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FEAST OF TABERNACLES—Day 4, 2006
JUDGE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT #1
Fred Coulter – October 10, 2006
And greetings brethren, welcome to the 4th day of the Feast of
Tabernacles 2006. Now, for today and tomorrow, and perhaps even up
to the sixth day, we are going to cover Judge Righteous Judgment and
this is the new booklet that we will have that we will send out for you
so you be able to see it. Here it is. Judge Righteous
Judgment. And why is that important. I think this is one of
the most key things that we need to understand. And so, let's go
back here to Revelation 20, and let's see that that's what is going to
be given to us. Now, how are we going to judge the world, if we
don't learn out of make righteous judgments now? How is that
possibly going to be? How is God going to give us the rulership of
the world, if we don't have a clue as to what we are supposed to do?
Now we realize that when we're resurrected, and are spirit beings, yes,
we're going to have added abilities and added things given to us, but
the basic character that we need to build now and the basic
decision-making process needs to be formulated now. Before the
resurrection. Now, let's read it right here, Revelation 20:4 “And
I saw thrones;” and remember Jesus said that He sat down in His father's
throne and that if we overcome, we’ll sit down with Him in His throne.
That doesn't mean we'll all be sitting in His throne. That means,
we will be under the judgment jurisdiction of Christ and we will
administer, based upon His authority that He gives to us, judgment for
the whole world. “I saw thrones; and they that sat upon them, and
judgment was given to them;” (Rev. 20:4, FV). Now this
becomes a very important thing for us to understand, how we need to
exercise judgment; how we need to put it together today.
Now let's come back here to John the 5th chapter, and let's see what
Jesus also said concerning judgment. So everything that we do, in
judgment during the millennium and on into all eternity—because we're
still going to have to continuously do judgments. Here, John the
5th chapter, let's come there and let's see how this also explains what
I said, that whatever we do is going to be under the judgment throne of
Christ. Now, He's going to delegate it to us, just like the
rulership of the world, where it says “well done good and faithful
servant” you'll be over ten cities and you will be over five cities and
you'll be over two the cities. So we have to learn how to rule, we
have to learn how to judge; we have to learn how to make right
decisions, and we also have to realize and understand, all of this comes
under Jesus Christ. Now let's come here to verse 27, John 5:27,
“And has also…” that is the Father, “…has given Him authority to execute
judgment because He is the Son of man” (John 5:27, FV).
And of course the final day of judgment comes upon everyone, doesn't it?
Those of us who endured to the end now and accomplish our mission and
are put in the grave to await the resurrection, the final judgment has
been rendered on us and as we will see, God is the great judge and there
are varying degrees of judgments that He uses on the world, on nations,
on individuals and upon His saints. Now, we'll see all that.
Now, you'll be able to follow along with some of this in the new
booklet, so everyone of you are going to have this for this sermon and
we'll send it out for all the Feast sites. Now, here's a mistake
that a lot of people make, they say, because God is love and especially
under the doctrine of eternal security, that there's no such thing as
the unpardonable sin. There is no such thing as conditional
security. But when you read the Bible and you read the New
Testament and you look up all 1200 of the “ifs” in the Bible you're
going to see, everything is conditional upon our response to God.
That's why Jesus told the young man, “If you will enter into life, keep
the commandments.” That's why Jesus said, “If you love Me keep My
commandments.” So a lot of people make the mistake that God will
not execute judgment. God has to execute judgment. Now, yes
there is mercy and when there is forgiveness and when there is the
blotting out of sins, then God will suspend the judgment. Now,
let's take for example, Manasseh, the worst king of all the kings of
Israel and Judah. And he reigned for 55 years and got involved in
demonism and spiritism, the occult, sacrificing children to idols,
building idols in the temple of God, and everything. So what
happened, God sent the Assyrians and they carried them off into
captivity into Babylon and there he repented, and God brought him back
to the throne. But after he repented, God's judgment was, though
you come back and are on the throne, you are going to be a vassal king
under the Assyrians. And what he did with that repentance, he went
in and he destroyed all the idols that he made, he took out all the
things that he had made to pollute the temple and the whole area.
