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The response of Israel to the message of Ezekiel was identical to that of those in our day who are rebuked of the Lord. We are human. Your words are strong words. If we pine away, that is, dwindle away until we perish how can we live. Eze. 33:10 The way of the Lord is too hard. In all actuality, the way of the Lord is the easiest way. He is always present to help when we follow the pattern of life that He has laid out before us. Good understanding gains favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard. Pr. 13:15 Contrary to the thinking of some individuals, the Lord said that He found no joy in the death of the sinner. Therefore the call in that day as well as today is for all, including the house of Israel to turn from their ungodly ways and follow the Lord. He is a living God and would impart His eternal life to all who will turn to Him in repentance. Eze. 33:11.
All Bible doctrines must be founded upon the Word of the Lord. If our hearts are not right with the Lord the statements made here by the Lord are extremely serious and need to be considered carefully and heeded. In spite of a record and history of righteous living, if a soul commits sin, that individual will end their clean record and wipe out the righteousness of the past. They will be consider to be unrighteous in the sight of the Lord. On the other hand, if the sinner turns to the Lord in repentance, their past record of sin is obliterated. By token of their repentance they are made to be in right standing with the Lord. That is either extremely good news or bad news, depending entirely on the spiritual status of the person involved. Eze. 33:12
The Lord verified the fact that the iniquity of the individual, regardless of their past righteousness, would yield death. Eze. 3:20, Eze. 18:24-26, Eze. 33:18 Let those who would live in disobedience to the Word take heed. The Lord means just what He has declared.
All sin which has been confessed to the Lord He is duty bound to forgive. Not only does He forgive but He cleanses us from then power of sin which in the past controlled our life. 1 John 1:9 The Lord removes not only our record of sin but He also wipes it from His memory and will never again make any reference to it. It has been blotted out completely. Isa. 43:25 As far as the East is from the West even so far has He removed our sins from us. Ps. 103:12 He has cast the totality of forgiven sin behind His back. Isa. 38:17 The sinner will not have his past mentioned in any way.
Eze. 18:22 Any memory that He would have of the past life of sin has been cast into the depths of the sea. Mic. 7:19 The reward for having confessed sin and finding the pardon of the Lord is exceedingly great. Contrarily, is the righteous sin the judgment is just as great. It carries a sentence of death. Eze. 33:13.