“They refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and stopped up their ears. They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets… When I called, they did not listen; so, when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord Almighty. (Zechariah 7:11–13, NIV 1984).
My Musings – This was God’s word to His chosen people, the Jews. As a result, “[He] scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land was left so desolate behind them.” (Zechariah 7:14, NIV 1984).
That was then. “But in these last days He has spoken to [all mankind] by His Son.” (Hebrews 1:1–2, NIV 1984). To those who pay attention, who don’t turn their backs, who don’t stop up their ears, who listen when He calls, “to all who [receive] Him, to those who [believe] in His name, He [gives] the right to become children of God…born of God.” (John 1:12-13, NIV 1984). They will not be “scattered.” They will inherit “the Kingdom [Heaven] prepared for [them] since the creation of the world. (Matthew 25:34, NIV 1984).
But for those whose “hearts [are] as hard as flint and [will] not listen,” He will say, “depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” (Matthew 25:41, NIV 1984). They could have been among those “who received Him…who believed in His name,” but “stubbornly they turned their backs and stopped up their ears.“
My Advice – “In these last days He [still speaks].” Don’t let your last day pass without responding. “I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.” (2 Corinthians 6:2, NIV 1984). You may not have another time, another day.
