Isa 33:7-10 (ESV)
7 Behold, their
heroes cry in the streets;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways lie waste;
the traveler ceases.
Covenants are broken;
cities are despised;
there is no regard
for man.
9 The land mourns and languishes;
Lebanon is confounded
and withers away;
Sharon is like a
desert,
and Bashan and Carmel
shake off their leaves.
10 "Now I will arise," says the Lord,
"now I will lift
myself up;
now I will be
exalted.
NOTE: So, the bad
news is, that it gets much worse before it will ever get better. That does not
mean that we don't try to heal the hurts of our land or change the laws.
Ultimately, only changed hearts matter, and even that is not enough to stem the
flood of evil that consumes this world. God had promised to arise and he will
make himself known to the whole world. There will weeping and gnashing of teeth
at the revealing of the truth. Men will be so angry because they can no longer
be gods. Men will be punished and sent to eternal judgment for their failure to
believe. There will be no excuses. No arguments will succeed against God, no
matter how clever they might sound now. God will destroy foolish arguments. He
already has with the visit of Jesus Christ, but men refuse to consider the
evidence that Jesus Christ's life provides. We have no excuse. God has made
himself known and plain. The fact that men chose to believe a lie is not an
excuse (as Paul makes clear in Romans 1). The day is coming and it is not far
now.
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