Ezekiel 22
17 The Lord said:
18 Ezekiel, son of man, I consider the people of Israel as worthless as the leftover metal in a furnace after silver has been purified. 19 So I am going to bring them together in Jerusalem. 20-21 I will be like a metalworker who collects that metal from the furnace and melts it down. I will collect the Israelites and blow on them with my fiery anger. They will melt inside the city of Jerusalem 22 like silver in a furnace. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have punished them in my anger.
Richard: It is reasonable to think that a just God will allow judgement to fall on an unrighteous people. We should check if we, and in turn, our community and nation are following God’s Will. Are such things as homosexuality, transgenderism, relatvisim, and all kinds of godlessness acceptable in God’s sight. Are we moving in accord with the heart and will of God and Jesus Christ? What is evil must be judged; what is good must be exalted.
Jeremiah 34
8-10 King Zedekiah,[c] his officials, and everyone else in Jerusalem made an agreement to free all Hebrew[d] men and women who were slaves. No Jew would keep another as a slave. And so, all the Jewish slaves were given their freedom.
11 But those slave owners changed their minds and forced their former slaves back into slavery.
12 That’s when the Lord told me to say to the people:
13 I am the Lord God of Israel, and I made an agreement with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, where they had been slaves. 14 As part of this agreement, you must let a Hebrew slave go free after six years of service.
Richard: God remembers our promises to Him.