Page 31 - Racing Toward Judgement
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belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from
thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that
thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and
compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy
children within thee; and they shall not leave in
thee one stone upon another; because thou knew-
est not the time of thy visitation.
(Luke 19:41-44KJv)
God poured out upon Jerusalem "a spirit of grace
and supplication" (Zechariah 12:10). Christ had come,
as all the prophets predicted He would, to bring every-
one together in Himself. He came to anoint, to heal, to
unite. He came to gather everyone together under His
wings as a mother hen gathers together her chicks. But
Jerusalem was blind to its hour of destiny. The religious
leaders would have nothing to do with God's divine plan.
Religious tradition kept the masses in blindness, so they
could not discern the mighty work of God through
Christ: "I sent my prophets to warn you with many a
vision and many a parable and dream" (Hosea 12:10
LB).
Today, in our time, God has sent forth the Holy
Spirit. This great outpouring was meant to be for our
coming together in peace. God intended Irish Catholics
to be one with Irish Protestants, through the Spirit. He
intended that all American Christians come together at
the cross! But the Spirit is being rejected by those in
authority. There is official blindness in our "hour of
visitation."
I sent my prophets to warn you of your doom; I
have slain you with the words of my mouth,
threatening you with death. Suddenly, without
warning, my judgment will strike you as surely as
day follows night.
(Hosea 6:5 LB)
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thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that
thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and
compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy
children within thee; and they shall not leave in
thee one stone upon another; because thou knew-
est not the time of thy visitation.
(Luke 19:41-44KJv)
God poured out upon Jerusalem "a spirit of grace
and supplication" (Zechariah 12:10). Christ had come,
as all the prophets predicted He would, to bring every-
one together in Himself. He came to anoint, to heal, to
unite. He came to gather everyone together under His
wings as a mother hen gathers together her chicks. But
Jerusalem was blind to its hour of destiny. The religious
leaders would have nothing to do with God's divine plan.
Religious tradition kept the masses in blindness, so they
could not discern the mighty work of God through
Christ: "I sent my prophets to warn you with many a
vision and many a parable and dream" (Hosea 12:10
LB).
Today, in our time, God has sent forth the Holy
Spirit. This great outpouring was meant to be for our
coming together in peace. God intended Irish Catholics
to be one with Irish Protestants, through the Spirit. He
intended that all American Christians come together at
the cross! But the Spirit is being rejected by those in
authority. There is official blindness in our "hour of
visitation."
I sent my prophets to warn you of your doom; I
have slain you with the words of my mouth,
threatening you with death. Suddenly, without
warning, my judgment will strike you as surely as
day follows night.
(Hosea 6:5 LB)
29
