February 23, 2022

Passage Read: 2 Chronicles 34 - Ezra 1
Meditation Verses: 2 Chronicles 36:15-16

Thought

This is what it will be like in the last days, before the Lord brings His final judgment on the earth. There will be prophets calling for repentance, but the people will mock them. The people will be unwilling to repent, they will scoff, they will despise the word of the Lord. There will still be a few, some who believe and obey, but by and large people everywhere will reject the word of the Lord. It is already beginning. In places where the Gospel was once welcome, people more and more mock it and want nothing to do with it.

Application

If I long for the return of the Lord, I shouldn't be surprised to see these things happening or growing more common. But neither should I give up and go hide. The Lord will send messengers, and I may need to be part of that, calling people to repent even if all they do is mock and scoff and despise the word of the Lord.