Hosea 13:3 (KJV) Fleeting vs. Flourishing

Hosea 13:3 (KJV)

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

 

What a description of a life lived in sin:

·       As the morning cloud

·       As the early dew

·       As the chaff in the wind

·       As the smoke from the chimney

 

Psalms one speaks in similar terms of the ungodly.

Psalms 1:4 (KJV)

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

 

That is in contrast with the believer as it says, 

Psalms 1:3 (KJV)

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

 

The rains of blessing fall on the just and the unjust but so do the winds of judgment and trouble. The difference is that those who know the Lord, meditate upon His Word, and observe to do His commandments reap the most from the rains and suffer the least from the winds.

 

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Fleeting vs. Flourishing: The Evanescent[1] Nature of Sin

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[1] The word means, “passing, temporary, transitory.”

 

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Hosea 13:3 (KJV)  Fleeting vs. Flourishing