Captivity of Jacob was unfaithful to God while living safely in this world

Ezekiel 39:26

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“…after they have borne their shame, and all their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, when they dwelt safely in their own land and no one made them afraid.” Ezekiel 39:26

We see a glimpse of when the Jewish people lived safely in their own land, and no one made them afraid. This glimpse is seen when they lived under the rule of the Roman Empire, just before the coming of Jesus Christ. However, this peace came at the expense of their faithfulness to God, as the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Scribes were corrupt and living to please the dictates of the Romans more than serving God and living by the Ten Commandments. In the eyes of God, and as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out, the Jewish people lived in their shame and unfaithfulness. This is described in Matthew 23

Before the Roman general, Titus, destroyed the Jewish Temple in 70AD, about 37 years after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Jewish people even had their own temple, “freedom of worship”. When the Jewish people rejected Jesus as their Christ and Lord and plotted to have Him crucified for causing “disturbances” and “uproars” among the multitudes, they bore their shame and unfaithfulness to God. They wanted to live in peace and be unafraid, even if it meant accusing their Messiah of blasphemy to appease the dictates of the Romans. They bore their shame and unfaithfulness to God when they dwelt safely and unafraid in their own land.

“Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.” And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.”…Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death.” John 11:47-50, 53

For the followers of Jesus Christ, the phrase, “after they have borne their shame”, refers to life after living in the shame of sin. Unfaithfulness to God is to turn away from His will for us to acknowledge our need for Jesus Christ and to refuse to live in the Holy Spirit. This world makes people feel safe while living in sin and they comfort spiritual corruption to chase fear away.

We have all sinned and experienced the shame of being unfaithful to God by rejecting the forgiveness of sin and oppressing the presence of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit speaks these words to us through the Apostle John, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:8-9

This sin-plagued world makes today’s culture feel comfortable in their sin. Human beings are comforted by building up their self-esteem, increasing their dignity, and making them feel safe and at peace as they are. This world system encourages people not to believe in God, not to see themselves as sinners in need of Jesus Christ, and not to look at the Holy Spirit as a necessary part of our spirit and soul. They serve the creature instead of the Creator. No one makes the masses of this world feel afraid in their sin but instead promises them safety in the land they live.

Humanism is the fig leaf worn by the entity giving people what to feel, think, say, and do. Humanism is “...an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.” By this fig leaf, the entity that gives people their thoughts and feeling enables the image of the beast to speak and live through them. The masses of today’s global culture are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do. As they feel safe and unafraid, they boast, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” Revelation 13:4 The beast in this verse is of the image and mark of the beast.

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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, 3:11