And so, even though God executed judgment, then when he extended mercy,
there was still a penalty upon him in God's judgment so that he would
not sin again. Likewise, when David sinned, when he orchestrated
the thing with Bathsheba's husband, Uriah the Hittite, and had him
killed in the battle, and got Bathsheba pregnant, remember what
happened. God forgave the sin, but he gave a disciplinary thorn in
the flesh for the rest of his life, which was this, “And your whole
household will be against you.” And it began that very day, with
Absalom and Tamar. Even though he repented, repented deeply, so
all of those things are part of the judgment of God. Today, the
whole church is living under the judgment of God; the whole church is
being judged by God, as we'll see a little bit later. But part of
the things that God has done for good and for punishment, is this, He
has scattered the church, and there are many, many, many, many, many
churches of God with varying degrees of understanding of doctrine, and
understanding of the Bible, and different things like this, because as
we will see, free choice is an important part of judgment. But, because
of that, and because of God's judgment, though he has given mercy and
kindness and forgiveness to those who have repented, there is still the
judgment that God has determined that the churches are going to remain
small, so that, we can all learn the lesson; our relationship is with
God the Father, and Jesus Christ. It is not in an organization.
It is not in the corporation. It is not in a social setting.
It is not, that if you belong to this corporate church, you are
guaranteed salvation. No, the only way that anyone is guaranteed
salvation, is with a humble heart and contrite spirit and loving God
with all your heart and mind and soul and being, keeping His
commandments. See, that's the guarantee, and that's what God wants
us to learn because of the circumstances we find ourselves in. And
that's why, that even though the heavy-hand of God's judgment has come,
we need to realize this; in everything that happens, whether in the
world, whatever nation we live in, whatever is with our family, whatever
is in our lives, all things work together for good to those who love
God, to those who are called according to His purpose. And so, God
is the judge.
Now, let's see about God being judge. Let's come to Psalm 75:7.
Now this is a very important verse to understand. So let's really
put this all together. So let's, as it were, sharpen our pencils,
and by that I mean, sharpen our minds. And you can follow along
with the booklet. Most all of the scriptures are in the booklet,
but rather than just read the booklet, let's turn to the scriptures.
Psalm 75:7. It says; well let's go back to verse 4. “I said
unto the fools, Deal not foolishly:” And here's a very important thing
today, everyone is dealing foolishly. And one of the things is
this, you are going to see how absolutely devoid of right judgment that
most people in the world are—how shall we say—devoid of, yes. “And
to the wicked…” he said “…Lift not up your horn: Lift not up your horn
on high: speak not with a stiff neck. For promotion
cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the
south.” Now you see, everyone wants a promotion, don't they?
Human nature likes to be uplifted, and when you get uplifted in vanity,
in pride, and in everything like this, look at Nebuchadnezzar, what
happened to him. Daniel the 4th chapter, when he got lifted up in
pride and he looked around and he saw this great Babylon and he said,
“Oh, look what I have done.” God struck him down and said, “The
proud are going to be brought down.” That's God's judgment.
And so that's why from verse 4 down to verse 7, it leads up to it and
says, “But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another” (Psa. 75:4-7, KJV). So that's why it is foolish to
put yourself forward. Any of us, to exalt ourselves and think now
about how the ministry has done that with the brethren, and think of all
the damage and problems that have come because of that, you see.
So, God is judge.
Now since we're in Psalms, let's come to Psalms 96:13, and of course
Psalm 96 is one of the millennial Psalms, so this tells us about
judgment that God is going to do. Psalm 96:13, behold, it says “Before
the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall
judge the world with the righteousness, and the people with his truth”
(Psa. 96:13, KJV). Now that's really very profound.
This is why brethren, this is why, the whole process of our growing and
changing and overcoming and the process of conversion, it is a spiritual
thing that takes place. It is a spiritual education that takes
place. It is a spiritual thing that occurs in your mind, to build
the character of God. And it is based on faith and hope and love
and then we grow and we develop in the way that God wants us to.
