21:11-14
The judgement we hear, such as in verse 8-10 seems so final, but it is only final if we refuse to repent. Here we get what is the Lord’s desire for Israel’s response. They should administer justice and rescue the oppressed. This is not to be a one-off thing, but a way of life. The wrath which was coming was coming because of the evil in the land, including the lack of justice and the oppression of the poor. Jerusalem was thinking that they were safe because Jerusalem was God’s city, the temple was His temple. But if the city was God’s city, and the temple His temple, then the inhabitants should have endeavoured to administer justice in the city and worship of the true God. Instead they oppressed the poor, among many other evils, and they worshipped idols. Far from being a place of safety, Jerusalem was a place of great danger.
We need to be wary of taking the gospel for granted. We can never be perfect, we do not earn salvation, but what have we been saved from and what have we been saved for? We have been saved from our sins, and have been saved in order to become ever more Christlike. We need to know what we have been saved from, and what we have been saved to. We have not been forgiven so that we can carry on in our old ways without consequence.
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