The Obligation of Love

Episode 166
We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no harm. The women added, “When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes impressed with her image and pouring out drink offerings to her?” Jeremiah 44:17; 19
Bernie Madoff, financial advisor and others who have cheated people of billions surely had some lovely days when things were doing very well for them. God frequently does not cut us off instantly but allows repeated opportunities for repentance. The absence of swift punishment is not a blessing on wrong behavior. The women of Israel didn’t understand that God was allowing time for them to repent.

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