Tag: Justice
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There Are Some Things Heaven Does Not Excuse – Genesis 34:4-7
Genesis 34:4–7And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to…
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Life Matters Because God Says So – Genesis 9:5-7
Genesis 9:5-7 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in…
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Marked by Mercy – Genesis 4:15
Genesis 4:15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. This verse is astonishing. Cain is still wrong. He has not come broken. He has not humbled himself. He has not…
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When Earth Mourns and Heaven Rejoices – Revelation 18:17-20
And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great…
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The Cup Comes Back Full – Revelation 18:6
Revelation 18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. Babylon has spent centuries pouring out corruption, seduction, cruelty, and rebellion. She handed a poisoned cup to the nations, and the nations drank deeply. She enriched…
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One Cup or the Other – Revelation 16:5-6
Revelation 16:5, 6 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. This is one of those…
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The Holy Precision of Judgment – Revelation 15:5-6
Revelation 15:5-6 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was openedAnd the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. John now sees the temple opened in heaven,…
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The Lord Heard It – James 5:4–6
James 5:4–6 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your…