Judgment on Wicked Counselors

 

Ezekiel 11: 1-13

 

November 10, 2023

 

Judgment on Wicked Counselors

The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.  And he said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’  Therefore, prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man.”

And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So, you think, O house of Israel. For I know the things that come into your mind.  You have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain.  Therefore thus says the Lord God: Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are the meat, and this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it.  You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God.  And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of foreigners, and execute judgments upon you.  You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord.  This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, but have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you.”

And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “Ah, Lord God! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”

In the USA we do not have princes who rule over the people, but we have elected men and women who have no understanding of Truth, and that it was not the voter but God who has numbered their days and put them in the place of leadership Many are like the princes talked about in Ezekiel, and they are leading the people like a shepherd who cares not for his sheep.

 

They are not the only ones, many go by the title of pastor who also do not teach or preach the Truth, and they will be judged in ways that they cannot believe, but it will be eternal judgment.  It has been said it is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of an angry God. Many a leader in the business world, act like the princes talked about in this book, with no regard for anything but themselves, and they also will not like what is coming, for they have no fear of God are his judgement.

 

We, the people of God, those who by the faith God has given us, need to repent, and look to the Truth, Jesus is Truth.  And we will be the first to come under judgment.  Many who say they are followers of Christ, have forgotten how to love their neighbors, seek to invest in ways to help the under-resources, and look to God for all things.  Many have lost the ability to be civil, to listen, and to not get angry when another has formed an opinion they do not agree with.  Why because they have done as Demas a fellow work with the apostle Paul while in prison in Rome. Demas had at one time been one of Paul’s “fellow workers” in the gospel ministry along with Mark and Luke and others (Philemon 1:24).  But Paul writing Timothy, tells about His fellow worker in the gospel, leaving Him in that he had fallen in love with the little gods of this world.  (2 Timothy 4:10)

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice