#sins of the prophets

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Sins of Israel

1 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations. 3 You shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her interest, for defilement! 4 You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands. 5 Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of ill repute, full of turmoil.

6 “Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood. 7 They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you. 8 You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths. 9 Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness. 10 In you they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was unclean in her menstrual impurity. 11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter. 12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.

13 “Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you. 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken and will act. 15 I will scatter you among the nations and I will disperse you through the lands, and I will consume your uncleanness from you. 16 You will profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will know that I am the Lord.”

17 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver. 19 Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you. 21 I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it. 22 As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out My wrath on you.’”

23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 24 “Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’ 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her. 26 Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain. 28 Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken. 29 The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice. 30 I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one. 31 Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads,” declares the Lord God. — Ezekiel 22 | New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Cross References: Exodus 20:12; Exodus 23:8-9; Leviticus 10:10; Leviticus 18:7-8; Leviticus 18:15; Leviticus 19:16; Deuteronomy 4:27; 2 Kings 21:16; Psalm 83:18; Psalm 106:23; Psalm 119:119; Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 1:25; Isaiah 9:13; Isaiah 22:2; Isaiah 33:15; Jeremiah 2:34; Jeremiah 8:13; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 9:9; Ezekiel 20:8; Ezekiel 20:13; Ezekiel 21:31-32; Ezekiel 23:7; Matthew 7:15; Romans 2:8-9; Revelation 16:1

[cup-of-starlight-waters]

thinking about boromir dying and and his last words being “I have failed”

and Aragorn saying “No!” and kissing his brow and “You have conquered. Few have gained such a victory”

and realizing that even here, Tolkien was planting the seeds for Frodo, because Boromir’s victory, the victory Aragorn praised him for was that he fell to the Ring’s temptation but unlike gollum and Isildur he came back—

and because he came back, Frodo could too.

[amatullaaaah]

[flickeringflame216]

ok now I'm going a little insane thinking about the Biblical parallels in viva la vida !!!!

[lilithism1848]

[antikate]

Every day the lack of fanart and fanfic for my current obsession grieves me

SOMEONE ELSE PLEASE READ THE BOOK PROPHET BY SIN BLACHE AND HELEN MACDONALD

thank you and goodbye

[terry-the-insane]

Me tormenting the captive borrower with infodump rants

[rottengurlz]

so will you forgive me? or will you forget me? or will you hurt someone like i did to you?

[kazz-brekker]

sometimes you watch television shows where the characters talk normally and sometimes you watch nbc hannibal, where people say "the trout is a very nietzschean fish" and "is your social worker in that horse?" within the same episode, an arrangement of words into two sentences which i feel like i can confidently say have never been uttered in the history of humanity and may never be again

[clownexpert]

It’s been a while, but hey, a drawing! Adam and Rao from “Prophet”, an amazing novel by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blache. If you like modern fantasy, supernatural mystery and gay pining, boy howdy do I have a recommendation for you. I’m about halfway through and going a bit mental.

[wiirocku]

Acts 10:43 (NIV) - All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

[left-hand-of-dorkness]

they’re idiots, your honor

[disciplesofhim]

A pastor married to a porn star and they met at a bible school. She's still in porn while co-pastoring. He isn't a real pastor.

[lilithism1848]

[islam-defined]

Righteousness

Can anyone bring me the better definition of righteousness than this one what has been revealed by Allah in verse 2:177. I think any person who will follow this direction will be the best of the humans on the earth for the sake of humanity....

Allah defines Righteousness as, “Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but righteousness is in one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to (i) relatives, (ii) orphans, (iii) the needy, (iv) the traveler in need, (v) those who ask for help, and (vi )for freeing slaves/captives; and who establishes prayer and (vii) gives zakah (annual charity); those who fulfill their promise when they promise; and those who are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.” 

I noticed 2 things. One 'spending of wealth' and other 'patience during fitnah' ( tribulations)

[gnosticinitiation]

According to the lexicons, tawbah (repentance) means "to return." Taba, aba, and anaba all have one meaning, which is "to return." Thaba is similar; people say, "The milk returned (thaba) to the udder." Outward repentance is the return from blameworthy actions to praiseworthy ones and from foul words to righteous ones. Inner repentance, with which the Sufi folk are concerned, is to turn away from all things and toward God, mighty and glorious. Repentance is not valid without three things: remorse for sin, abstention from it, and the resolution to not return to it. When one of these conditions is not met, repentance is not valid. This is the rule for repentance for sin between the servant and his Lord... Ibn Mas'ud, may God be pleased with him, related that the Prophet, God bless and cherish him, said, "The one who turns from sin is like one who never sinned." ―A'ishah al-Ba'uniyyah, The Principles of Sufism