The Plan
Prophecy Thread of Week 43
Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary Definition of Truth:
Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be. The truth of history constitutes its whole value. We rely on the truth of the scriptural prophecies.
GOD DESIRES OBEDIENCE NOT SACRIFICE
The natural mind does not understand the things of God (Rom 8:6-7). The natural mind believes that something we do will earn our salvation and righteousness with God. However, this prophecy states the true desire of God’s heart is not a work we can perform, but a heart attitude of willingness to obey Him in being merciful with love.
PROMISED
THE LORD’S CASE AGAINST ISRAEL
Mic 6:6 With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
ISRAEL UNREPENTANT
726 BC (U)
Hos 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
FULFILLED
HOSTILITY OF THE PHARISEES GROWS
31 AD (U)
Mat 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
JESUS’ RESPONSE
31 AD, 31 AD (U)
Mat 12:7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
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