Not One is Holy
Reading through Ezekiel you get a pretty good idea of the wrath of God, but you also get some insight into a huge question that people ask about Christianity? Why is the God of the Old Testament vengeful, but the God of the New Testament is a God of love? The answer in short is that He is and was both a loving God and a vengeful God. Ezekiel makes this pretty clear.

I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none. So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.
Ezekiel 22:30: 31

God says that he looked upon man to find someone who could bridge the gap. This gap is between the sinful ways of man and the perfection of God. His desire is to be with man, but only on His terms, which are perfection. God looked and found no one because, “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23 NIV).

This passage is actually a foreshadowing to the coming of Christ. Jesus Christ is the bridge between man and God because He provides atonement for sin so that we are “Holy and Blameless in his sight” as we have been commanded to be (Ephesians 1:4 NIV). Not without sin, rather forgiven of our sin. Atonement is the sufficient payment required from God for our sins. The acceptable payment was Christ’s death on the cross.

The important thing to note, as an application of this passage is that we, like the Israelites are deserving of destruction, however we do not experience destruction because God looks down and sees Christ who is able to bridge the gap so He does not have to destroy us. We should accept the gift of Christ with humility. How much blessing is in our lives as a result of Christ and we are deserving of destruction?

Not One is Holy