Turn or Burn - Part 2

Last week we saw the deep disappointment in GOD’s heart over His people’s backslidden condition. GOD had wanted to bless His people as father does a loyal son as opposed to judging them. GOD expected His people to be devoted to Him in their covenant-relationship like a bride to a husband. Instead, the people were unfaithful & sought after the false gods of the pagans around them; they departed from the worship of the true GOD which led them into gross sin. Using both the analogies of a prodigal son & an adulterous wife, GOD says through Jeremiah, “I feel like a disappointed father & a spurned husband” [c.3:19,20]. And yet, even though the people of Judah had been unfaithful to GOD, like a cheating wife & a rebellious, prodigal son, because of His perfect, unconditional, covenantal love, GOD gave gracious invitations for them to come back home.