A Closer Look
In the annals of time, The Lord’s Hand,
Crafted lessons through a chosen man,
Through whom He’d be born as pure Seed.
That man believed, lessons to heed.
Israel and Judah, The Lord’s stage was set.
Warnings were given, but repentance unmet.
Though prophets cried-out, with visions so dire,
Many hearts still churned for sinful desires.
Their deafened ears and hardened stance,
Led nations into death's grim dance.
Assyria's shadow, decades long,
Attacked Israel with forces strong.
A gradual siege, a tightening noose,
Then to slavery, she was reduced.
Lost tribes of Israel. That name was well-known,
She refused The Lord’s deal; didn’t bow to His Throne.
Judah watched on with fleeting dread,
Yet followed where her sister had led.
Babylon's armies, The Lord’s choice tool,
Brought Jerusalem to ruin's rule. *
While Israel and Judah are now ‘back home’,
Most folks there embrace their ancestors’ syndrome.
Thinking the land is theirs, unconditionally.
They’ll not escape The Lord’s accountability.
The Powers’ Presentations aren’t just tales of old.
They’re invitations to us whose lives now unfold,
Kept for us, whose seeds were not yet sown,
Lessons to learn, lest we’re overthrown!!!
Stay tuned for Part 4
Turning Up the Power in His Points
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* Ancient Israel and Judah were the main characters in The Lord’s Old Testament ‘Power’s Points’ presentation, but were not the only ones. The very nations He used to harass and subjugate Israel and Judah (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and many others (which others???) were later either subjugated or wiped out completely in response to their gross abuse of His long-term Grace. In many respects, they reaped what they had sown. Now we, today, must similarly prepare to reap His judgments from our long-term abuse of His Grace, that is unless we, the nations populating Earth today, change our grossly sinful ways! The Lord remains merciful, quick to forgive, and to relent from the harm He promises to send our way. His Law of Sowing and Reaping remains in effect, though we don’t ‘connect the dots’. We inverted, then dressed it up with a new name: The Golden Rule. Then we collectively IGNORED IT, too.
