Blood Upon His Own Head: The Weight of Willful Sin
Ezekiel 12:14 presents a stark principle of divine justice: "Therefore shall He leave his blood upon him." The blood-figure represents sin and guilt resting upon...
This is historical examples on divine judgment and personal accountability, drawing on Ezekiel 12:14.
Ezekiel 12:14 presents a stark principle of divine justice: "Therefore shall He leave his blood upon him." The blood-figure represents sin and guilt resting upon the sinner—not excused, not transferred, but borne by the one who commits it willfully. Jeremiah Burroughs, the Puritan divine, illuminated this distinction with precision. When Elohim brings the guilt and punishment of sin upon a man's head and there leaves it, that condition is woe indeed.…
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