God's next to last word to Israel (and to us) is clear: don't ignore God's warnings, remember his word, and hope in the power of the gospel.
God is goodness itself. Because he acts completely in line with his good nature, God does good to all his creatures, but especially he does good to his people, even using suffering to bring about their good. God also must make us good. He does so by teaching us his word. And to do that, he must first open our eyes to the reality that on our own, we are not good.
We often want earthly treasure for serving God, but what we need to know is that those who serve God are his greatest treasure.
When Joshua the High Priest stands before God in filthy clothes, we learn that on our own we stand condemned before God. But the good news is that Jesus has taken our filthy garments on himself and paid for our sin on the cross, and he gives us robes of perfect righteousness. And not only do we stand clothed before God when we put our faith in Christ, but we live in those clothes, as we stand called to point to Christ as testaments to his great grace in our lives.
We don't want to have missed expectations about Jesus' coming. He is coming. He is refining his church, and he will judge the world one day.
Because God's being is entirely unlike us, it should astound us that he draws near to us, by even taking on human nature and dying for us.
God cares about marriage and divorce. Our sexuality is a precious part of our humanity, and God wants us to glorify him with how we use it.
We should always be wowed by God's greatness! He turns death into life, prosperity into adversity, and mourning into dancing.
God speaks to us in our thanklessness, selfishness, and cynicism by reminding us that his eternal, electing love for us never changes.
The resurrected Christ shows his care for us from the empty tomb as he meets Mary in her sadness, knows her name, and what is best for her.
