The imagery in this passage is rich and intense. It presents a God that is sometimes hard to love and to serve. It presents a God that I should fear. If God will do this to a people who are “not his,” how much more should I fear his discipline as one of his adopted children who he loves dearly?
To gain and appropriate perspective on the character of God, we need to learn to fear him. Proverbs 1:7 says, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.” But should we learn first to fear God or to love and serve him?
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