8:10,11
Now we see the effect of what the Lord is doing and the importance of the word of the prophets. Before that happened life was very precarious. Workers were not getting their wages, even the animals were not getting fed properly. There was no safety nor security, “for I set every man against his neighbour”. Now things would change. Why would things change? Because of what the Lord was doing. When the people start obeying the Lord things change. The most important factor in the well being of a nation is how righteous the nation is. The precise economic policies are secondary.
8:12
Prosperity comes when a people live in line with God’s word. We need to understand that creation is dependent upon God. Its fruitfulness comes from God. We are absolutely right to reject the so-called prosperity gospel, but we do need to understand the way the world actually works. It is not that economic and environmental policies do not matter, they do. But the most important factor in the economic well being of the world, and the environmental well-being is our obedience or otherwise to God. “I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all things”.
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