The prophet Isaiah describes God’s own rebellious, sinful people, as rotten – like the smell of a rotten egg! The nation of Israel was unconscious of how filthy they had become, yet “ the expression of their faces bears witness against them, and they display their sin like Sodom…Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction (rot).” (3:9, 24, NASB)Īs the book of Isaiah comes to an end, God describes the acrid odor, “ I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts, a people who continually provoke Me to My face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places who eat swine’s flesh, and the broth of unclean meat is in their pots…These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day” (65:2-5, NASB). The smell of death – physically, emotionally, and spiritually – permeated the room. As we stepped into the room filled with men emaciated by alcohol and drug abuse, women broken from lives of promiscuity and abuse, and little children with eyes void of laughter, the stench was almost overwhelming, and not just in the physical sense. One Black Friday, many years ago, our family volunteered at an area rescue mission. However, it’s easy to miss the stench of sin when the physical whiff of decay is not evident. ![]() ![]() ![]() We don’t need any special training to detect a nasty smell! We can easily distinguish between the smell of the skunk, the putrefying smell of rotten food, or the stench of a dead animal lying on the side of the road. Posted on Maby Graeme Wilson in Victory Call
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