{"id":73916,"date":"2020-04-29T14:19:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=73916"},"modified":"2020-04-29T14:19:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:19:20","slug":"the-gates-of-repentance-remain-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-gates-of-repentance-remain-open\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gates Of Repentance Remain Open\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"73916","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":72948,"related_cahpter":"470","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"But individual atonement might not change the fate of the city\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people of Ezekiel\u2019s generation claimed that since the destruction was inevitable, their individual actions no longer had any importance and it made no difference whether they remained loyal to God\u2019s commandments or not. Others believed that \u201cThe way of the Lord is unfair.\u201d\u00a0 Therefore Ezekiel repeats and emphasizes the responsibility of every individual for his actions and the life-and-death consequences that follow. Ezekiel concludes by stating that the people\u2019s claim \u2013 that the son dies because of the sins of the father \u2013 is simply incorrect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prophet also declares that the gates of repentance remain open to the individual. These verses are quite unusual given that nowhere in the book is there any call for the people to mend their ways so that God will not destroy His Temple. Although the prophet here calls upon the people to repent, he offers no promise that this will prevent the destruction; he only speaks of deliverance from the death for the sinners when the destruction comes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sins brought about the imminent destruction of the city according to Ezekiel are idolatry, sexual immorality and bloodshed. Ezekiel does not seem to attribute the destruction of the First Temple to the social transgressions of the nation as a whole \u2013 in neither the prophecies before nor after the Destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later, in chapter 22, as the destruction of Jerusalem draws nearer, the prophet appears to place more of an emphasis on the personal responsibility that the leaders of the people bear for their actions, along with the dire consequences of their corrupt leadership for the nation as a whole. That chapter attributes sins both social and religious in nature to the office-bearers in leadership positions. Thus, the fate of the city is sealed because of idolatry, sexual immorality, bloodshed, and \u2013 finally \u2013 the deeds of the leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Published in conjunction with hatanach.com. 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