"Been Confirmed"

"The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah." (Psalms 87:6)
Now we are talking about the One and Only! Oh, it's still about you and I, but "this man" is non-other than the Son of Man; and had it not been for His birth in the region of Mount Zion, then again, all bets would be off, but in a bad way. Sadly, none of us would probably know the difference. We would just live out our lives not knowing anything about God's love or mercy, continuing down that highway to hell with no clue of what was in store for us. I watched that movie Passengers yesterday, and I thought it was great. After reading the reviews I thought everyone else thought it was lame; but there is a hidden secret in the plot, one that screams out destiny and purpose. I should have hung around for the credits to end, because I would bet that there were children and grandchildren hanging out somewhere on that ship. There are so many things that matter once you know that your life has meaning; that your life is bigger than just you, and there is something else that matters more than just this confined existence on earth. Of all those Pauper to Prince stories there is none greater than the story of Prince of Peace. Born in a simple setting, raise in a place of disgrace, with a reputation of being born out of wedlock; only to be sentenced to die for speaking the truth; even mocked for not saving Himself as He hung dying on the cross. Little did they know who it was that they put to death! Yes, This Man was born there, and He took our place upon that cross; dress in flesh, He died for the sins of our flesh. It couldn't happen any other way. Only a righteous man could take the place for the unrighteous; and only the Son of Man could be counted as Righteous! That word "count" is one we all should be familiar with, because it means reckon or take into account. Better yet, it has the meaning, "to count exactly or accurately," which, depending where you stand could make a world of difference. Just as we reckon our old man is crucified with Christ, the Father reckons us covered in the blood of Christ; and it is His blood, that He shed while in the form of a man, that has cleansed us from all unrighteousness. Yes, that's what I see in this verse today: "That God so loved the world", that He put His Son through all of that, so that we could be reckoned righteous and written in the Lamb's Book of Life, forever...
"Tell me, you who want to live under the law, do you know what the law actually says? The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from a slave wife and one from a freeborn wife. The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God's promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God's own fulfillment of his promise. These two women serve as an illustration of God's two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them. And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law. But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother. As Isaiah said, "Rejoice, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into a joyful shout, you who have never been in labor! For the desolate woman now has more children than that woman who lives with her husband!" And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac. But you are now being persecuted by those who want to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the Holy Spirit. But what do the Scriptures say about that? "Get rid of the slave and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the free woman's son." So, dear brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman; we are children of the free woman." (Galatians 4:21-31) NLT