| The sacking of Jerusalem by Babylonians |
We are considering the discipline or chastisement of the Lord in our lives. The results of His discipline in our lives is to our advantage so as to produce holiness and fruitfullness in us.
Correction never is pleasant but the fruits of peace and righteousness are surely worth it.
In Ezekiel 9 the prophet Ezekiel had a vision of God smiting Jerusalem
Eze 9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
Eze 9:6 Slay 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.
Ezekiel saw God telling the angel to smite all the idolaters but to spare those godly people who had the Lord’s mark on them. These were people who prayed and sighed for Judah and interceded for them.
God sent the Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians to take Judah into captivity. All those who were not killed by the sword had to flee for their very lives. They were contrite of heart.
Psa_34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psa_51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Isa_57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isa_66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
God will defend and protect anyone who is humble and contrite before Him.
Applications
1. THe LORD, JEHOVAH MAKKEH smote Judah for its idolatry and carried them away into Captivity in Babylon. Every nation that forgets God and turns to idols will be and certainly punished.
2. God is looking for the Humble and CONTRITE of heart. The sighing and praying of real believers is a sign of true faith.
No comments:
Post a Comment