One of the comments I often hear is how difficult it is to relate to the bloodthirsty, judgemental God of the Old Testament rather than the warm, loving and forgiving God of the New Testament.
Rather than going off on a long rant on this, this verse from yesterday's passage is worth writing out and putting somewhere visible:
Ezekiel 33:11 - "Tell them that as surely as I am the living LORD God, I don't like to see wicked people die. I enjoy seeing them turn from their sins and live. "
That it is the heart of the one true God, the God of the Old Testament and the New, the unchanging, the only true God. In the words of Deut 4:39, "The Lord is God both in heaven and on earth, and there is no other."
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