God Knows

Recently I saw an individual post in Facebook, "God Knows", nothing else.  I pondered on this very simple phrase for a few days, unsure of  it's intent or meaning.

I had finished studying the Book of Jeremiah and  had begun the Book of Ezekiel.  Much of these books reveal the character of God.  I've read the Bible several times over and each time I read an already read book, I get new deeper meanings from them.

This time, these two books back to back, revealed to me that God has repeated so many times not to sin.  In fact, I actually got tired of Him repeating it over and over, then...it hit me! People must be told over and over again not to sin!  People don't get it! Sin brings God's judgment which involves destruction.  God, himself, doesn't want to do it but He must! 

God simply wants to protect the innocent and bring understanding to the stiff necked (rebellious) person.  I actually felt sorry for God because people don't obey.

 

Ezekiel 11:5    

⁵And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

God speaking to Ezekiel (the Prophet):

Ezekiel 8:

⁷And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.   

⁹And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

 ¹⁰So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.

 ¹²Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. 

¹⁴Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz*. 

¹⁵Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 

¹⁶And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.  

¹⁷Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

 ¹⁸Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

The Wicked are Slain

Ezekiel 9: 

¹He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

²And, behold, six men** came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
 
³And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;

⁴And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

⁵And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite (kill): let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
 ⁶Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

⁷And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

 ⁸And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

 ⁹Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

 ¹⁰And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

 ¹¹And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

The Bible does provide a turnaround in attitude. In other words, repent.  Pray to God, by and through Jesus Christ, ask for forgiveness and he will determine the state of your heart. He will forgive you and grant you Salvation.

Even now as this article is read, you can turn your life around.  You can't do this on your own!

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 *Tammuz: In pagan practices he was a Sumerian shepherd who married the goddess Ishtar. When he

died, fertility ceased on Earth. Since he was a vegetarian deity, the women of Judah were weeping for   him (probably in the spring) in order to restore fertility by bringing him back from the dead.

     **Six Men: Angel-Warriors who carry out God's judgment.

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