Hosea 8 – 14 and Ice Age: Continental Divide

Hosea 8 – 14

The theme of the last half of Hosea can be found in Hoseq 9:7: “The time of Israel’s punishment has come; the day of payment is here. Soon Israel will kinow this all too well.” He recounts the Lord’s love for Israel and how the more he called to Israel, the farther he moved from him. He tells how the history of the Lord’s dealings with Jacob and speaks of bringing the Israelites out of Egypt, and how now, “the people of Samaria must bear the consequences of their guilt because they rebelled against their God. He calls out to Israel to return to the Lord their God.

In my opinion, this parallels God’s dealings with the USA. The founding fathers made a covenant with God when this country was founded. In 1962, we kicked God out of the classroom and since that time, there has been a concerted effort to remove God from every part of our lives. Instead of freedom of religion, the First Amendment has been twisted to mean freedom from religion.

In 1973, the US Supreme Court found a “right to privacy” that legalized the abortion (murder) of an unborn or nearly born child. This is so like the offering of children to the fire as practiced by Baal and the other pagan religions Israel turned to when they left the God of their Fathers. The black population has particularly suffered from this. In New York City, nearly one-half of all babies aborted are black – nearly 1800 black babies are aborted every day. There would be 35% more blacks in this country if it weren’t for the abortion of black babies.

The concept of right and wrong has nearly been obliterated by political correctness. Most children are no longer brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. As a result, we have flash mobs causing disruptions and many young people who show no respect for anything or anybody.

Let’s welcome God back into our lives. Let’s humble ourselves and pray and seek His face and turn from our wicked ways. God has promised that if His people do this, he will hear from heaven and forgive our sin and heal our land.

Tomorrow, we’ll be reading Isaiah 28 – 30.

 

Ice Age: Continental Divide

Today, my friend Karen and I went to see Ice Age: Continental Divide, the third in the series of terrific Ice Agew movies. The movie was great wit characters we have come to know and love and some new, non-so-easy-to-love characters. It was very funny and extremely exciting. See it if you can.

Until next time…