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 the people who have been appointed to receive judgment.  It's interesting to note that Sodom and Gomorrah had only 2 angels assigned to destroy those cities, and only 1 angel assigned to carry out the killing of all the firstborn in Egypt.  Only in the book of Revelation do we find more than 6 angels (7) being assigned to carry out destruction as a form of judgment on the earth.  Suffice to say, this is a big deal about a major judgment being carried out!  

However, among those 6 is a 7th angel that has a writing kit at his side.  His job is to go before these angels and mark all of the righteous people in the land that will be spared the coming judgment--similar to the blood put on the doorposts in Egypt for the angel of death to see and 'passover' that house--for there is a remnant of people who are heartbroken about the sins of the land and have been crying out to God.  They have kept their devotion to the Lord pure and refused to corrupt themselves with the idolatry so prevalent among the people.  This 7th angel with the writing kit acts as a sort of mediator, an agent of mercy, in the midst of great judgment and destruction being meted out by the other 6 angels.  Of course, that is an encouraging reminder for the godly, that when God allows the storm to hit the land, they will be protected and sustained.  

Well, Ezekiel is granted the privilege to see the 7 angels and understand what is about to unfold against the people and as a prophet, he naturally begins to intercede prayerfully on their behalves to God.  But his petition is denied.  It's as if the Lord says: "Talk to the hand, cuz the face is not listening!"  The corruption, violence, greed and idolatry of the people is too much for God to bear--He has reached His limit.  Honestly, there is a time when sin is so great that for Him to not judge it would be a form of injustice in itself, and God is a just God, so it has to happen sooner or later.

Anyway, this prophetic word is very clear--some big judgments are coming down the pike for the U.S.  All of those grieving the sins of the nation over the past few years will be sheltered--promoted?--during that time, but probably comforted as they see the corrupt of the land laid low, starting with evil politicians and wicked decision-makers in high places.  And while this laying low and exposing of the wicked has been happening for a couple of years now (CNN being dismantled, FBI bias exposed, Big Tech deceitful censorship, etc.), big events are just around the corner.  

So, as always, we pray the Lord's will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  And though there are many skeptics, naysayers and pagans and/or unbelievers who mock and may actively work against / pray against the words of the Lord, He is Sovereign and the Lord will fulfill His words when and how He sees fit.  That is the faith we have in an omnipotent and all-powerful Sovereign Lord, God Most High is His name.  

~Be blessed and be a blessing.