Emphasis Preaching Journal

God changes his plans for Israel when they acknowledge their sin. Then he will plant them back in their land and watch over them (hopefully so they don't mess up again!). They had only themselves to blame for their exile, but once they admitted their part of the sin, they could be restored. We will each die for our own sin. Again it is clear that wars are often fought because our fathers or grandfathers had done something to make another nation or group hate us. But now there is a new law that we will each suffer and die for our own sins and failures.