To whom much is given, much is required. Righteousness exalts a nation...but sin is a reproach to any people

The call of repentance is for the righteous and unrighteous, the godly and ungodly alike. If the righteous had been the lights they were called to be, the nation would never have fallen as it did.

You can’t solve a spiritual problem with a military or political solution.

To whom much is given, much is required. Righteousness exalts a nation...but sin is a reproach to any people

Khesed...mercy...love. It's God's nature, His essence. Don't forget that, through all this, don't forget that. Judgement is His necessity, but His nature and essence, His heart, is love. He's the one always calling out to the lost to be saved.

A nation that turns away from prayer will ultimately find itself in desperate need of it.

God's will is that none should perish. Judgement isn't His desire ... but His necessity. The good must bring evil to an end, or else it would cease to be good. And yet His mercy is still greater than His judgement. His heart always wills for redemption. And therein lies the hope.