The Fullness Of Mankind

[Mr. M]

The Entrance Of Sin

Romans 5:

12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin,

and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— 

13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 

14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned

according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. 

 

The Fullness of Sin in Noah’s World

Genesis 6:

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt;

for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

13 And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me,

for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold,

I will destroy them with the earth.

 

The Fullness of the Amorites

Genesis 15:

13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers

in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.

14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 

15 Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 

16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here,

for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

 

Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah

Ezekiel 23:

5 Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine;

And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,

6 Who were clothed in purple,

Captains and rulers, All of them desirable young men,

Horsemen riding on horses.

Judah Behaved Worse Than Israel

22 “Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord God:

‘Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you,
From whom you have alienated yourself,
And I will bring them against you from every side:
23 The Babylonians,
All the Chaldeans,
Pekod, Shoa, Koa,
All the Assyrians with them,
All of them desirable young men,
Governors and rulers,
Captains and men of renown,
All of them riding on horses.

24 And they shall come against you
With chariots, wagons, and war-horses,
With a horde of people.
They shall array against you
Buckler, shield, and helmet all around.

‘I will delegate judgment to them,
And they shall judge you according to their judgments.

 

The Fullness of Manasseh

2 Kings 21:

10 And the Lord spoke by His servants the prophets, saying, 

11 “Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations (he has acted more wickedly

than all the Amorites who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols), 

12 therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon

Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. 

13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab;

I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 

14 So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies;

and they shall become victims of plunder to all their enemies, 

15 because they have done evil in My sight, and have provoked Me to anger since the day their fathers

came out of Egypt, even to this day.’ ”

The Fullness of Time

Galatians 4:

4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 

5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

 

The Fullness of Babylon

Revelation 21:

4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people,

lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 

5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 

6 Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works;

in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. 

7 In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure

give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow,

and will not see sorrow.’ 

8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and famine.

And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.

 

God’s Kindness to Rebellious Israel

Psalm 78:

1 Give ear, O my people, to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
 

2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
 

3 Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
 

4 We will not hide them from their children,
Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.

5 For He established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That they should make them known to their children;
 

6 That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children,
 

7 That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;
 

8 And may not be like their fathers,
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not set its heart aright,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

[Mr. M]

Just now, Mr. M said:

God’s Kindness to Rebellious Israel

Psalm 78:

1 Give ear, O my people, to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
 

2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
 

3 Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
 

4 We will not hide them from their children,
Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.

5 For He established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That they should make them known to their children;
 

6 That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children,
 

7 That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;
 

8 And may not be like their fathers,
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not set its heart aright,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and [d]carrying bows,
Turned back in the day of battle.
10 They did not keep the covenant of God;
They refused to walk in His law,
11 And forgot His works
And His wonders that He had shown them.

12 Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers,
In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through;
And He made the waters stand up like a heap.
14 In the daytime also He led them with the cloud,
And all the night with a light of fire.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.
16 He also brought streams out of the rock,
And caused waters to run down like rivers.

[Mr. M]

Just now, Mr. M said:

16 He also brought streams out of the rock,
And caused waters to run down like rivers.

17 But they sinned even more against Him
By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.
18 And they tested God in their heart
By asking for the food of their fancy.
19 Yes, they spoke against God:
They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, He struck the rock,
So that the waters gushed out,
And the streams overflowed.
Can He give bread also?
Can He provide meat for His people?”

21 Therefore the Lord heard this and was furious;
So a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also came up against Israel,
22 Because they did not believe in God,
And did not trust in His salvation.
23 Yet He had commanded the clouds above,
And opened the doors of heaven,
24 Had rained down manna on them to eat,
And given them of the bread of heaven.

[Truswell]

This is so sad. Let us pray for Israel.