{"id":2095,"date":"2012-09-03T08:05:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T12:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2012-09-05T08:18:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T12:18:26","slug":"hosea-5-in-a-way-it-is-a-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=2095","title":{"rendered":"(Hosea 5) In a way, it is a mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark; I will pour out My wrath on them like water.\u00a0Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment&#8230;Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness&#8230;.I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.\u00a0I will return again to My place till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Lord has determined to &#8220;pour out [His] wrath&#8221; on His people.\u00a0 To what end?\u00a0 &#8220;Then they will earnestly seek Me.&#8221;\u00a0 This is God&#8217;s ultimate purpose in judgment. In a way, it is a mercy.\u00a0 The prophet Habakkuk prays, &#8220;In wrath, remember mercy&#8221;.\u00a0 And the Apostle Paul will write, &#8220;The wrath of God is poured out on the ungodliness of men&#8221;.\u00a0 It is poured out, not because God&#8217;s honor has been offended, but because His good creation has been terribly marred by sin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark; I will pour out My wrath on them like water.\u00a0Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment&#8230;Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness&#8230;.I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=2095\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;(Hosea 5) In a way, it is a mercy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2096,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095\/revisions\/2096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}