His purpose to this earth was to bring the dominion of the Kingdom of God back to the earth and deliver it to God’s special anointed people, the Israelites. Through Jesus’ life of love and action, servant hood as well as demonstration of the Kingdom of God, we can now stand before God. This could not happen before the presence of Jesus on this earth. We are all sinners and unworthy of the presence of the most Holy God unless we accept Jesus as the Son of the Living God. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we become brand new. When God looks at you, He sees only purity and perfection because of the blood that Jesus shed on the cross.
We are the righteousness of God! “For He (God) has made Him (Jesus) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Cor. 5:21) Another scripture that helps us to realize we are brand new is 2 Cor 5:17, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.” That word “new” doesn’t mean remodeled or remanufactured. It means “completely made new, fresh.
When we accept Jesus to come into our lives, we must realize that an opportunity to change the way we perceive, think, react is available. We will go to our same home environment, we will travel in the same car and work for the same employer, but now that we are a new creature, we see, think and react different because the Holy Spirit is within us. Jesus is our Righteousness and has made us in right standing with God the Father. He has done His part, now we must continue the work He has begun by obeying God’s laws, trusting Him, and adoring Him through praise and worship.
Confession: Jesus is my Righteousness. He made the way for me to be in right standing with the Most Holy God. I will do my part by learning His laws and obeying them. I will trust my God because He knows what is best for me and I will adore Him through praise and worship.
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