Repentance is demanded

Thus says YHWH:
Now, I say this to you all nations;
The day of my wrath long ago decreed through my servants the prophets is here; even at the gate.
A time of repentance is demanded. For the transgressors have reached their full. Kiss the Son, obey and repent for soon he comes like a thief in the night.
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, my glory. My Son calls to you—repent. For soon he comes; in flaming vengeance with an iron rod to break the nations like pots. None will stand. All will fall. All will declare the Lord is God, they will bow the knee and swear allegiance.
Every beast of the field; every animal—has a name before the Lord. He cares for the sparrow and also for the lilly of the field.
You name your pets; but all creatures are mine and remembered. All creation groans under the consequence of human sin. Indeed mankind has destroyed the richness of the fullness of the earth. Forests, fields, wilderness and all that is in it; laid to waste by human greed.
I gave you these things to steward for me, and gave them to you for food. You have gone well beyond my purpose. You have become destroyers of the earth. You have taken its fullness for yourselves. Destroying both it and each other in your multitude of transgressions.
Children disobey parents, wives Lord over husbands, husbands do not provide for households; hearts are cold. People are enlsaved. Dismembered for their organs. Children and the old change their sex; mutilating themselves into living abominations.
Man and woman are promiscuous, whoring themselves—some for sensuality and others for money—both wicked. Women are not married, but produce children. The concubine is lost—replaced by whores without covenant. The wife is lost—replaced with unmarried mothers with children from many living men. Men—you have lost yourselves and destroyed family. You whore your own children and pay for their sacrifice in the womb.
The proud blaspheme, and the world applauded. They have said they will be gods, they will bring forth their new god; a strange god of fortresses not known to their forefathers. They worship this abomination with gold, silver and precious stones. By their sorcery—shrouded in the language of technology; bringing forth that abomination which would cause desolation.
They say in their hearts that they will live forever. They say they will not die. So my decree of judgement goes forth. By decree made long ago through my servant Isaiah; confirmed by my prophet Daniel. I will avenge my name, I will destroy every lofty thought, I will destroy the destroyers. Angel and human alike.
My everlasting covenant has been maligned, it has been broken by the blasphemers; and so my curse will consume the earth. The wineries of my fury will be unleashed. Woe to the world for my fury will be unbridled. My sword will consume and bring to nothing all the proud. All my enemies shall be broken to nothing. They shall be made my footstool; every knee shall bow and declare me Lord—all shall swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts.
Death will be destroyed, all enemies shall see judgement. The smoke of their torment shall rise.
As for you, watchman—sound the trumpet and warn the people of my coming.
I come like a thief in the night. Blessed is he who is prepared.
Isaiah 24:1-15 is almost upon the world:
Behold, the Lord will empty the earth[a] and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
as with the slave, so with his master;
as with the maid, so with her mistress;
as with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
for the Lord has spoken this word.
The earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.
The earth lies defiled
under its inhabitants;
for they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
No more do they drink wine with singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
The wasted city is broken down;
every house is shut up so that none can enter.
There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
all joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
Desolation is left in the city;
the gates are battered into ruins.
For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth
among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.
Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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