The Trumpet!

In Ezekiel 33:11, it says God takes no pleasure from the punishment of the wicked:

“Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’”

But God is Just and He will do what is necessary. In Ezekiel 33:  1-6, God makes that clear:

“Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² “Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, ³ when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, ⁴ then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. ⁵ He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will ^[a]save his life. ⁶ But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’”

Who are America’s Watchmen today?  They are the Christians that are currently persecuted by America’s government and the “left”?  In one of the commentaries written about Ezekiel, it says that his warnings did not fall on “friendly” ears.  But clearly, from the above Bible verse, if we do not warn the people, we will face God’s Wrath.

There is another aspect to the Watchman’s warnings.  If we truly love someone, we will warn them, because we don’t want them to suffer!  We can’t claim to love others and then watch them walk off the edge of a cliff with no warning. 

Honesty is part of Love.  We need to be honest with each another, not popular.  Abortion is wrong and so is gay marriage.  They are both sins.  Yes, they are forgivable sins, but repentance is required.  We will never win a popularity contest saying these words, but we will, ourselves, be “saved” 🙂

Blow the Trumpet today!