After reading my daily chronological Bible plan for the past two weeks, I have seen a correlating message and one that runs parallel to the New Testament. Currently, I have been reading the major and minor prophets. Through these, I have seen the ultimate patience of God and His righteous justice. Over and over, God tells His people through the prophets that Judgment is coming and they should repent. He explains His love and their sinfulness in constantly rejecting Him repeatedly.

God talks about the Day of the Lord constantly. God is seen telling His people to return before their sin catches up with them. The sad thing is that we are just like the Israelites; there is no separation. Jeremiah 9:25-26 tells us, along with several other passages, that outward circumcision means nothing to God and that the heart is what needs to be circumcised. This is why God tells Israel that they will be burned up in His wrath because they are only physically circumcised.

There is no separation spiritually between saved Jews and Gentiles. Isaiah and Jeremiah repeat that God is tired of His people. They worship Him but run to Baal when they are in trouble. We, as Americans, are running to politics and doctors to save us. Judgment day is a day of darkness and trouble. The sun and moon will black out. Evil will rule for 7 years. But Jesus is coming and will defeat and burn this sinful earth in His fury. Get right with Him before it’s too late. We must repent! Jesus is long-suffering, but He is also just.