I appreciate your comments.

Submitted by Michael S, Nov 10, 2016 at 01:17

Jon,

I'm glad you posted it. When you or I post scriptures here, in ANY context, possibly a majority of readers may be seeing them for the first time. As the prophet said,

Amos 8 (NIV):
[11] "The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land-- not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

It doesn't matter, whether either of us is correct in our understanding of those scriptures. What matters, is that the reader get involved in them him/herself. What they will discover, ultimately, is that we were made by a God who cares for us: who has told us ahead of time about the troubles we are in and about to face, and tells us how to live through those times until His final victory.

Shalom shalom

Michael :-)

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