Yesterday, 10:14 AM
1Thessalonians 2:16, 'because they are hindering us from preaching to the pagans and trying to save them. They never stop trying to finish off the sins they have begun, but retribution is overtaking them at last.'
Foot Note: 2Maccabees 6:14
Providential Interpretation of the Persecution
2Maccabees 6:12-17,(12) 'Now I urge anyone who may read this book not to be dismayed at these calamities, but to reflect that such visitations are not intended to destroy our race, but to discipline it.(13) Indeed when evil-doers are not left for long to their own devices but incur swift retribution, it is a sign of great benevolence.
(14) In the case of the other nations the Master waits patiently for them to attain the full measure of their sins before He punishes them, but with us He has decided to deal differently, (15) rather than to have to punish us later, when our sins come to a head.
(16) And so He never entirely withdraws His mercy from us; He may discipline us by some disaster, but He does not desert His own people. (17) Let this be said simply by way of reminder; we must return to our story without more ado.
Foot Note: 2Maccabees 6:14
Providential Interpretation of the Persecution
2Maccabees 6:12-17,(12) 'Now I urge anyone who may read this book not to be dismayed at these calamities, but to reflect that such visitations are not intended to destroy our race, but to discipline it.(13) Indeed when evil-doers are not left for long to their own devices but incur swift retribution, it is a sign of great benevolence.
(14) In the case of the other nations the Master waits patiently for them to attain the full measure of their sins before He punishes them, but with us He has decided to deal differently, (15) rather than to have to punish us later, when our sins come to a head.
(16) And so He never entirely withdraws His mercy from us; He may discipline us by some disaster, but He does not desert His own people. (17) Let this be said simply by way of reminder; we must return to our story without more ado.
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