Judaism and early Christianity of the arrival of the messianic age (Isa. 54:4–8; 62:4–5), and the kingdom of God (Matt. 8:11; 22:1–14; Luke 22:16–18; Rev. 19:9). This passage should cause us to ask whether our hearts are dry and our spiritual passions weak and anemic. Do we know anything of true hunger for the Living Bread and a thirst for the Living Water? Or do we continue on performing our spiritual disciplines and carrying out our religious rituals with no sense of desire for God? While it is
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