Good Morning. In Zec 11:5 we are reminding that when we disobey the Lord there are negative consequences to this choice. The Lord said, “For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbours hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.” Matthew Henry in commenting on this verse said, “Those who are willing to have their consciences oppressed by those who teach for doctrines the commandments of men (as the Jews were, who called those Rabbi, Rabbi, that did so, Mt. 15:9; 23:7), are often punished by oppression in their civil interests, and justly, for those forfeit their own rights who tamely give up Gods rights. The Jews did so; the Papists do so; and who can pity them if they be ruled with rigour? God here threatens them, 1. That he will deliver them into the hand of oppressors, every one into his neighbours hand, so that they shall use one another barbarously. The several parties in Jerusalem did so; the zealots, the seditious, as they were called, committed greater outrages than the common enemy did, as Josephus relates in his history of the wars of the Jews. They shall be delivered every one into the hand of his king, that is, the Roman emperor, whom they chose to submit to rather than to Christ, saying, We have no king but Caesar. Thus they thought to ingratiate themselves with their lords and masters. But for this God brought the Romans upon them, who took away their place and nation. 2. That he will not deliver them out of their hands: They shall smite the land, the whole land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them; and, if the Lord do not help them, none else can, nor can they help themselves.” I pray that we will learn from the mistakes of the children of Israel so that we will not fall into the same disappointing position as them. I pray that we will surrender all and wait upon the Lord so that He can lead us into the paths of righteousness. Lead Me Lord - https://youtube/watch?v=7QgdQPGjen4 Have a blessed and Holy Spirit-filled day.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 09:43:19 +0000
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