Even during the Old covenant Mercy and Grace were provided Individually as well as nationally or corporately.
We do not differ though we call this the time or dispensation of grace. Grace was demonstrated throughout history.
Gen 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
God Gave the inhabitants of Cana a period of Grace. He will not bring judgment unless it is justly deserved. God grants a time period but wickedness will ultimately be judged. For we are saved by grace through Faith If grace were not given life would not continue. Grace is the giving of good things by a loving God. Mercy is a withholding of just judgment and the punishment that is deserving. He then used Israel to deliver Justice.
Gen 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for
the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
We are still awaiting the cup of his wrath to be filled with the wickedness of this world. At that time God gave the Amorites 4 generations or 400 years till judgment would come. Plenty of time for repentance. His people that recieved the Law, during that time he would judge more quickly and severely.
Rev 14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
Joe 3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
Joe 3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
PS.: Excuse me I been a little sick for the past few days and am getting restless. So I keep on reading and then posting what is on my mind.
God Bless
Pastor DT Salaz
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