Until There was no Remedy

2 Chronicles 36:15-16 The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy. (ESV)

This Scripture stood out to me like a light on a hill on a dark night. It represents the last words before Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians and Israel was carried off into exile. But it also could be spoken to today's world as well.

God is still sending messengers, speaking the gospel of grace and forgiveness for all who will repent of their sins and make Jesus their Lord. It is not out of vindictiveness or judgment that He speaks but out of "compassion on his people." God desires no one to perish and has created a way of escape from a world that will be destroyed because of rebellion and sin.

But as in the days of 2 Chronicles, people today mock the messengers of God, "despising his words" and scoffing at those who say that ultimate judgment is coming against anyone who rebels against the Lord and His Son.

In the end the wrath of God will rightly rise up against sin and there will be "no remedy" outside of Jesus Christ.

May we all listen intently when God speaks through his prophets and apostles. We have everything at stake.

Pastor Tom