Be Not as Your Fathers According to Soncino, Zechariah came on the scene only two months after Haggai. “In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers” (Zechariah 1:1-2). God is displeased with us when we disobey Him. “Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts” (verse 3). Several translations, including the Revised Standard Version, say the word turn is actually return. Return unto me! God is saying. This is addressed to people who had been with God and then turned away. It is speaking to the end-time Laodiceans. “Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD” (verse 4). God spoke and is speaking to them. But how? Through His human messenger today. The former prophets cried this to Israel anciently, and they are crying the same message to the Laodiceans today. What God expects of His people is very plain. God wants us to turn to Him. If we turn to Him, He will turn to us. That is the way it works. If we don’t turn, He won’t turn! God pleads with us not to be like our fathers—ancient Israel. These people did not hear God. They did not respond to God’s call to repentance. They refused to turn to Him, so God had to punish them severely. That is not what God desires for us. Yet today we see massive rebellion within the Church. God is highly displeased with the Laodicean Church today because of the turn it has taken.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:15:49 +0000
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