Bill Fleener: Proclaim Good News!
A year of the Lord's favor, and a day of vengeance of our God...
Given the limitations of Hebrew, with only concrete words, the conceptof the overwhelming mercy of God could only be hinted at by numbers.
God's mercy is to God's wrath/vengeance as 365 is to 1. The same point as God will wreak vengeance on evil deeds to the 3rd or 4th generations, but will show mercy to thousands for good deeds. Again,1,000+ to 3 or 4.
Maybe our own guilt makes us focus on wrath and vengeance, but that is not what the Bible says. God's mercy and love set sins as far away as the east is from the west.
Proclaim the GOOD news!
Bill Fleener, Sr.
Priest of the Diocese of Western Michigan, retired.
Given the limitations of Hebrew, with only concrete words, the conceptof the overwhelming mercy of God could only be hinted at by numbers.
God's mercy is to God's wrath/vengeance as 365 is to 1. The same point as God will wreak vengeance on evil deeds to the 3rd or 4th generations, but will show mercy to thousands for good deeds. Again,1,000+ to 3 or 4.
Maybe our own guilt makes us focus on wrath and vengeance, but that is not what the Bible says. God's mercy and love set sins as far away as the east is from the west.
Proclaim the GOOD news!
Bill Fleener, Sr.
Priest of the Diocese of Western Michigan, retired.
posted by SUSAN RUSSELL at 2:17 PM
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