"Unalterable" - 2

 "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:" (Hebrews 6:17 KJV)

  ""I am the LORD, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed. Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you." says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. "But you ask, 'How can we return when we have never gone away?'"" (Malachi 3:6-7 NLT)

 Just in case you were wondering about this title, "Unalterable", it is from the meaning of 'immutability,' which means that it is not to be transferred, it is fixed, unchangeable; in other words, God keeps every promise, no matter what! This includes the promise He might make for punishment and judgment of our sins! 

 Wow! How important is that promise, and how has God taken care of that? As I was watching the movie, "Unstoppable," last night, the part where Kirk explained the rainbow reminded me of this very thing: God provided a way to cover over our sins! The way Kirk explained it, was that the rainbow was God's bow, which He places in the sky; yet the arrow, which is to be shot from the bow, if it is fired, would be shot in His direction. 

 In other words, the next time God would perform judgment upon the entire world, as He did with the flood, it would be judgment upon Himself! Yes, Jesus took on the judgment of the sins of the entire world! Every single sin that mankind has ever done, His blood covered for it all. This is something that God had planned from the very beginning; as crazy as it might sound, it was what He saw needed to be done, even before He created the earth. 

 I really don't need to verify what I just said, the Bible clearly says it! But it is that reason I believe that God knows everything, even before it happens; He has already provided for it to worked out and to be part of His will and purposes.

 Case in point, King Hezekiah and his sickness. The children of Israel did not honor God's commands for the way they were to take care of the land they were given, among many other things. As it was, King Hezekiah really was a good king, and he really did serve God well. However, when God gave him 15 more years to live, his heart changed, and he became prideful. His pride was the thing God needed to happen, in order to cleanse the land that Israel refused to take care of, as per His commands.

 So, it was His perfect will all along! Even though it looks as though He changed His mind; it was King Hezekiah's heart that needed changing! I know that there are sometimes things that happen, we just can't explain, but God does not make any mistakes; everything is done for His will and purposes...

"Many of the people of Israel are now enemies of the Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. Yet they are still the people he loves because he chose their ancestors Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. For God's gifts and his call can never be withdrawn. Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead. Now they are the rebels, and God's mercy has come to you so that they, too, will share in God's mercy. For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone. Oh, how great are God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!" (Romans 11:28- 33 NLT)