Ezekiel 14:12-14 (ESV)
And the word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast, even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD.
Israel had a complex. They often thought that their heritage would save them. They were the sons of Moses. They had David. They had, as above, Noah, Daniel and Job. There is nothing so dangerous than generational privilege. There are those who think they are something becuase they were born on third base. They think they hit a triple but, in reality, they simply were given that base to start for home. They have done little themselves. Israel was like this. God is trying to tell them that He will hold them accountable and even the great patriarchs can’t save them from this judgement. It is when we think our heritage holds us up that we are most down. God does not the let the merit of another take our place ... unless that other is Jesus Christ. He did take our sins. He did give us the privilege of not being place on third based but being born on home plate. Jesus paid it all. That is the point of divine heritage. Jesus has given us all.
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