29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?34 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. (Matthew 23)
How many of us have wondered why people throughout history have rebelled so much against God, and thought "If it were me, I would never have..." That's the way it was with the Pharisees. They did not see that they were just like the rebellious generations that refused to listen to Moses or the prophets. They were acting just like them in rejecting Jesus as Messiah and Master. Taking things a step further, we all would have done what Adam and Eve did and rebelled in the garden. Trust me, you would have. The question then is "Will we repent and accept the remedy God offers for our rebellion?"
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