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So they did more wickedness because they knew the truth, they knew God, but then they glorified him not as God. They were not thankful. They changed the truth of God into a lie. I mean, this is a great parallel passage with Romans chapter one in that regard. And therefore they became worse than the heathen. They became worse than the nations. And it says in verse number eight, I'm against thee. I will execute judgments in the midst of the, in the side of the nations. And I will do in thee that which I have not done. Here's what he's saying. I've punished you before, but nothing like what I'm going to do. This is going to be a whole new level of punishment that you have never experienced. I will not do any more of the like because of all thine abominations. He's saying, look, this is unique. I mean, I've never done it before. I'm not going to do it again. You're getting a special punishment that's going to be really bad. How bad is it going to be? How bad could it get? Well, verse 10 says this, therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee and the sons shall eat their fathers. And I will execute judgments in thee and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. Let me start by saying this. This is not figuratively speaking. This is literal. Okay. And this is actually a common theme in the Bible that comes up a lot more than maybe you would think. But if you would turn to the book of Leviticus, we'll come right back to Ezekiel, but go to Leviticus chapter number 26. It was funny. One time I was walking around in my neighborhood and I saw this kind of goth looking chick with like, you know, she's wearing like all black and black hair, black fingernails and weird piercings and stuff. And she was wearing a sweatshirt that on the back of it quoted part of this scripture that I'm about to show you in Leviticus chapter 26. And it was like a blasphemous sweater. It was meant to be blasphemous because it was some kind of a satanic company because I saw the sweater and I went home and I actually Googled the brand name of the sweater to see like what's going on with the sweater. And I looked it up and it was, they had a lot of just kind of evil atheistic satanic kind of anti-God stuff. But let's look at the scripture and I'll tell you the part about the sweater, but it says in verse 27 and if you will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary to me. This is Leviticus 26 verse 28. Then I will walk contrary unto you. Also in theory, fury is another word for anger, wrath, and he's basically saying, I'm going to be against you. Just like he said in Ezekiel five, I'm going to be contrary to you. Then I will walk contrary unto you. Also inferior and I even I, again, notice the similarity with Ezekiel five. I even I, he said the exact same thing will chastise you seven times for your sins and you shall eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. Shall you eat? Now that's, that's all that the sweater said. The sweater was just verse 29 out of context. It just said you shall eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. Shall you eat? Leviticus 26 29. That was it just out of context and what I believe that this foolish misguided woman was trying to say with this sweater or this company that sold it to her, what they're trying to say is like, oh, look how, look how bad the Bible is. You know, the Bible is, is saying this horrible thing, you know, telling you to do this or talking about this unsavory thing. But the reality is here that God is just describing what people will do when he brings his full punishment upon them and puts them in a bad situation. He's stating a fact about what's going to happen. He's not saying, Hey, this is a good thing to do. Hey, this is what you're going to. He's saying, look, if you don't listen to me, if you just disregard my word and even after I'm chasing you and punishing you, you just don't get it and you don't listen. Things are going to keep getting worse and worse until eventually it gets so bad that you will eat your sons and your daughters. Now, why would anyone do such a thing? Because people, when they get so hungry that they're starving for weeks and weeks, they start doing crazy things. And let me tell you something. This is not unrealistic. This is not just poetic or, or exaggerating or anything. I mean, this is literally what God is saying is going to happen. And it happens many times throughout the old Testament. And even in modern history, we could look at examples of where this has taken place because it's, it's something that people end up doing in that situation, especially really wicked ungodly people would actually murder their children or use them for food in that way. So, you know, we don't have time to go there, but stay there in Leviticus. But in second Kings chapter six, there's the story where the two women make the agreement, you know, today we're going to boil my son and eat him. And tomorrow we're going to boil your son and whatever. And they go to the King because, or she, the one goes to the King saying that the other woman didn't keep her end of the bargain and we need to eat her son too. And I mean, you read this kind of stuff. It's horrific, but that's a true story. And that's what people do in that situation. And he says, you'll eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughter, Shai'it, and I will destroy your high places, verse 30 and cut down your images and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols. Don't miss this. And my soul shall abhor you. What does abhor mean? Hate. He's saying, man, I am going to hate you. You say, well, God is a loving God. Amen. But you know what? God does not just continue to love everyone forever. You know, in the book of Hosea, he makes a statement. I will love them no more. And God is an extremely loving God. God is love, but let's not forget. Holy is the Lord. God is love. