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Verder is God getrou om in tye van oorvloed te spreek, voordat die woede van sy oordeel tref. Terwyl die stormwolke besig is om saam te pak, rig Hy profetiese stemme regoor die land op. En volgens die Skrif, wanneer ‘n sondige nasie voorspoed en vrede geniet het, het God sy profete beveel om hulle te waarsku dat die goeie tye gou tot ‘n einde sou kom: “Is dit nie so met die woorde wat die Here deur die diens van die vroeëre profete verkondig het nie, toe Jerusalem en sy omliggende stede nog bewoond en rustig was” (Sagaría 7:7).
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Moreover, God is faithful to speak in times of prosperity, just before the fury of his judgment strikes. While the storm clouds are still gathering, he raises up prophetic voices all over the land. And, according to scripture, whenever a sinful nation was prosperous and at peace, God told his prophets to warn that the good times soon would end: "...the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity..." (Zechariah 7:7).
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