See, because God has called us to rule the world. So, the apostle
Paul also said that he is judge of all. Now let’s come back here
to Hebrews the 12th chapter and let's see that. That involving the
resurrection, involving our eternal spiritual life, in coming before the
throne of God, God is judging. Let's look at it this way, as I
have said before, when we understand it, God is judging every one,
everywhere, it all places, in the whole world for what their conduct is;
varying degrees of it. Those who know the truth of God are going
to have the severest judgment because they know. Those who reject
the Word of God are going to have an even more severe judgment upon
them. Those who do not know the word of God, in sin, as it says,
“The one who knew to do good, and did it not, will be beaten with many
stripes. The one who did not know to do good, and did it, will be
beaten with few stripes.” So the judgment and the penalty still
comes. We need to understand that. So here in Hebrews 12,
God is judging us all the time. Now you don't need to be in fear
of that. You don’t need to sit back and say “Oh, God is judging me.
How am I going to make it?” No, don't do that because God gives
mercy. God gives grace, and if you are in a relationship with God, the
way that you ought to be, through prayer, through study, through keeping
the commandments of God, through living by every word of God, in loving
God with all your heart, mind and soul and being, your judgment is going
to be for eternal life. But notice what it says here. Let's
pick it up here in Hebrews 12. Let's begin in verse 22, “But you
have come to MountSion, and to the
city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to an innumerable
company of angels; To the joyous festival gathering; and to
the
church of the firstborn, registered in the book of life in
heaven; and to God, the Judge of all” (Heb. 12:22-23, FV).
Everyone. Now, you go back and as we've covered, leading up to
Pentecost, and you go through day 49 again, and you will see the whole
message to the seven churches, is what? One of encouragement; one
of repentance; one of judgment. All the way through. And we need
to realize that is how God deals with us in all of our lives.
Now let's come here to Psalm 50 and this also tells us about God in
judging the world, in judging the earth, and so forth. And we're
going to see a little bit later on, that God made us, so that we must
make judgments. Psalm 50, and let's pick up here beginning in
verse 3, “Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall
devour before him…” Now, what I want you to do is just put in your
margin right here, Revelation 16, seven last plagues. What does it
say there? All of those horrible and devastating plagues that are
going to come upon the enemies of God, what have the angels said,
“Righteous and holy are Your judgments O God, for they are worthy for
they have shed the blood of the Saints.” So God is going to render
His judgment, “…a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about him. He shall call to the heavens from
above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.” (Psa. 50:3-4,
KJV). And also judge for His people. So when Christ returns,
after the resurrection, of course now, judgment is on the house of God,
as we know. He is going to judge the enemies of Israel, for Israel
on their behalf. And then he's going to judge all of those nations
that refuse to repent, and as we saw yesterday, and the day before, if
they don't come up to the house of God to learn of His ways, He is going
to judge them. So it is very important that we understand that.
It’s important that we understand just how God judges and what forms the
basis of His judgment. Since He is judge how is God going to do it?
Well, let's look at it this way, since God is judge of all the earth, as
God, His way is perfect. So He's got a perfect standard to measure
by.
Let's go to Psalm 18. Now, let's amplify this just a little
bit, when we get to Psalm 18, because this is important for us to
understand and this is what we need to realize, concerning God's way,
and this is a judgment that every person needs to make when they
approach the Word of God, when they approach how to interpret the Bible,
whatever they do. Let's read it, Psalm 18:30, “As for God,
his way is
perfect: the word of the LORD is tried” (Psa. 18:30, KJV).
Now hold your place right there because we'll come back, and come over
here to Psalm 12:6. “The words of the LORD are pure words:
as
silver tried in a furnace of the earth, purified seven times” (Psa.
12:6,
KJV). So the word of the Lord is tried. Back here to
Psalm 18, now, “He is a buckler to all those that trust in him.”
Now let's come down here, continue in verse 31, “For who is God
save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? It is
God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect” (Psa.
18:30-32, KJV). So the Spirit of God is going to lead you
into the perfection of Christ. And of course, that's what Jesus
said back there in Matthew 5:48, “Therefore, you shall be perfect, even
as your Father Who is in heaven is perfect” (Matt. 5:48, FV).
And that is the whole over arching goal of everything that we do.
And I need to emphasize again, because I see a time when the Word of God
is not going to be here, as a matter fact it is prophesied, there is
coming a famine of the hearing of the Word. And when we have it,
when we understand it, when we have got all of God's word, and we have
the opportunity to put it together, what are we going to do with it?
