chapter five continued........
A MARK OF PROTECTION FOR THE BROKENHEARTED
In Ezekiel 9 we are permitted a vision of the spiritual drama preceding an actual judgement against a wicked nation. A man(angel) with an inkhorn was summoned before the God of Israel. He was instructed to "Go through the midst of the city...and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for all the abominations..." (v.4) Those who sighed and cried over the abominations of Jerusalem were spared in the subsequent judgement(v. 5-6)
It is not enough to withhold mental or emotional sanction of the homocidal practices of our nation. It is not enough to refrain from participation in those practices. We must sigh and cry out loud to God for all our national sins, including abortion, and implore Him for a true and lasting revival. Our land must be healed.
The principle from Ezekiel 9, as it relates to our specific study on abortion, would seem to be that everyone is involved in some way. Either our hands are bloody through direct involvement or indirect silence against this crime, or our hearts are bleeding for the innocent victims who cannot cry out in their own defense. Bloody hands or a bleeding heart.....which have you?????
Cry out against the innocent lives killed on the secret places (see Psalm 10:8). Unless our country reverses the error of 1973, our nation is headed for doom and desolation. Heed these words from the ancient prophet Joel:
" Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SHED INNOCENT BLOOD IN THEIR LAND" (Joel 3:19)
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