Isaiah 3: A Judgment That Purifies

It was a judgment that purified. When the people would return from exile seventy years later, idolatry would never again be the problem it had been.

Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Six

So far, you and I have read through five of those visions together, giving messages of reassurance and revealing Godโ€™s nature of mercy. The last three visions have a darker side, for they display Godโ€™s judgement against all that is wrong, corrupted, and evilโ€”Godโ€™s disposition against the seriousness of sin.

1 John 3: You Know the Truth

John's reassurance held those who are begotten of God may become unsettled, but when our hearts condemn us, God does not, for God knows everything. God knows who we are.