JUDGMENT IS PASSED … “GUILTY” AS CHARGED
“He came unto His own but His own received Him not …” John 1;11
“Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem … You who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you … I wanted to gather you … But you were not willing … see, your house is left desolate ….” Matthew 23; 37, 38
Acts 7;51-53 : Matthew 22;33-46 : Acts 2; 22-36 : Ezekiel 16;1-63 “O Lord, in wrath remember mercy …”
There is no Jury … the verdict is absolute … the judgement is decreed … as with Adam and Eve, as with Cain … cast out not, from a Garden but from a Land … not in Exile but “scattered”
“He was rejected of men … we, as it were, hid our faces from Him … And He laid on Him our iniquities …”
What Grace is this? … In Israel’s and our rejection of Him as, He bears our guilt and shame and gives us pardon for all our vile iniquities. Romans 11; 33-36
And God promises more for Israel … Ezekiel 16;60-63 : God hasn’t “replaced” Israel but will restore Israel because of His great love and tender mercies … “He has engraved them upon His hands” Isaiah 49;14-23. Everlasting Love Jeremiah, 31;1-14
There will be suffering and “the sword” Jeremiah 31;1 but those that escape the sword will be restored and will return to Zion … Isaiah 35; 10 … “with everlasting joy upon their heads …”