Heralds Digest

  “ Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? ” says the Lord God, “ and not that he should turn from his ways and live? ” ‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭18‬:‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ God judges sin not on the basis of His pleasure, but on the basis of His purity. Even while His eyes are purer than beholding iniquity, He will give everything to attract men into His arena of peace and love. Unfortunately, believers who found the love of God by His grace have often struggled with their pleasure for judgment and punishment for unrighteousness, especially when they bemoan the impact of sin and wickedness against personal pleasure. Do you really spend time to pray for the conversion of those who have wrongfully persecuted you; or do you softly desire their incarceration for a pleasure in vindication? To demand and delight in the punishments of offenders, even after a clear demonstration of their repentance, is unpleasant to God. Therefore, the moment any righteous believer truly believes that God does ...

  “ And I will establish My covenant with you. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, that you may remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done,” says the Lord God . ‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭16‬:‭62‬-‭63‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ We now know that the Old Testament’s atonement is symbolic of the New Testament’s redemption plan; but the people of old would often pride in the multiplicity of their sacrifices and provisions towards earning continuously repeated redemption. Notwithstanding, the bragging of the human’s natural abilities and accomplishments is still central to the depravity in the mind of the natural man. Whereas, the redemption plan was finalized at the Cross where Jesus Christ was offered as the sacred Lamb of God. Those who have faith to ‘Behold the Lamb ’ can attest to the fact of total forgiveness of sin in the adorable atonement. The atonement through the blood of Jesus Christ is acceptable, total, optima...