Day 229 ~ 2010

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Day 229

The unfaithful wife - Ezekiel 16:1-63 (wow, what a long chapter!)

Parable of the eagles - Ezekiel 17:1-24

Ezekiel 16:6 and when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in they blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thine blood, Live.

Just noticed that Live was capitalized in this particular Bible...same thing in E-sword.

Live - H2421 - A prim root (compare H2331, H2424); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive:

Another evidence of how GOD chooses. Abram was not out looking for God...God chose him...he sojourned in the land of Cannan and from thence Father brought forth a nation, birthed in adversity. Yet, no true repentance on her part, she played the harlot. Rough comparison to Samaria and Sodom as sisters to Israel and how Israel had corrupted more than they. Remember Sodom? Destroyed by God for its wickedness? The iniquity of Sodom (16:49) pride, fullness of bread, abundance of idleness, and she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

I like this commentary by Gill:

Eze 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,.... Namely, the first after mentioned, the source and spring of the rest; the causes and means of which are declared; and the same, as is suggested, was the sin of Jerusalem: namely,
pride; which was the sin of the devils, and the cause of their ruin; the sin of our first parents, by which they fell, and destroyed themselves, and their posterity; and is the prevailing, governing, sin of human nature: it has been the ruin of kingdoms and states, of cities and particular persons; a sin hateful to God, and destructive to man:

fulness of bread; the land of Sodom was very fruitful before it was destroyed; it was like the garden of the Lord, Gen_13:10; it brought forth plentifully, so that there was great fulness of provision, of all sorts of food, which is meant by bread: this, considered in itself, was not sinful, but a blessing; it was the Lord's mercy and goodness to them that they had such plenty; but it was their sin that they abused it; luxury and intemperance, eating and drinking to excess, are here meant; which led on to that sin, and kindled the flames of it, and were the fuel to it, which has its name from them; and, besides, this fulness of good things enjoyed by them was the source of their pride, and served to increase that, as before mentioned:

and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters; or, "peace of rest" (b); prosperity and ease, security and quietness, at leisure, and without labour; two words are used to express the same thing, and to denote, as Kimchi observes, the abundance of it: sloth and idleness, as they often arise from the goodness and fruitfulness of a country, said fulness of provision, so they are the cause of much sin and wickedness; for, if persons are not employed in some business or another, either of the head or hand, they will be doing evil:

neither did she strengthen the hands of the poor and needy; though she had such abundance of food to supply them with, and so much leisure to attend to their distress; but her pride would not suffer her to do it; and she was too idle and slothful to regard such service; perhaps more is intended than is expressed; that she weakened the hands of the poor and needy, and cruelly oppressed them; which is often done by proud men, in great affluence and at leisure, which they abuse to bad purposes.

Sounds like the USA...pride, abundance, idle [seeking pleasure and entertainment, **gasp** amusement (i.e. a = not, muse = to think, thus not thinking)] and not helping the poor. Though we 'think' we have a system in place to help those who are 'less fortunate' the reality is our system enables dependence, more than a desire to rise above. Those who have a desire to move on and upward are helped, but those who want a handout and to have someone take care of them are enabled by the welfare system to do so.

O' Lord, we deserve not the least of thy mercies. Our hearts are very wicked and deceitful, we as a nation have chosen the fleshly fulfillment that the world has to offer over the pure delight of You and Your Word. Only by Your grace, mercy and forgiveness can there be any turning in this nation. For of a truth Father, we deserve to be destroyed for our wickedness, to be scattered amongst the nations, to be in bondage and disgrace. Only by You and Your magnificence have we any hope of repentance and revival in this land Lord, I beseech thee, Father, open blind eyes and deaf ears, increase the laborers in this nation's harvest, bring repentance and revival to this land.