And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Faith here in Vine’s is ʼêmûwn, ay-moon’; from H539; established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abst trustworthiness:—faith(-ful), truth
How can we place our faith in someone we do not know? How can we trust someone that has not proven themselves to be true? The fact that God hid His face from that generation was because forward is tahpukâh, tah-poo-kaw’; from H2015; a perversity or fraud:—(very) froward(-ness, thing), perverse thing.
We do not see ourselves as perverse. At least I hope we don’t. What can we do to break this cycle of God’s hidden face and our perverse nature?
The answer is nothing.
Matthew 19:24-26 English Standard Version
24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” 26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
What has God done to make salvation possible?
John 3:16-17 English Standard Version
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
These are the most quoted scriptures in history. It is very likely that a world full of unbelievers have heard it. What moves them from unbelief to belief in order to place their faith in Christ? Do they even know what that means?
Mark 5:19 “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”
I can tell you what the Lord has done for me, but first you must know me and trust me in order to believe my witness. We cannot do that by hiding our faces from them.