The wickedness of God’s people provokes a response to His holiness:  He must render swift and severe judgment on the nation. Just before He  instructs His angels to carry this out, He tells them, “Go through the  midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a mark on  the foreheads of the people who groan and sigh over all the abominations  which are being committed in its midst.” (Interestingly, the mark here is a Tau, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which was in the shape of the cross).

Among God’s people who are called by His name are a remnant that mourn the vile practices pervading the land.

This  passage jumped out at me recently, and I believe the Lord would have  His people understand what it means to groan over the abominations in  our land. There are numerous abominations in our own land here in the  United States. But the detestable practice of abortion is a sin our nation bears that God will not continue to tolerate. We’re approaching the tipping point.

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