Judgement on the Idolaters
Greetings in the Lord~ Today's word is from Ezekiel 9, and it truly does not pull any punches. It is a word of judgment, starting with the leadership of the nation down to the common person, for all their hidden sins of idolatry and corruption. In chapter 8, Ezekiel had been shown a vision of the leaders of Israel praying to the sun and other foreign gods in secret rooms, and again in the Temple with their backs to the Lord's altar. He saw also women worshiping the god Tammuz in the north gate of the Temple, and still more out in the portico of the temple worshiping more foreign gods. All of this is detestable to the Lord, made even worse that it would be done in the Temple by the leaders and common folk alike. The land was ripe with judgment, for sure! So in chapter 9, Ezekiel is shown 6 angels of God at the altar in the Temple receiving their assignment to carry out destruction upon the people, first starting within the house of God with leadership, then onto the rest of