Ezekiel 9:8

 Ezekiel 9:8 says, And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?  Ezekiel fell on His face while the angels were destroying the people and asked God if He was going to destroy all the residue of Israel.  We may question whether everyone who doesn’t put their faith in Jesus Christ will be punished with everlasting punishment and seem to think that God is unfair in doing this, but all will be given the chance to put their faith in Him, so it will be their choice if they do go away to everlasting punishment.   

Verse nine adds, Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.  God told Ezekiel that the iniquity of the house of Isreal and Judah, all of God’s chosen people, was great and that the perverseness of Jerusalem, God’s Holy City, was great.  His chosen people were saying that God had deserted the earth and didn’t see what was happening to them, but the opposite was true.  They were seeing destruction come to them because they had deserted God and turned away from their covenant relationship with Him.  If the people of the church today feel that God is no longer at work in the church, it will never be because He has turned away from them but will always be because they have turned away from Him.  We cannot allow abominations into the teachings of the church and still expect God to bless us.   

Verse ten continues, And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.  Ezekiel said God was not going to have pity on the people of Israel and Judah, and that He was going to pay them what they had earned by their disobedience to Him.  God does not punish sinners because of Who He is, but He punishes them because of who they are, and that is people who do not believe His word and put their faith in His salvation plan.   

Verse eleven concludes, And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.  The one clothed in linen, which I believe is a reference to Jesus Christ, said He had done as He was commanded and had marked those who were faithful to God so that they might be spared in the coming destruction.  If we are to be spared the coming destruction of people when Jesus Christ returns, it will only be because our name is written in His book of life.