Are we going to become lazy? Are we going to go to sleep at the
switch, or are we going to be so involved in the world and things of the
world, that we slack up on growing in character, and grace and
knowledge. What is it that we're going to do? He wants to
make your way perfect. Now, think about that, and righteous
judgment is part of the perfection of God. “He maketh my feet like
hines’
feet, and setteth me upon my high places. He teaches my hands to
war...” Now, we have a spiritual warfare today, don't we?
Yes indeed. Now, when we're resurrected and we come down and fight
with Christ, He is going to teach us how to fight, right? Yes
indeed. “…so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms...”
Verse 35, “…Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy
right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great”
(Psa. 18:33-35, KJV). See, so that's the judgment to God.
When we understand, first of all, His way is perfect. Now let's
come over here to the next Psalm. Psalm 19, let's see something
else, concerning the law of God, verse seven. This is the standard
that He uses. God does not give some kind of judgment that He has
not already declared in His word. We need to understand that,
because where no law is, there is no sin, as we'll see here later.
Psalm 19:7, “The law of the LORD is perfect…” Now, when you
go back and read about the laws of God in the Old Testament, those are
perfect for a carnal society. When you go to the New Testament and
read how Jesus amplified the law, magnified it, made it honorable, made
it spiritual, giving it a higher standard. It is perfected even
more. Now notice, “…The testimony of the LORD is sure,
making wise the simple.” So this is how then, we began to
understand how to make righteous judgment. “The statutes of the
LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD
is pure, enlightning the eyes. The fear of the LORD is
clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true
and righteous altogether.” Now, notice how important that it
is, “More to be desired are they
than gold, yea, then much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the
honeycomb” (Psa. 19:7-10, KJV). See, because, what it is doing,
it's just like Jesus said, “If you come to me you'll never hunger and
you'll never thirst.” So you see, that's what's important, we keep
coming to Jesus, we keep coming to Christ, in everything that we do.
Now also, we need to realize, just put in your notes there, as we
covered this earlier, that God is the high and lofty one that inhabits
eternity. His name is holy yet He dwells with the humble, Isaiah 57:15.
Now here's something we need to understand about the very character of
God. This is important to understand. Not only is God love. But
love then, brings out all of these other things. Let’s come to Jeremiah
4, so before we get in how to judge righteous judgment, we need to have
the basis and the foundation of how God does it, because that's the way
He wants us to do it, and then He gives us more detailed information on
how we carry it out and we'll look at many of the things there.
Now, let's pick it up here in verse 2, Jeremiah 4, very profound and
important verse. “And thou shalt swear, the LORD liveth…” God
lives forever, eternity. Now notice, “…in truth, in judgment, and
in righteousness” (Jer. 4:2, KJV). Now those are the three
pillars upon which everything hangs that God does. You have, God
is love, from there comes truth, judgment and righteousness. From
there also comes mercy and grace and forgiveness. So you see, in going
through these things, we don't have one scripture fighting the other
scripture, but we put it all together to get the whole picture and
understanding of it. Now, so truth, judgment and righteousness
then are, what you would say, they are actually expressions of God's
love. And then what happens—this becomes the substance or the basis for
the criteria of righteous judgment. So therefore, since God is love and
God is true, and God is merciful and God is just, all of His judgments
are just. And then of course, we need to understand that with our
relationship with God, when we come before Him in prayer, we have direct
access to God the Father through Jesus Christ. And our prayers go
directly to God the Father.
Alright, let's see something else too, that God loves. Let's come
here to Isaiah 61. God loves judgment. And it also says, one of the
Psalms says, “It is joy to the just to do judgment.” Why? Because
you're doing it because you have the knowledge of God, the spirit of God
and to make a right and a proper judgment. Now, let's pick it up here
Isaiah 61. Let's come down here to verse 3, because we covered the
first verses earlier. “To appoint unto them…” That is all that
come out of the tribulation, “…that mourn in Zion, to give unto
them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called the trees
of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified”
(Isa. 61:3, KJV). Now, let's add to that, Psalm 11, and put this
together, because that's God's judgment when He comes back. That's
what He is going to do. His judgment is going be one of
forgiveness, of grace and mercy, especially after the punishment that He
extracted and brought upon all mankind. Then He's going to give
mercy and judgment. He's going to change their hearts and minds and
soul, and so forth, so that they will be converted.
