You understand the fundamental life principle of “cause and effect” don’t you? When you drop a stone in a pool of water, ripples flow out in all directions from that spot, right? When you shout in a canyon you hear an echo, right? God has designed our universe and the human life experience to function very predictably with many ’cause and effect’ relationships, right? So today, let’s return to Jerusalem about 2600 years ago as God is proclaiming some very important ’cause and effect’ realities about God’s relationship with our human race.