Daily Devotions
94/26 Be not the dross Ezekiel 22–24 and Revelation 9 , read together through Revelation 9:20–21 , reveal a striking pattern of persistent human rebellion despite divine judgment—a pattern that echoes throughout Scripture’s testimony to hardened hearts. Parallel catalogs of sin: Ezekiel indicts Jerusalem as a city that sheds blood and makes idols, with inhabitants guilty of bloodshed and defiled by idolatry ( Ezek 22:1–24:14 ). Revelation 9:20–21 describes survivors of catastrophic plagues who refuse to repent of idolatry, murders, sorceries, sexual immorality, and thefts. The sins overlap dramatically—both texts emphasize bloodshed, idolatry, and sexual transgression. Yet the contexts differ: Ezekiel catalogs Jerusalem’s crimes during the Babylonian crisis, while Revelation projects these same sins into the eschatological future, suggesting that human depravity remains constant across history. The refusal to repent despite judgment: The most striking parallel involves hardened resis...