Ezekiel 16:56-63 “In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt. But now your greater wickedness has been exposed to all the world, and you are the one who is scorned – by Edom and all her neighbors and by Philistia. This is your punishment for all your lewdness and detestable sin, says the Lord. Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant. Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant. And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord. You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you have done. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
And so your Nation. You made a covenant with Me at your inception. You were a Nation established under the leadership of the One True God. You were faithful and walked in integrity and honor. Oh, how you have fallen! Your sins are more detestable than those of any other. And your once proud swagger is no longer. Your true nature is being exposed to the world. Your sins are more evident each and every day. You no longer hold a place of esteem in your world, but are scorned and laughed at. This, however, is secondary. More importantly, is that your people – all of your people – need to be awakened to this reality. Until your Nation as a whole sees what you have become, what your leadership has done in this world, the true state of your people’s hearts and souls – until that happens, you will continue to sin and rot and fall deeper and deeper into the destruction that you have brought about. Yes, all in your Nation are accountable. You have either participated in this sin or your have turned your back on it, allowed it to occur. None are innocent in this reality you face today. Until you are all willing to see Truth, to acknowledge your sin, and repent and turn back to me – face to face – nothing will improve. Your Nation will continue to be undone from within. And I will allow it to continue until your people acknowledge Me. Turn back to Me. Worship Me. Seek My forgiveness. Seek My favor. Turn from selfish, self-indulgent, evil practices and acknowledge the utter depravity of your souls and seek Me. Repent. True repentance which reaches into each and every corner of your being – into those darkened spaces in your heart and soul which you have so long ignored and assuaged so as not to be aware of them. Face who you have really become. See your actions for what they are, your attitudes and thoughts and opinions – all of it – for what it really is. Rebellion. Sin. Utter depravity. Love for self and hatred toward Me. You cannot change what you will not acknowledge and fully face. Are you willing? Will you be courageous enough? Do you care enough? Or is being comfortably numb enough for you for the rest of your life? You choose. My decision was made at the beginning of time and has not changed – if my people will be honest and truthful and face their sin and call on me for forgiveness, I will forgive. I will help. But I will not come alongside you as you live in that sin. I will allow you to reap its consequences. And I will grieve those decisions.
Amanuensis 