Friday, February 4, 2011

The Word of God declares "Israel Will Be Restored" --- but before that time arrives, the Jews must pass through a season of sore trouble and affliction, during which God severely chastises them for their sin of disobedience.

Dreadful indeed have been the past experiences of "the nation of the weary feet" but a darker path yet lies before them. Their cruel bondage in Egypt, their captivity in Babylon, and their grievous handling by Titus, were but a faint foreshadowing of what they shall yet be called upon to undergo.

"And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the Time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it." Jeremiah 30:4-7

But our LORD will not only discipline Israel, but all who have disobeyed His commandments, rejected His Word and chosen to walk their own way. Do not expect Godly grace if you have filled your hearts with worldly wisdom. Do not expect His acceptance when your days and nights have been filled with...

“Ah, stubborn children,” declares the Lord, “who carry out a plan, but not Mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin; who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for My direction, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
For though his officials are at Zoan and his envoys reach Hanes, everyone comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace... For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the Lord;” Isaiah 30


Will you pass through your season of sore trouble and affliction, being severely chastised for your sin of disobedience? That is up to you ---

"Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore He exalts Himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him." Isaiah 30

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