the Church also is enriched when she receives the values of Judaism. (249) What values are those? ...the whole house of Israel is stubborn of brow and obstinate in heart...for they are a rebellious house. Ez 3:7-9 This is Jerusalem! In the midst of the nations I placed her, surrounded by foreign countries. But she rebelled against my ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and countries surrounding her; she has spurned my ordinances and has not lived by my statutes nor fulfilling my ordinances, but acting according to the ordinances of the surrounding nations; therefore thus says the Lord God: See, I am coming at you! I will inflict punishments in your midst while the nations look on. Because of all your abominations I will do with you what I have never done before, the like of which I will never do again. This means that fathers within you shall eat sons, and son shall eat fathers. I will inflict punishment upon you and scatter all the remain of your people in every direction. Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, because you have defiled my sanctuaries, with all your detestable abominations, I swear to cut you down. I will not look upon you with pity nor have mercy. A third of your people shall die of pestilence and perish of hunger within you; another third shall fall by the sword all around you; and a third I will scatter in every direction, and I will pursue them with the sword...I, the Lord, have spoken! Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will wreak my fury upon them till I am appeased; they shall know the I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy when I spend my fury upon them. I will make you (Israel) a waste and a reproach among the nations that surround you, which every passer-by may see. When I execute judgment upon you in anger and fury and with furious chastisements, you shall be a reproach and an object of scorn, a terrible warning to the nations that surround you. I, the Lord, have spoken! Ez 5:3-15 Alas, Lord God! Will you destroy all that is left of Israel when you pour out your fury on Jerusalem? He answered me: The sins of the house of Israel are great beyond measure; the land is filled with bloodshed, the city with lawlessness... Ez 9:8-9 I will gather you from the nations and assemble you from the countries over which you have been scattered, and I will restore to you the land of Israel (THE CHURCH). They shall return to it (THE CHURCH IS NEW ISRAEL) and remove from it all the detestable abominations. I will give them a new heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the stoney heart from their bodies, and replace it with a natural heart, so that they will live according to my statutes, and observe and carry out my observances; thus they shall be my people and I will be their God. But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their detestable abominations,I will bring down their conduct upon their heads, says the Lord God. Ez 11:17-21 The Jews sinned against God by breaking faith Ez 14:13 thus says the Lord God: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have destined as fuel for the fire, do I make the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will set my face against them; they have escaped from the fire, but the fire shall devour them. Thus you shall know that I am the Lord, when I turn my face against them. I will make the land a waste, because they have broken faith, says the Lord God. Ez 15:6-8 Or how about when they yelled out to crucify Jesus, let his blood be on our (Jews) heads...Pilate took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, I am innocent of this Mans blood; see to that yourselves. 25And all the people said, His blood shall be on us and on our children! 26Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified. Matt 27:25
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