The Jews ignored the fulfillment of prophecy, refused to see it, refused to believe it, and were bound and determined that nothing could be except what had always been. Their stiff-necked pride caused God to harden their hearts to the point that then they couldn’t see truth.
I hear and see people these days talking about microchips coming that will be the mark of the beast, a moneyless economy coming as foretold, a one-world government blah, blah, blah!
What are they doing with what they see? Is it reaching their hearts or have their hearts already hardened to the point that they are only concerned with themselves?
This week, I have seen many posts about the lack of news coverage of the senseless murder of a five-year-old child. Instead of people posting and talking about the depravity of a society where someone executes a baby, many have chosen this horrific event to use as an example of how the mainstream news ignores some and highlights others. These posts aren’t as much about that precious child as they are about how individuals themselves feel persecuted. Frankly, that is missing the point that Christians should be focusing on if we are going to fulfill the mission that God has for us.
Paul tells us why we can have hope in that glorious future. in verse 31, If God is for us, who can be against us.” and he goes on to say that we are justified by God Himself, no human and nothing else can condemn us. Jesus who died in agony because of us is sitting at the right hand of God interceding for us. Satan can’t condemn us, he’s already been beaten. Other humans can’t condemn us because they too have fallen short of the glory of God and will stand before the righteous Judge just like we will. Jesus could, but He won’t. He died for us and is now our Mediator and Advocate. God Himself, as we are told in verse 33, justifies us, there is no one to condemn us so there is no condemnation for us!
