"Our Calling"

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people He hath chosen for His inheritance." (Psalms 33:12) Now regarding the writer, whom ever that might have been; this verse takes us on a little bit of a new journey into the us side, at least for the next seven verses, and breaks down the many fascinating reason that we absolutely must praise God for what He has done. Interesting how this verse happens to fall on the twelfth number in order of verses, and how the these seven verses complete a perfect picture of man's completeness in Christ; for in Jesus Christ we are made complete; even so, the Jewish man is not complete without Jesus, and once they have accepted Him as their Lord and Saviour, then, and only then, are they considered to be a 'Complete Jew'. Say for a moment that Ezra was the writer, and being that his name meant 'help', the whole message of the Gospel is how God helps man to be rescued from the bondage of sin and death; and without God's help, we are condemned, doomed, and already dead. As Peter put it, "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous Light: which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy." (1 Peter 2:9 & 10) When it comes to man, the number twelve is a very significant number; whether or not that really means anything by this numbering sequence, is beside the point; but there were twelve tribes of Israel, born of twelve sons, twelve Apostles, the twelve gates to the 'New Jerusalem, and the twelve fruits on the 'Tree of Life'; all of which depict the completeness of man in God, and a completeness that is not possible without God's choosing and His help. On a "side" note, Jesus said that in heaven there would not be the same type of union between man and woman that there is now (Matthew 22:30), and if you notice, that at the time of God's creation, there was one thing that was not good, and that was that Adam was made incomplete (Genesis 2:18); so God created the woman from the man, so as, when the two were joined together, then they were made complete: the two became one flesh (Genesis 2:24). So how exactly did that work, that man was originally made incomplete, but now we are made complete in Jesus?
 "For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband." (Ephesians 5:30-33)