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Jer:16:13
And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and you refuse to listen to me. 

If idol worship is the sin of your ancestors, yours is not different. 
Unseen idols rule your hearts. Intangible ones. Self is the worst of them all. To please this idol, you do all detestable practises that your ancestors committed to the idols of Baal, Asherah poles and others. 
In your mind, in your heart you kill out of anger, you commit adultery out of lust, you are filled with greed and jealousy. You covet. You steal. You dishonour. You lie. You commit every single sin in order to please the idol that you have secretly placed (yet it is so obvious). 

What do you expect God to do? The same God who did not constrain Himself from punishing the Israelites with exile and rejection, granting no favours. Even after so many chances that He gave these ancestors of ours, they did not turn away from their detestable practises. They were surely sent to exile. Do you think, He will spare us? Idol is something that He extremely abhors. For He is El-kannah God. 
But God rich in His mercy gave them a second chance to come to the promised land yet again. Not out of compulsion. Not seeing them return repenting. But out of His own choice. 

For the second time in history, He chose out of His own will, He provided another chance of return. The cross stands tall, even now. For those who believe, He gave the option of eternal life of knowing Him. 
Yet there were people who continued in Babylon even after the period of exile was over. Some even went farther away to all corners of the earth. They have still not returned back. The cross still stands high enough for all. The option to choose is yours. The cross is just the beginning of the return. The cross has just paved the path. The forgiveness has been already granted absolutely free. It is upto you to take that path. Or stay where you are. Seeking forgiveness, come back. 



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