Twing may crisis, repentance ang solusyon?

 Q - Bakit po twing may disaster sa Old Testament, ang prescription ng priests ay repentance from sin? NA SYANG GINAGAYA NG MARAMI NGAYON?

Twing may crisis, repentance ang solusyon?

A - Turo kasi noon ng priests sa Israel na sila ang mahal at paborito ng Diyos.

Kaya pag sila ay natatalo sa giyera, o nagkakaron ng crisis, nauuga at humihina yung teaching nila na yun. Hindi nila maipaliwanag kung bakit sa kabila ng pagiging "mahal at paborito sila ng Diyos" (sabi nila!) ay natatalo at nagkaka-crisis pa rin sila.

So, ang pinaka convenient excuse / way out / explanation ng religion ay SISIHIN ANG MGA TAO DAHIL MAKASALANAN SILA!

E dahil sa totoo naman na hindi sila nakatutupad sa mga turo at batas ng relihiyon nila ---madaling tanggapin ng madla na sila nga ang dahilan ng crisis ---kaya repentance ang hatol. Tuloy, nagiging CONDITIONAL and TRANSACTIONAL ang dating ng love of God for them: love sila pag obedient, at paparusahan pag disobedient.

So pag ganun, nasan na yung love at favorite sila?

Pero sa tulong ng teaching na yan, nakalulusot ang religious leaders sa

di-maipaliwanag na pagkalihis ng teaching nila and the reality on the ground.

Jeremiah 8.8 CEV

You say, "We are wise

because we have the teachings

and laws of the LORD."

But I say that your teachers

have turned my words

into lies!

Jeremiah 23.11 NIV

"Both prophet and priest are godless;

even in my temple I find their wickedness,"

declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 23.30-32 CEV

These unfaithful prophets claim I give them their dreams, but it isn't true. I didn't choose them to be my prophets, and yet they babble on and on, speaking in my name, while stealing words from each other. And when my people hear these liars, they are led astray instead of being helped. So I warn you that I am now the enemy of these prophets. I, the LORD, have spoken.