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purpledawn
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Message 210 of 384 (515233)
07-16-2009 12:29 PM
Reply to: Message 201 by DevilsAdvocate
07-15-2009 10:18 AM


Vision
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What circumstances allow the following to happen:
Ezekiel 9:5-7 writes:
Then the LORD called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side and said to him, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it."
As I listened, he said to the others, "Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion. Slaughter old men, young men and maidens, women and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.
Then he said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!" So they went out and began killing throughout the city."

Ezekiel 9 is part of a vision (Chapters 8-11). From what I can tell in Chapter 11 the leaders were the ones killing the innocent. I haven't studied this in depth, but from straight reading it isn't a good section to use to point out double standards. One would have to sort out the meaning of the vision first.

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