Breath of Power - Week 47/04

Week 47: November 15 - 21, 2004

NIGHT OF WOE

Key Passage: Exekiel 9: 4- 6

And the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it." To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

There are many that know God as a God of mercy and love, but He is also a God of judgment. When people turn away from God and commit evil and abomination, God visits them in anger and punishes them for their sins. The Scripture reveals that God is a consuming fire (Deut 4:24). He said, "I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, and repay those who hate Me. I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the heads of the leaders of the enemy" (Deut 32:39,41-42). It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Heb 10:31).

God opened the eyes of Prophet Ezekiel to see the angels of judgment being released upon Israel to punish them for their abomination and idolatry. One of the angels was sent ahead of the others with an inkhorn to put a mark on the forehead of all those who sigh and cry over the abominations of the people. Behind him went the other six angels armed with battle-axes and mandated to kill everyone, irrespective of their age, gender or status; but they were not to come near anyone with the mark of the inkhorn. The judgment was to commence from the Sanctuary and from among the elderly men.

The Lord has promised to preserve the righteous from trouble (Ps 32:7). When the night of woe came upon Egypt and the angels of judgment slew the firstborn of every family, God preserved those who had the mark of the blood of the Passover Lamb on their doors (Ex 12:23). That blood is symbolic of the blood of Jesus who became the Passover Lamb for the New Testament saints, that because of his blood, we are preserved and protected from judgment, woe and doom. In these last days when the judgment of God is being poured upon many because of the sins and the abominations of our world, that same God will protect you from every evil and preserve you for his heavenly Kingdom, if you will abhor sin and walk in His righteousness (2 Tim 4:18).

Pray, O Lord, help me to abhor sin and every other abomination that will bring the wrath of God upon me; protect me and preserve me for your heavenly Kingdom. Amen

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi



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	Week 47: November 15 - 21, 2004 NIGHT OF WOE Key Passage: Exekiel 9: 4- 6 And the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it." To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the temple. There are many that know God as a God of mercy and love, but He is also a God of judgment. When people turn away from God and commit evil and abomination, God visits them in anger and punishes them for their sins. The Scripture reveals that God is a consuming fire (Deut 4:24). He said, "I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, and repay those who hate Me. I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the heads of the leaders of the enemy" (Deut 32:39,41-42). It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Heb 10:31). God opened the eyes of Prophet Ezekiel to see the angels of judgment being released upon Israel to punish them for their abomination and idolatry. One of the angels was sent ahead of the others with an inkhorn to put a mark on the forehead of all those who sigh and cry over the abominations of the people. Behind him went the other six angels armed with battle-axes and mandated to kill everyone, irrespective of their age, gender or status; but they were not to come near anyone with the mark of the inkhorn. The judgment was to commence from the Sanctuary and from among the elderly men. The Lord has promised to preserve the righteous from trouble (Ps 32:7). When the night of woe came upon Egypt and the angels of judgment slew the firstborn of every family, God preserved those who had the mark of the blood of the Passover Lamb on their doors (Ex 12:23). That blood is symbolic of the blood of Jesus who became the Passover Lamb for the New Testament saints, that because of his blood, we are preserved and protected from judgment, woe and doom. In these last days when the judgment of God is being poured upon many because of the sins and the abominations of our world, that same God will protect you from every evil and preserve you for his heavenly Kingdom, if you will abhor sin and walk in His righteousness (2 Tim 4:18). Pray, O Lord, help me to abhor sin and every other abomination that will bring the wrath of God upon me; protect me and preserve me for your heavenly Kingdom. Amen Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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