Selected verses from Isaiah chapter one, describing Israel three thousand years ago, and describing America today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Alas, sinful nation,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A people laden with iniquity,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A brood of evildoers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have forsaken the Lord,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have provoked to anger<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Holy One,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have turned away backward.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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— Results, then and now, and soon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“Your country is desolate,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your cities are burned with fire;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strangers devour your land in your presence;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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— Is there hope ? Will there be hope ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“Unless the Lord of hosts<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Had left to us a very small remnant,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We would have become like Sodom,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We would have been made like Gomorrah.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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— Is there enough to make a difference ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“How the faithful city has become a harlot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was full of justice;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Righteousness lodged in it,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But now murderers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your silver has become dross,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your wine mixed with water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your princes are rebellious,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And companions of thieves;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone loves bribes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And follows after rewards.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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— Now, what ? What does God say ? What does God do ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“Therefore the Lord says,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries<\/span>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n And take vengeance on My enemies<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I will turn My hand against you<\/span>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n And thoroughly purge away your dross<\/span>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n And take away all your alloy<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I will restore your judges as at the first,<\/p>\n\n\n\n And your counselors as at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.’ “<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n — We were there once. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Many in this country are adversaries of God, and have made themselves His enemies. “Unless” in the verse above—If it weren’t for the remnant in America, we would have been ‘nuked’ by God already. Even our “cities burned with fire, strangers devouring our land right before our eyes, desolation, overthrown by strangers”—some already happening, some imminent !—even all this is not enough to turn this country around, turn us back to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n GOD WILL DO WHAT HE HAS TO DO, for His Name, because He is God ! ! ! ! ! Selected verses from Isaiah chapter one, describing Israel three thousand years ago, and describing America today: “Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, They have forsaken the Lord, They have provoked to anger The Holy One, They have turned away backward.” — Results, then and now, and soon: “Your country […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,4,14,7,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","category-faith_based","category-financial","category-health","category-inspire_lifter","category-political-cultural","category-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6572,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569\/revisions\/6572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Can we be there again ?
Indeed, all things are possible, with God, but . . .
BUT not without the underlined parts above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Vengeance is Mine—I will repay”, says the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But our national harlotry, injustice, unrighteousness, murder, rebellion, bribes, continue to grow unchecked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
++ He will turn His hand against us<\/span>.
America is eligible and overdue for the angry judgment of God, against us.
++ He will purge away our dross<\/span>.
It takes a lot of heat to do that, and we will be in the fire.
++ He will take away all our alloy<\/span>.
God will forcefully remove everything we hold so dear, that He reveals is not real.
++ Sounds painful—indeed !
That is the only way He can restore good “judges” and “righteousness” and “faithfulness” to our cities.
That is God’s RIGHTEOUS RESET.
Will we accept it, endure it, come through it ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"