Now, let's come over here to Psalm 11. Let's pick it up here in
verse 4, “The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne is
in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.”
Now, you get the sermon that we did, “The Spirit of God, The Holy
Spirit, The seven spirits of God.” And how God judges the world,
what He's doing, how He's communicating with the world. And this ties
right in with that, you see. “The LORD trieth the righteous.”
Yes, that's why we have tests and decisions to make, and things to
overcome, because He wants to perfect our character. “But the
wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Upon the
wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible
tempest: this shall be
the portion of their cup. For the righteous LORD…” Notice
verse 7, “…loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the
upright” (Psa. 11:4-7, KJV). In other words, we are
righteous in that, and we read that all of His judgments are true and
righteous today.
Now let's see something else that is important, because we will come
down to judgment of individuals, but since God is looking down upon the
whole world, let's see how God weighs in the balance, the things that
He's doing. So let's come to Jeremiah 18. Now, I know we've been
here in this place in times past, but let's put it in conjunction with
what were doing today because this is important for us to understand.
Jeremiah 18 and let's come here to verse 7, now here this renders God's
judgment. Verse 7, “At what instant I shall speak concerning a
nation…” So God is involved in all the nations of the world. And
let's understand what God is doing right now, because Satan wants to
develop his whole world government, his whole world religion, and of
course that's prophesied that it would take place, so we know it’s going
to happen. So God is going to let them raise themselves up, and in
doing so, all the way along we are going to see lack of righteous
judgment. We're going to see corruption, greed, killing, all of
these things, because that is the way of Satan. And then when he
finally gets it where he wants to get it, then he is going to raise up
the beast, who will come in with a great peace plan for whole world, be
declared the savior of the world, and the false prophet will have
miracles. So right now, as God has done all the way through history, He
judges the nations. When you read the history of the world, you read a
history of different nations, you will see that through it, all of that
is a result of God's judgment. And what are the sore judgments that He
uses? We will see that in just a minute there in Ezekiel 18:7, “At
what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, concerning a
kingdom, to pluck up, and pull down, and to destroy it;”
Now you think about what is going on in the world, and realize that all
of it is the judgment of God. And realize that God is going to
take care of the final judgment of this, through the Great White Throne
Judgment, in the second resurrection, as we will see on the Last Great
Day. “If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from
their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.”
Now we have a perfect example of this, with Jonah and the Assyrians and
the capital city of Nineveh, Jonah was sent there and he preached
“Repent because God's destruction is coming upon you.” And lo and
behold, greater than—and that's in there—this Gentile nation and its
repentance is in the Old Testament and book of Jonah, to show and to use
as an example against Israel because very rarely did Israel repent, with
this kind of repentance. So what happen? “The King said
declare a fast everyone every human being, man, woman, beast, everything
do not eat anything you, do not drink any water, dress in sackcloth and
ashes and petition the Lord that He would take away the punishment that
He said.” And so what happened? God was merciful and He held
off His judgment. So that’s in action here. That he would
repent of the evil he thought to do. “And at what
instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to
build and to plant it; if it do evil in my sight.” Based
upon His righteous laws, based upon His righteous judgments, based upon
the things that He has given. And of course, He judges all the
nations according to the letter of His law, doesn't He? Because in
reality, God expects all the nations of the world to keep His laws in
the letter of the law. This would give them God's blessing, this
would give them peace and security. But you see, because they
don't, then death and disruption comes, as He says here. “If it do
evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the
good, wherewith I said I would benefit them” (Jer. 18:7-10, KJV).
Now, let's see how God executes His judgments here. Let's come to
Ezekiel 18, and we will see this. You look at any war, you look at any
nation that is brought down, plus you couple that with what we discussed
a little earlier, which is this when God gave the blessing.
Ezekiel, I don’t think it’s 18, I think it’s Ezekiel 14, yes, Ezekiel
14, let’s go there. You look at all these things here, and then you
couple that with what God promised Abraham, where He said, “I will bless
those that bless you,” and that means all of his descendants, “I will
curse those that curse you.” And of course those that hate us God is
going to meet out His correction and His destruction upon them.
