![]() ![]() He called out the hypocrisy of religious leaders who taught righteousness on the one hand but lived lives of luxury and wealth at the expense of the poor on the other. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus deplores the lack of concern for the poor and marginalized on the part of the establishment of the day, as he passes through some towns. This spiritual dimension of ashes is emphasized all through the Bible. This story was meant to demonstrate that God is merciful and heeds true remorse. God was moved by this genuine act of repentance and spared the city from destruction. ![]() ![]() In the Bible we are told that when the prophet Jonah pronounced God’s wrath on the city of Nineveh for its “wickedness,” likely because of the worship of idols or “false” gods, the king, in an act of sincere penitence, put on sackcloth and sat in ashes. ![]()
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