1/29/2017
Jeremiah 2:1-37, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 23:1-49, Hosea 3.
The whorish wife
My cubs why do you take me for granted. You ignore me as long as your life is comfortable and trouble free but as soon as trouble shows up you come running to me for relief. You ignore my voice when I warn you about something or when I ask you to do something for me you disobey my voice and keep on doing what you want to do and then when trouble comes your way you come to me in tears asking for my help. How long must I put up with your unfaithfulness? You are like a wanton wife, an adulteress who is ruled by her lust. I am your faithful husband my heart’s desire is for you only and another I will not even glance at. I have you on my mind, day and night. All that I do is to please you and bring joy into your heart. I love to see the sparkle in your eyes, to make you happy and what do I receive in return? Disrespect and unfaithfulness. I cleanse you, I would never lift a finger against you to strike you, my words to you are sweet, laden with honey, dripping with love like nectar. My words to you are gentle not accusatory. Even though my heart bleeds every time you walk away from me my words are still gentle towards you and I still allow you into my arms and into my house. I sit there and soothe you, speaking softly to you, taking away your pain and shame and forgiving your sin and what is my reward, a little time spent with me while you heal and then back to the streets you go. I am your balm of Gilead, your safe place, your place of unconditional non judgmental love, but when you no longer need my shelter of love you run back into the streets like a stray dog without an owner. You have mistreated me for so long yet my heart has not hardened towards you or withdrawn from you. No, instead each time you leave me my heart is once again wounded. My heart is full of scar tissue from all the times you have wounded me. Because of my deep love for you the wounds never get easier to bear quite the contrary it hurts just as deep each time you leave me. Yes I am a faithful husband to a whorish wife. My cubs, I am still here with open arms urging you to come back to me and remain faithful this time for the time of my return for my bride is at hand. Will you be among my bride or will you be left behind? Beware; the rapture is a one time experience. No one will be raptured once the bride has been caught up to be with me in heaven. I will not return for you Oh unfaithful one. No, instead this time when you return to me though I will forgive you and accept you into my fold you will not be allowed into my house until you go through the Great Tribulation Period. You will live in dark times, your previous lovers will now be seeking to kill you for belonging to me and many will be slain by the sword and burned with fire for your testimony of faith in me and in death we will once again meet never to be separated again. The choice is entirely yours Oh unfaithfully wife, choose me now and escape the coming Great Tribulation Period or choose me later live through the Great Tribulation Period and meet me again in death.
Amen.