Now let's think about this in relationship to the war on terror, and
let's think about this concerning some of the events that have taken
place. Who has hated us the most? The radical Moslems. And
one of the nations that has caused the greatest trouble, has been
Indonesia. And the next one is Pakistan. Now because they’ve
cursed us, even though we're not righteous before God as we ought to be.
But because of God's promise to Abraham He said He would curse those
that curse us. Now what happened to them? Look at the tsunami
that took place, and look at the problems and difficulty still going on
in Indonesia. Look at the earthquake that took place in Pakistan, and
where did it take place? Right up in the high mountains, where all of
the radical Moslems and those of al-Qaida are. And it makes you wonder,
how many of the enemy died because of the hand of God, which was much
more, perhaps, then we could do through our munitions. So, let's
think upon that.
Now here, Ezekiel 14. Now let's pick it up here and see, let's begin
in verse 6. You see, God always offers repentance. That's what we
need to understand. God offers a way out before judgment comes. So
this is why it's very important when you're going through an experience
and a difficult thing, do not harden your heart to God. So here, the
men of Israel came before Ezekiel and said, “Oh we want to hear to hear
of the Lord.” And God said to them, through the prophet Ezekiel, “Why
do you come to me? You that have idols in your minds and in your
hearts.” See because God is interested in the heart, God is
interested in the repentance. So here's what God says, beginning in
verse 6, because the idols estranged them from God. So as we're
going through here, you use some of this as some correction upon
yourself, ask yourself, what are the idols I have? How can I get
rid of those? Etc. “Therefore say unto the house of Israel,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn
yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your
abominations. For every one of the house of Israel…” Now what
we're seeing is this, individual judgment and national judgment, right?
Yes. Let's see how God does it. “…Everyone of the house of
Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth
himself from me…” Going away from God, “…and setteth up his idols
in his heart…” Which can be anything, “…and putteth the stumblingblock
of his iniquity before his face…” See because, people sin, make
wrong judgments, it's just like laying stumbling blocks out there.
You’re destroying and ruining your way. “…And cometh to a prophet
to inquire of him concerning me;” Now listen to what God says, “I the
LORD will answer him by myself:” Which is this, if there is not
repentance, then you're going to fall to the harsh judgment of God. If
there is repentance, then the judgment of God based on truth and
righteousness and mercy, is what? Forgiveness. That's how God
always works. But if not, He says, verse 8, “And I will set my
face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I
will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I
am the LORD.” Now, verse 9 is very important in this too, “And
if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing...” Anyone
preaches, you see. If God's way is perfect, if God's way is righteous,
if God's way is judgment and righteous judgment, what can man do to add
to it, to make it better? You see, that’s kind of a ridiculous thing,
isn't it? When man who is sinful by nature, inadequate by himself, is
facing death, what can he add to God? Nothing. But through repentance,
and a contrite spirit, and a humble heart, and loving God, God can add
to him, or to her. So the prophet, God says, “I the LORD have deceived
that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy
him from the midst of my people Israel.” Now, let's continue right
on here, verse 10, “And they shall bear the punishment of their
iniquity:” Judgment, “The punishment of the prophet shall be even
as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;” Now you
see, one of the judgments of God is this, if you want evil and lies and
deceit, you will have them. And if you come along and try and add
to the perfect way of God, the lying and deceitful things of human
nature, and false teachings, you will have them. And those will
become a snare and a stumbling block to you, just like He says here.
So He’s going to do this to the false prophets, and of those who seek
Him. “That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me,
neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions: but that
they may be my people, and I may be their God, says the Lord GOD. The
word of the LORD came again to me, saying, Son of man, when the land
sinneth against me…” Now keep in mind what we just read in
Jeremiah 18, “…by transgressing grievously, then will I stretch out mine
hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will
send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it.” Now
this is getting right down to the utter destruction of the nation
because of sin. Now we don't know how greatly the sin is going to
be, or how much more magnified it's going to be, but we know in
Revelation 18, it says the sins of Babylon the Great have reached unto
heaven. So that shows you what's going to happen at the end-time.
Now notice, “Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it,
they should deliver but
their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD” (Eze.
14:6-14,
KJV). Now that's important for us to understand. This is
seeing the judgment of God in action.
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