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. But hold on a second. Do we believe in hell or not? We all believe in hell because God tells us over and over again about the unsaved having their fate in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. And God talks a lot about hell. Jesus talks a lot about hell in the New Testament. And let me tell you something. Hell is not a love place. You don't want to send someone that you love to hell. Now, when I say that, some people are like, oh, I don't know if that's right. Use a little common sense for a second. I mean, you know, but we've had so much stupid doctrine for so long that just says all sins equal. God loves everybody no matter what. He even loves the people in hell. That's not what the Bible teaches. God will eventually get to a point with people where he rejects them, where his soul abhors them. And it's not like this is an isolated verse. You know, the Bible says in Psalm 11, the Lord trieth the righteous, but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hated. You know, Psalm 5, thou hatest all the workers of iniquity. The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. And so, you know, again, I could point to 19 or 20 clear scriptures about God hating people. You know, here he says he'll abhor them. And to think you have to be a little bit crazy to think that God loves people as he's casting them into hell, because that's not a loving act to cast someone into a burning hell. OK, did God so love the world? Absolutely. God has loved every single person. You know, Jesus loves the little children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white. They're precious in his sight. That song is true. God has loved everybody. God loved the whole world. I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for every single person who has ever lived, and he loved them and died for them. But what happens when a person gets to where they projected the Lord Jesus Christ for the last time? Eventually. His love is removed and they are the object of his wrath and fury and abhorrence, and eventually they go to hell. And hell is not a place of the love of God. It's a place of the wrath of God. Place where people are experiencing God's wrath. And you'll notice that when we get to the Book of Revelation. There's not any kind of a sadness or weeping on the part of God or the angels about people that are being destroyed. Rather, they're saying, praise God, you know, because that's the way things eventually end up. God is just. And, you know, you may have a hard time wrapping your mind around that, but we need to just let the Bible be the boss here and tell us, OK, not Hallmark or what you learned in church growing up or something. You know, if you study the word of God, yes, God is extremely loving, merciful, gracious, long suffering. But there's a limit to what God will put up with. And eventually when people are doomed, they're doomed. And he says, my soul shall pour you. Now, if he's. Threatening to drive people to such extremity that they will eat their sons and their daughters. We didn't realize who you're dealing with with the Lord here, because a lot of people, they have a view of the Lord that he's like Santa Claus or, you know, he kind of knows if you've been naughty or nice, but he's going to give you a present anyway. But this is not the Lord of the Bible. The Bible says our God is a consuming fire. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. God's wrath is unparalleled. Yeah, his love is unparalleled, but so is his wrath. And we don't want to just paint a one sided image of God. We want now we want to stay on God's good side. But we want to understand that there's another side that we don't want to mess with, that we don't ever want to be on the receiving end up. And so he says, my soul shall abhor you. Well, you know, that's not really what that means. Any other verses that you want to twist? Because the Bible says his soul is going to pour you. Either that's true or not. And it's not an isolated verse, because I could show you 20 just like it. And I will make your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries under desolation and will not smell the savior of your sweet odors. And I will bring the land into desolation and your enemies, which dwell there and shall be astonished at it. And I will scatter you among the heathen and will draw out a sword after you and your land shall be desolate and your city's waste. This sounds familiar. I mean, this is exactly what Ezekiel five is saying. So Ezekiel is not really even preaching anything new in Ezekiel five. They already knew that this was going to happen or they should have known that this was going to happen. Ezekiel is basically preaching Leviticus 26 under them. God is leading Ezekiel to remind them of these things and to bring this to their remembrance. They should have already known it. They already had this in their Bible in Leviticus chapter 26. Now, what we need to understand is the difference between God's chastening and chastisement and God's just utter total destruction. Okay. You know, God will chase in and chastise to try to get people's attention and get them to turn back to him. But then there comes a point where it's too late for that and he is just saying, my soul abhors you and I'm just going to wipe you out. And, you know, obviously these people have pushed it to that point in Ezekiel chapter five, which is why he says they're not going to listen. They're stiff neck, they're rebellious, they're not going to listen. And so it is what it is. All right, let's go back to Ezekiel chapter five then with that in mind.