A Father and His Rebellious sons

He Provide well for his children, as would any loving parent. for many years he made sure that they they were feed, clothed, and sheltered. when it was necessary, he disciplined them. But their punishment was never excessive; it was always administered to the proper degree.we can only imagine, then, the Pain that this loving father feels at having to make the statement: sons I have brought up and raised, but they themselves have revolted against me. "_ Isaiah2 The rebellious sons referred to here are the people of Judah, and the aggrieved Father is Jehovah God. How tragic!Jehovah has nourished the Judeah's and raised them to an elevated position among the nations. “I went on to clothed elevated position among the nations. “ I went on to clothe you with an embroidered garments and so shoes you with sealskin and to wrap you in fine linen and to cover you with costly material, " he later reminds them through the prophet Ezekiel. Yet, for the most part, the people of Judeans do not appreciate what Jehovah has done for them. They rebel, or revolt3 with good reason, Jehovah prefaces these words.centuries earlier the heavens and the earth heard, as it were,the Israelites receive explicit warning regarding the consequences of disobedience. Moses said: “ I do take as witnesses against you today the heavens and the earth, that you will positively perish in a hurry from off the land to which you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of it. " Now in Isaiah's day, Jehovah call upon the invisible heavens and the visible earth to bear witness judeah's revolt.4 The severity of the situation calls for a straight forward approach. Even in these dire circumstances, however, it is noteworthy_ and heartwarming_that Jehovah presents himself to Judah as a loving parent rather than merely the owner who has purchased them. in effect, Jehovah is entreating his people to consider the matter from the standpoint of a Father who is in anguish over his wayward sons. Perhaps some parents in Judah can even personally relate to such a predicament and are moved by the analogy. in any event, Jehovah as about to state his case against Judah.

BRUTE BEASTs Know Better

5 Through Isaiah, Jehovah says: “A bull well knows it's buyer, and the ass the manger of it's owner; Israel itself has not knows, my own people have not behaved understandingly

* The bull and the ass are draft animals familiar to those living in the middle East. indeed, the Judeah's would not deny that even these lowly beasts display a sense of faithfulness, a keen awereness that they belong to a master. in this regard, consider what one Bible researcher witnessed at the close of the day in a middle Eastern city: “no sooner had the drove got within the walls than it began to disperse. Every ox knew perfectly well his owner, and the way to his house, not did it get bewildered for a moment in the mazes of the narrow and crooked alleys as for the ass he walked straight to the door, and up to ‘ his master's crib.' "

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