She has walked in the way of her sister, and she will drink from the same cup. 

Ezekiel 23:31-32

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“You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.’ Thus says the Lord God: You shall drink of your sister’s cup, The deep and wide one; You shall be laughed to scorn and held in derision; It contains much.” Ezekiel 23:31-32

Click here for the full post on the two sisters, “Oholiab” and “Oholah” from Ezekiel 23.

The one sister is supposed to be known as, “My tabernacle is in her”, which refers to the Jewish people, and everyone else, after the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. After our Lord Jesus died on the Cross to atone for sin and was resurrected to life by God, the Holy Spirit is given to whoever believes in Him. His tabernacle is in us as our body is the home of the Holy Spirit. The Jewish people have rejected Christ Jesus, and they walk in the way of the other sister known as, “Her own tabernacle”., which refers to the time before the Holy Spirit was given. The Jewish people of today have the attitude, “My body, my choice”, as far as refusing to dedicate their body as the home of the Holy Spirit through Jesus the Christ.

The Jewish people of today will certainly experience the same fury of God that came against the Israelites in the wilderness. They will drink of that same cup, the deep and wide one. Rejection of the Holiness of God, which corresponds to the rejection of the Holy Spirit, brings devastating consequences and eternity in hell. In fact, the Holy Spirit within us is the only guarantee of our inheritance of eternal life, which comes through Jesus Christ, “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance…” Ephesians 1:13-14

Without the Holy Spirit, the conscience and spirit are full of corruption. The Holy Spirit shines a light on the pathway of sanctification of our spirit and the cleansing of our conscience, “…having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck…” 1 Timothy 1:19 “God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.” 2 Thessalonians 2:13

Without the Holy Spirit, there is no one to restrain lawlessness, “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed…” 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 Click here for a post on the “lawless one”.

In a world with a corrupted conscience and hardened spirit, there is no room for accepting Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin. The focus is fixed on worldly things as the love for God is ignored and people do not love others as themselves. The same deep-and-wide cup that Israel is and will be drinking from is the same deep-and-wide cup that this present atheistic world system will be drinking from, as quoted below,

“And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.” Revelation 17:3-6

“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal…Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.  For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.  Revelation 18:2, 4-6

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1