Sandy Zalecki
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“And I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I recompensed their deeds on their own heads, says the Lord.” (Ezekiel 22:30-31) NKJ
In Ezekiel’s time the Jews had provoked God to anger by sinning repeatedly. They shed innocent blood. The defiled themselves with idols. The ridiculed their fathers and mothers. They oppressed strangers. They despised God’s holy things. They did not take care of the fatherless or the widows. They profaned the Sabbaths. They took financial advantage of fellow Jews. They overcharged their neighbors. They forgot God!
Since God found nobody to stand in the gap, He poured out His indignation upon them. They felt His wrath. What they had sown they reaped.
Do you see a trend? How many of these sins has America committed? We have certainly shed innocent blood by starting unnecessary wars that have killed people who have done nothing to us. We have defiled ourselves with idols because we must tolerant of every religion known to man in this country, even Satanism. We have despised God’s holy things by abandoning His commandments to love one another. We have profaned the Sabbaths. I remember when I was a child every store was closed on Sundays, now only a few still follow that rule. Banks and other financial institutions take advantage of other Americans with all the hidden fees they charge us. Corporations overcharge every chance they get and we even overcharge our neighbors when we can. We fail to honor God and give him praise for all the wonderful things this world has to offer. We have basically forgotten God.
How is America different from the Jews when God poured out His wrath upon them? Not very much different. Aaron stood in the gap for Israel When a plague broke out because of the people’s rebellion, and God’s wrath was stayed. Many other prophets and people have stood in the gap only to be persecuted and killed for trying to promote the truth. God’s own Son stood in the gap for everyone. He was crucified and laid in a tomb. He was victorious over death because of His father’s power.
Today America is badly in need of people to stand in the gap. Many may be called. They may be men or women, children or teenagers, rich or poor, young or old, strong or weak. Do you have the courage to stand in to gap for America?
In Ezekiel’s time the Jews had provoked God to anger by sinning repeatedly. They shed innocent blood. The defiled themselves with idols. The ridiculed their fathers and mothers. They oppressed strangers. They despised God’s holy things. They did not take care of the fatherless or the widows. They profaned the Sabbaths. They took financial advantage of fellow Jews. They overcharged their neighbors. They forgot God!
Since God found nobody to stand in the gap, He poured out His indignation upon them. They felt His wrath. What they had sown they reaped.
Do you see a trend? How many of these sins has America committed? We have certainly shed innocent blood by starting unnecessary wars that have killed people who have done nothing to us. We have defiled ourselves with idols because we must tolerant of every religion known to man in this country, even Satanism. We have despised God’s holy things by abandoning His commandments to love one another. We have profaned the Sabbaths. I remember when I was a child every store was closed on Sundays, now only a few still follow that rule. Banks and other financial institutions take advantage of other Americans with all the hidden fees they charge us. Corporations overcharge every chance they get and we even overcharge our neighbors when we can. We fail to honor God and give him praise for all the wonderful things this world has to offer. We have basically forgotten God.
How is America different from the Jews when God poured out His wrath upon them? Not very much different. Aaron stood in the gap for Israel When a plague broke out because of the people’s rebellion, and God’s wrath was stayed. Many other prophets and people have stood in the gap only to be persecuted and killed for trying to promote the truth. God’s own Son stood in the gap for everyone. He was crucified and laid in a tomb. He was victorious over death because of His father’s power.
Today America is badly in need of people to stand in the gap. Many may be called. They may be men or women, children or teenagers, rich or poor, young or old, strong or weak. Do you have the courage to stand in to gap for America?
