Ezekiel 15-17: Therein Lies the Answer

It should have been difficult for Israel to have their sins catalogued by God, to be told that their sins were worse than that of Sodom and Gomorrah.  It should have caught their attention, but they were so wrapped up in self-preservation that they missed the message.  And even if they really heard the message, did they want to give up all that had been built around them, the cushy life, living in the grand city of Jerusalem as opposed to being nomads wandering through the desert dependent on God for their food every day.  Go back to that?  It was inconceivable.

I wonder, if God told us that there was no escape, that our sins were too great, that we had provoked him for the last time, would we change?  If he told us that there was going to be utter destruction of the lifestyle around us that we have become accustomed to and the only escape was to leave everything behind, could we do so? 

The answer to those questions is also the answer to whether or not we have run after and been caught up in a life of prostitution as the Israelites were. 

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