EZEKIEL

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A rebuke from the Lord while extending forgiveness toward them. His words to them certainly carry a sign of His forbearance and ultimate weariness of their waywardness. Eze. 16:63 He wanted them to remember how foolish they had been in forsaking and wandering away from Him. They were not to forget, the hole of the pit from whence they had been dug. Isa. 51:1 When we reminisce over the depth of sin from which the Lord has brought us, we rejoice in His great mercy and love and have no desire to return to that pig pen. Even though they were being reconciled to Him, in their turning again He wanted to be certain that they did not forget the cause of their separation and to be ashamed when remembering their actions. The Lord forgives but the knowledge of what we were does not leave us. However the condemnation does. Rom. 8:1

What a polite way of saying; shut up. They were commanded to never open their mouths, no more arguments with the Lord concerning His will, no more complaining, no more worshiping of strange gods, all because the Lord had humiliated them in such a great fashion. Eze. 16:63 How often have we wished for an opportunity to recall, that is, take back words that have been uttered, knowing full well that they have been indelibly inscribed on the memory of those who heard them. Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Ps. 141:3 Among Isaiahís words of confession, will be found this statement which gives us a reason for the Lord having become weary of their words. They had sinned with their mouths in lying against the Lord, by speaking unjustly against Him and against one another. In actions they had resisted the Lord. Also speaking from their wicked hearts they had brought forth words of falsehood, lies concerning Him. Isa. 59:13 No marvel that He told them to keep their mouths shut.

The Lord was determined to work a work of reconciliation. Eze. 16:63 An absolute act of the appeasement of His own heart, whereby He could cover or make atonement for all of their iniquity. There was, and is, nor will there ever be, any other possible way of the sinful being reconciled to the Lord, but by atonement. All atonement must be by blood. Lev. 17:11 There is but one blood of atonement acceptable to God and that is the blood of the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. The daily routine of tabernacle and temple would have resulted in hundreds of thousands of sacrifices, all of which were but symbols of the one true sacrifice made by the Lord Jesus.
Heb. 9:14-15 All; past, present and future may come to eternal life, only through the blood of Jesus.

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