Ripe for Judgment? - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Deuteronomy 21:8-9,

"'Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, Lord, and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent person.' Then the bloodshed will be atoned for, and you will have purged from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord."

Provision was made in the Mosaic law for a ritual that cleared the local people of guilt in the instance of a slain body being found and it not being known who the killer was. This provision was predicated upon the understanding that the shedding of innocent blood without penalty was something that desecrated the land and would result in God's judgment.

I can't help but think of our nation today. The rampant murder rate where the number of unsolved cases piles up with few paying the penalty, the practice of abortion on demand that terminates the unborn's life, what is our nation's current standing with God?

We may not be Israel, but I suspect the land we inhabit must be ripe for judgment. What do you think?

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!

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