The LORD said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”
But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.
“Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary.”
So they started with the elders who were before the temple.
Ezekiel 9:4-6 NASB
That was how God's judgment was carried out in the OT even on the nation that had received so much blessing from Him (yet turned to other gods/abominations).
But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.
“Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary.”
So they started with the elders who were before the temple.
Ezekiel 9:4-6 NASB
That was how God's judgment was carried out in the OT even on the nation that had received so much blessing from Him (yet turned to other gods/abominations).
As they were striking the people and I alone was left, I fell on my face and cried out saying, "Alas, Lord GOD! Are You destroying the whole remnant of Israel by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?"
Ezekiel 9:8 NASB
(2 Peter 2:4-10 goes along with this kind of judgment and mercy...Lot was tormented by the sin in his time.)
Do we sigh & groan over sin? Are we tormented by it, or do we just accept it?
Do we sigh & groan over sin? Are we tormented by it, or do we just accept it?
True Christians should not be comfortable with sin (in our own lives or the world).
What about the entertainment that we watch? Have we lost a horror for sin?
God hates sin & judges the sinner.
If we understand that God hates sin & sinners, then we can understand God's love and mercy better. Christ went to the cross to die for those who deserve only His just wrath... for those chosen before they did good or bad. It wasn't because of any goodness in us.
I was hearing Steve Lawson today, and he talked about how he could understand God's hatred of Esau, but it is more difficult to understand His love / mercy for Jacob.
You can watch that HERE.
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