Is there no hope for the world? Do we ever learn from the mistakes of the past or are we doomed to repeat them? What does God require of us? He requires us to love Him above all others and to love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves.....so easy to say and so hard it seems for us to carry it out in deeds as well as words. What we do to the least of our brothers we do to Him.....
God does not play favorites; His judgment would fall equally on all inhabitants of the city, for they all had sinned. The people failed to deal with the sin, so God declares that it would remain exposed to His judgment.
Ezekiel 24 9-13
9 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Woe to the bloody city!
I too will make the pyre great.
10 Heap on the wood,
Kindle the fire;
Cook the meat well,
Mix in the spices,
And let the cuts be burned up.
11 “Then set the pot empty on the coals,
That it may become hot and its bronze may burn,
That its filthiness may be melted in it,
That its scum may be consumed.
12 She has grown weary with lies,
And her great scum has not gone from her.
Let her scum be in the fire!
13 In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed,
You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore,
Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
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