What would Isaiah's prophecies be if he lived in our day? What would God be telling him about his people? Even more important, would we listen to and heed the words of a prophet like Isaiah? Would we realize that it is the Lord we should be fearing, the Lord that is bringing all of the calamities against us, that those we blame are God's tools, that it is we ourselves who are to blame for everything that strikes at our security, at the way we live.
But the people have not returned to him who struck them,
nor have they sought the LORD Almighty.
So the LORD will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
both palm branch and reed in a single day;
the elders and prominent men are the head,
the prophets who teach lies are the tail.
Those who guide this people mislead them,
and those who are guided are led astray.
Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,
nor will he pity the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly and wicked,
every mouth speaks vileness.
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised. - IS 9:13-17 NIV
I am not a prophet, but I can see it is not going to get any better. You can't blame it on the government, on society, the media or anything else. It is our fault, God's people, those who would call ourselves by his name, we are the ones that need to turn to him in repentance and even anguish for what has happened to our nation and even the entire world. We are the ones who have not done what he called us to do, we have not been what he created us to be. We are all so caught up in being the center of our own existence that we have failed miserably at being the children of God.
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