⚓ Floatie: Worse Than Sodom, Yet Redeemed
Ezekiel 16:48, 52 (48)As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done. (52)Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.(ESV)
God told Israel: “You were worse than Sodom.” Let that sink in. Sodom, the byword of judgment, was declared righteous compared to God’s own people. Yet Sodom was destroyed while Israel was redeemed. The difference wasn’t in their sin. The difference was in their repentance.
✒️ Forge: The Pattern of Redemption
- Rahab was a prostitute in Jericho, yet God grafted her into the line of Christ (Matthew 1:5).
- David was a murderer and adulterer, yet God restored him after repentance (Psalm 51).
- Peter denied Christ with curses, yet was reinstated to feed the flock (John 21:15–17).
- Paul persecuted the church, yet became its greatest missionary (1 Timothy 1:15).
- Israel was called worse than Sodom, yet was not destroyed. Why? Because God keeps covenant with those who return to Him.
God does not sanitize the story. He writes it raw, then redeems it with blood.
⚒️ Anvil: Our Sanitized Gospel Is Too Weak
When we present women as only gentle, we erase Jael’s hammer.
When we present men as flawless, we erase Jacob’s cruelty to Leah.
When we sanitize the saints, we strip away the power of the cross.
The real gospel is not that God calls the nearly-perfect and makes them better. The real gospel is that God takes prostitutes, murderers, liars, cowards, and idolaters—and makes them His own. That’s why it’s good news.
🔥 Ember: My Witness
The church today often wants a clean Bible. A palatable Bible. A Bible fit for children’s coloring books and coffee mugs. But the Spirit preserved a bloody, messy, scandalous record of human failure. Why? Because only against that backdrop can redemption shine in full color.
We don’t need sanitized saints. We need a Savior.
🌿 Covenant Triumph: The Faithful Redeemer
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.(ESV)
God never broke His promise. He didn’t abandon Israel when they were worse than Sodom. He didn’t abandon David when he deserved death. He doesn’t abandon us when we fall. The same covenant love that renamed Benjamin as blessing is the same covenant love that renames us in Christ: from sinner to saint, from cursed to redeemed, from enemy to bride.
[⚓ Floatie] [✒️ Forge] [⚒️ Anvil] [🔥 Ember] [🌿 Covenant Triumph]
This post follows the Forge Baseline Rule—layered truth for the discerning remnant.
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