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[Emoke Greschik]

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Your daily Gospel reflection...
*Tuesday, July 17, 2018*
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Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Matthew 11:20-24






*Friends, today Jesus declares judgment on the towns of Galilee that did
not believe in him and repent. He stands at the end of the long line of
prophets God sent in order to reconcile his people to himself. Like the
prophets before him, Jesus is ignored, mocked, and rejected. What happens
as a result of man’s refusal of God? Not nothing. God’s judgment falls on
the unfaithful nation. What is the instrument of God’s justice? One of the
heathen nations, the Chaldeans, come and destroy the city of Jerusalem,
burn the Temple, carry off its most sacred objects, and force the
Israelites into exile. And then the Romans follow suit in the first
century.Is this bad luck? Just the typical give and take of geopolitical
forces? No! The Bible insists that this should be read as God’s action,
more specifically, as God’s judgment and punishment. Mind you, this is not
an arbitrary punishment, something cruel and vindictive; rather, it is God
allowing the fallen nation to feel the effects of its sin. So what’s the
lesson? Sin has consequences, and we rarely have to wait for the next world
to experience them.*
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