Thursday, January 12, 2017

Who can save them from God's judgment

Hosea 5:8-15
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rot to the people of Judah.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will tear them to pieces and go away;
Then I will go back to my place until they admit their guilt. And they will seek my face ; in their misery they will earnestly seek me.
The alarm is sounded o Judah's borders, for Judah shares the sin to which Israel has become addicted.
Not even the great king of Assyria can save them from God's judgment.
These verses probably refer to the Israel/Syria war against Judah.
Verse 15 expresses God's longing. Will suffering achieve what prosperity has not, serving, as C.S. Lewis puts it, as God's 'megaphone to rouse a deaf world'?
Why?
Moth to Ephraim and rot to Judah, means they were not way to be rescued, it has ruined must be laid waste.
When people still under the sins and do not turn back to the truth of God, will be judged and face the consequence for his deeds.
God gives us the warning message to the world, listen and confess our sins, turn to the Jesus Chris is the only way to be blessing.
How?
Be aware of the sins in our heart and mind, be aware the warning from the Lord.

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