Ezekiel 23:1 says. The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, God’s word came to Ezekiel many different times, just as it will as He leads us as Christians today.
Verse two adds, Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: God told Ezekiel that there were two women who had the same mother. These two sisters represented the two kingdoms that God’s people were now divided into, Israel and Judah. They both proclaimed themselves to be God’s people, when by their actions neither was. No matter how many denominations we may have or how many countries we may be in, we as followers of Christ need to acknowledge that we are all one people.
Verse three continues, And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. God said both of these sisters committed whoredoms in Egypt and in their youth. When they did this, they polluted both themselves and God’s name, since we understand this to refer to Israel and Judah and not just two actual sisters. As a professed Christian nation and as professed Christians individually, if we defy God’s commandments, we are guilty of spiritual whoredom, which is one of the greatest sins.
Verse four concludes, And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. Though God gives these two sisters names, He then said they were Samaria and Jerusalem and that they had both been His people at one time. Samaria was the ten tribes of Israel who had first turned away from God, and Jerusalem was Judah, the two tribes that had remained true to God longer. Now, neither was obeying God as a nation, though some individuals still obeyed His commandments. We should never assume, as individuals or as a nation that God will continue to bless us if we begin to disobey Him and follow the false gods of the world.
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