I think I mention this was another topic for another day? But you seemed to want to continue on the issue?
Agreed...........what say we continue with Daniel 9:7 fro our sister who asked to study the 9th chapter od Daniel.
Daniel 9:7-9 would then be the next set of verses to study, comment on and pray about.
"O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day--to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You. 8 O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him."
Daniel is acknowledging God's righteous activities in scattering His people of Israel. They got exactly what they deserved. All the classes of Israel were involved in wickedness, but Daniel reminded God of His attributes of mercies and forgivenesses.
I love the fact that Daniel doesn't put even a hint of blame on the Lord. He knows that God is righteous, and they had been unrighteous. He knows that God is faithful, and they have been unfaithful. They were driven from the land because of their behavior.
Many people look at bad circumstances and immediately blame God.
How many of us have talked to others and listened to others and encouraged them to come to Christ and they refused. Then when tragedy strikes, who is they blame first by saying.........."O God, why have you done this?"
How many times have we all heard the phrase, "How could a God of love allow that little child to die or all of those perish in an earthquake...?" But the fact is, there are consequences for sin. There are too many times that people have blamed God for a bad situation, when in reality, it was their own sin that took them there.
Daniel acknowledges that their captivity was their fault, not God's. The shame for this terrible predicament was upon Israel's face, not the Lord's.
What say all of you?????????????????