Hosea 9:7. “The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.”
DAYS OF VISITATION. Find joy – if you can – others seem to say they do A threshing floor with stalks and husks – no grain Why no produce will yield – all labor – no gain All this has happened – not to them but to you. EVIL SACRIFICES
You who offer emptiness to God and expect to get From Him some fruitful recompense not earned You who from Him were given and taught – you didn’t learn That what you sow you reap – and the reaping is not over yet. EVIL DEEDS
You offer unto the Lord – how dramatic, trivial – careless Yet back again and again to make worship into a show Nothing from your heart – only so watchers think you know And all the form and pomp and strutting – acting is useless. EVIL WORSHIP
Payday comes – the shame and recompense to face The days of visitation when “The prophet is a fool,” the spiritual “Mad” But in those days of recompense it will be the multitude that’s sad God steps in righteous justice, you will be slaves in a foreign place. EVIL DAYS
Why can’t people learn from those who bring the Gospel story? What is wrong with normal people when it comes to them and God? What is it about the Bible or even honest living for the Lord That darkens the mind to forget “Days of visitation: in our past history? EVIL PEOPLE
“Darkness is coming here, O God. I can see it casting black shadows over the country, people and the churches. Most don’t seem to sense the decline of morality and ethics as an evidence of spiritual darkness. They’re only concerned with how much money they are losing. The self- control we lost as a people, has turned to government control and our nation is perishing and doesn’t know it. Save us, O God. Amen.”