“Those who are left ... will be called holy” (Isaiah 4:3). “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers” (2 Corinthians 6:14).
The Lord is calling His people to holiness. They are not to be in
bondage to the world and its way of living. Even though the Lord’s
people are “few in number”, they have this encouragement - they are
protected by the Lord: “Do not touch My anointed ones, do My prophets no
harm” (Psalm 105:15).
" ... Will you ... come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, We are safe" - safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears My Name become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord" (Jeremiah 7:8-11). “God demands a conversion of the mind and heart as the basis of peace and security (cf. Is 26:3), not the superstitious veneration of a stone building or a traditionally sacred site” ( R K Harrison , Jeremiah ).
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