The Lord's Faithless Bride

 

Ezekiel 16:15-30

 

November 28, 2023

The Lord's Faithless Bride

“But you trusted in your beauty and played the whore because of your renown and lavished your whorings on any passerby; your beauty became his.  You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.  You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore.  And you took your embroidered garments to cover them and set my oil and my incense before them.  Also, my bread that I gave you—I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for a pleasing aroma; and so, it was, declares the Lord God.  And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them?  And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.

You and I must understand God is speaking to a people who were chosen from among all the nations of the world.  We who are in Christ call the Jewish people His Chosen people, and that is what they are.  But like many who are followers of Jesus, they forget to give God the praise and be thankful for His blessing and provision.  Yes, often the Church, like the Jewish people, begin to act as if they were the provider and look to many things, all self-driven, and forget to give praise to the Father in heaven.  

And you may be saying that we would never sacrifice our children, but so many do by seeking wealth over being there for your children.  Many a parent do not want to do the hard job of being parents, so they allow their children to make decisions that they are not qualified or mature enough to make.  Yes, Children are still being sacrificed in 2023.  And 6 million to the Plan Parenthood, which sells the parts.  You nor I have to judge such evil, they will have a day before God to give an account for such evil.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice