Nothing much has changed.
“‘Then say, “Shibboleth”!’ And he would say, ‘Sibboleth,’ for he could not pronounce it right. Then they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites.”
– Judges 12:6 NKJV
[2.Peter 2:10], Phillips. These men are arrogant and presumptuous – they think nothing of scoffing at the glories of the unseen world.
They couldn’t have imagined… “And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.” – Matthew 17:8
[Proverbs 22:6] Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from it.
[John 17:17] “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.”
Fifty feet from destruction! “Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.” – James 3:13
God is the same. “You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.” – Deuteronomy 8:5 (NKJV)