God's Plan.

"Ah, you who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood,

who drag sin along as with cart ropes,

Who say, "Let him make haste,

let him speed his work, 

that we may see it,

let the plan of the Holy One of Israel hasten to fulfillment,

that we may know it!

Ah, you who call evil good and good evil,

who put darkness for light and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Ah, you who are wise in you own eyes,

and shrewd in your own sight!

Ah, you who are heroes in drinking wine

and valiant in mixing drink,

who acquit the guilty for a bribe,

and deprive the innocent of their rights!"

Isaiah 5:18-23 (NRSV)

Sound familiar?

This passage, written in 500BCE, describes those who hasten us to the Last Judgement, who say: "Bring on the Rapture!"

That God's Plan may reach fulfillment.

They preach evil for good and good for evil.

And they acquit the guilty and deprive the innocent of their rights!

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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