2 Samuel 24:1-25; Jeremiah 8:1-22; Ephesians 2:11-22
As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted…and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you. Ezekiel 22:22
Israel had descended into gross idolatry and God likened them to impure silver. Here He tells Ezekiel of His plan to purify them. They would go through much suffering (refining in a very hot furnace) because He wanted them to understand that He, the Lord, was pouring out His fury on them for their sin. Hundreds of years later God’s beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ bore that awful fury for our sin and for all of mankind. —Mary Robins
Till on that Cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied.
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live. —Stuart Townend