Ezekiel 7:7

Ezekiel 7:7 says, The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.  God said that the time of trouble had now come to the people of Israel because of their rebellion against Him.  God is not a God Who just acts arbitrarily, but He is faithful to bless those who put their faith in Him, but He will also allow those who don’t to be punished, whether in this world or the one to come.  We can put our faith in God’s word being true, but the question is will we believe Him and accept His gift of salvation or continue to live our life as though His word is not true.     

Verse eight adds, Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.  Ezekiel was told him to further warn the people of Israel that God was shortly going to pour out His anger on them because even in their distress they still refused to repent and return to Him in obedience.  As followers of Christ, we often say that God’s judgment day is near, but we need to live as though we believe it and be witnessing to the lost and dying world before it is too late.  Our concern should not be on the day that this will happen but on the fact that it will.  

Verse nine continues, And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.  God continued by saying that He would no longer have pity on, or I believe we could say, show mercy to, the people of Isreal because they had continually rejected His mercy. God will never send anyone to hell just because He chooses to, but He will allow them to go there because they have rejected His gift of salvation.  The choice will always be ours as to where we spend the rest of eternity.   

Verse ten concludes, Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.  God told Ezekiel to tell the people that the day of judgment had come, and they had been found guilty.  When God’s day of judgment comes, we will either be found not guilty by having put our faith in His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, or we will be found guilty if we haven’t.