Today's Daily Lesson comes from Zechariah chapter 8 verses 16 and 17:
16 These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another, render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace, 17 do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate, says the Lord.
Contrast these words with what has become acceptable in America when it comes to lying, cheating, defaming, and devising all manner of "dirty tricks" in order to slander a name, steal an election, and divide a people.
Contrast also the two contexts:
Zechariah's in the rebuilding of the nation, the stitching back together the fabric of society after 70 years of exile.
Ours in a post-truth America, where winning seems to come at all costs, even that of veracity and character.
It is not too late for us still. But it requires everyone to take responsibility, lest our 70 years of punishment come.
NOTE: We are reading the whole Bible through this year. Over the weekend we will finish up Zechariah and read the book of Esther.
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