Read: Ezekiel 14:12-16:42; Hebrews 7:18-28; Psalm 106:1-12; Proverbs 27:4-6
God explained how his judgements go toward a nation. A nation is judged by its leaders and the majority of its people. He said that even if Job, Moses, and Noah were living with them, he would still have to judge it for its sins. These three men were men of integrity and faithfulness to the Lord. When God judged Israel, it didn’t mean that there were no righteous people in the land, it just meant that the sin of the people had added up in God’s bowl to the point that it was time to do something about it. God uses four means of judgment: war, plague, wild beasts, and famine.
Israel’s sin was so bad she was compared to a prostitute who paid her lovers to be with her. She welcomed the sins and gods of other nations and participated in the worse of rituals. No matter how many prophets God sent her to tell her to repent, she refused to listen.
Hebrews explains that the law that was given to tell the people how to live didn’t make anything perfect. It had become useless and weak but the new covenant that Jesus brought is perfect and it makes us want to draw near to God. In the old covenant the priests were imperfect and would eventually die, but Jesus, our high priest is perfect and lives forever.
Lord, thank you for being our high priest of a much better covenant that is free of guilt and judgment.
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