Judge, Jury and Executioner

The Divine Sentence
-From here there is no going back
-The sentence is pronounced by GOD
-There is no room for repentance

1 Their Ripeness for Judgment v1-2
-The bowl of summer fruit was ripe and so were they
-Their sins will not be overlooked anymore

2 Their Glaring Sins that Brought Them to This v4-6
-Disrespect of the poor
-Took advantage of the needy
-Hypocritical pretend religion
-couldn't wait for the sabbath to be over so that they could get back to their dubious money making
-Materialism at the expense of others
-fixing weights and measures
-adding rubbish to the wheat to bulk out the weight
-goods more important than people

Do any of these sound familiar today?

3 How Israel will end v3,7-14
-The worship songs in the temple will turn to wailing
-Mass graves
-Their light will go out at their greatest point
-Parties will turn to mourning
-The land itself will cast them out
-fulfilling Leviticus 18:24
-A famine of GOD's word
-A terrible curse
-Why is it so bad?

Summary and application
-Churches of the western world
-Basket of summer fruit?
-GOD's people need to obey GOD