Judgment

God judged His people and sent them into 70 years of captivity for some simple reasons:

1. They responded to His commandments haphazardly--obeyed the one's they liked; ignored the others. And claimed to be spiritual, of course. Obedient, even.
2. Idolatry--oh, they worshiped Jehovah; did all the ritual stuff; it was just Jehovah and . . . "Ands" are always idols. Every one of them.
3. Oppressed the poor--not doing anything to help the poor and needy is oppression by omission.
4. Abused God's creation.

Anxious for His return to judge the world? God always judges His people first.

The question here is not "How is the church doing?"

The question is "How am I doing?"