Ezekiel 8 is a revelation of the abominations of the children of Israel and the effect that those abominations have on God. In verse 6 God mentions the abominations happening within the temple and says because of those abominations they, "make Me go far away from My sanctuary?" The same remains true today, "19...do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 for you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." 1 Cor. 6:19 & 20. When we willingly commit sin or abominations we push God, in the form of the Holy Spirit away from us, just as the Israelites of Ezekiel's day did.
We find in verse 12 of Ezekiel 8 that the abominations first revealed were "in the dark... in the room of his idols". In other words in your home, when you are alone in privacy. Do you have hidden abominations that take place in a room of idols that are hidden from all others? Do you say as they did in this same verse "The Lord does not see us..."?
We find as we read on in the chapter (verses 14-16) that the abominations start at home, as we have discussed, then they spread to the temple itself pushing God out of the place Hathe belongs. We must be ever vigilant to keep sin and abominations out of our personal lives and in effect keep them from tainting the larger body of Christ.
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