Jewish people profane the name of God. 

Ezekiel 36:20-21

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“When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’ But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went. Ezekiel 36:20-21

Between 70AD and 1948, the Jewish people were scattered throughout countries across the globe. In 70A.D, the Roman general Titus totally destroyed the temple and Jerusalem and caused the Jewish people to flee. Wherever they went, the nations profaned the Holy name of God by mocking the Jewish people for leaving the promised land of Israel. They were mocked for being known as the people of God but fleeing from the land He had given to them. God was concerned for His Holy name, concerned for how He was perceived by the world as He brought judgment to the Jewish people. In the next verse, we see how God restores His Holy name while still bringing judgment to the Jewish people. The Jewish people also profane the name of God by rejecting Jesus Christ and not living in the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Today, the people and nations of this world profane the name of God because of the actions of the Jewish people. The Jewish people are being mocked as the people of God because they perpetuate war, violence, and division in the Middle East. The nations mock the people of God as the Jewish promised land is whittled away bit-by-bit through the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and soon to be the “Two State Solution”. God’s name is being profaned through the Jewish people. While what is happening to Israel is by the judgment of God, He has concern for His Holy name in the eyes of this world. The reality of the Living God should in no way be measured by the calamity happening to the Jewish people. In the next verse, we see how God exalts His Holy name in this world while continuing to bring judgment against Israel.

God returned the Jewish people to Israel in 1948 as the place where He unleashes His judgment on them, “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.” Ezekiel 22:19-21

We can assess that the people of God are we who live for Jesus Christ in the presence of the Holy Spirit. The diagnosis is that today’s culture profanes the name of God in every nation by mocking the global falling away from Jesus Christ. We plan to maintain the testimony of our Lord Jesus Christ despite ridicule, suffering, and all forms of affliction. This plan is carried out by clinging to our faith in Him, with the knowledge that Jesus Christ will return to bestow upon us the gift of eternal life. The success of this plan is evident as our identity in Jesus Christ is seen through our steadfastness to Him amidst severe trials. Such trials test the nature of each individual’s faith.

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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