Acts 23:2-3
King James Version
2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them
that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
3 Then said Paul unto him,
God shall smite thee, thou whited wall:
for sittest thou to judge me after the law,
and commandest me to be smitten
contrary to the law?
Somehow, that made me laugh.
As I imagined apostle Paul call the high priest Ananias, "thou whited wall".
The born again knows fearless Paul is staunch about GOD's law.
How he is perfectly faithful to CHRIST.
And how he, like the LORD, cannot bear any form of hypocrisy.
JESUS said this about "whitewashing":
Matthew 23:27-28
King James Version
27 Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye are like unto whited sepulchres,
which indeed appear beautiful outward,
but are within full of dead men's bones,
and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly
appear righteous unto men,
but within ye are full of hypocrisy
and iniquity.
GOD's anger towards the prophets of Israel, could not be contained either.
The LORD had much to say about "whitewashing":
Ezekiel 13:8
King James Version
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Because ye have spoken vanity,
and seen lies,
therefore, behold,
I am against you, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 13:9
King James Version
9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets
that see vanity,
and that divine lies:
they shall not be in the assembly of my people,
neither shall they be written
in the writing of the house of Israel,
neither shall they enter into the land of Israel;
and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
Ezekiel 13:10
King James Version
10 Because, even because
they have seduced my people, saying,
Peace; and there was no peace;
and one built up a wall,
and, lo, others daubed it
with untempered morter:
Ezekiel 13:11-12
King James Version
11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter,
that it shall fall:
there shall be an overflowing shower;
and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall;
and a stormy wind shall rend it.
12 Lo, when the wall is fallen,
shall it not be said unto you,
Where is the daubing
wherewith ye have daubed it?
Ezekiel 13:13
King James Version
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury;
and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger,
and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
Ezekiel 13:14
King James Version
14 So will I break down the wall
that ye have daubed with untempered morter,
and bring it down to the ground,
so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered,
and it shall fall,
and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof:
and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:15
King James Version
15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall,
and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter,
and will say unto you,
The wall is no more,
neither they that daubed it;
Ezekiel 22:27-29
King James Version
27 Her princes in the midst thereof
are like wolves ravening the prey,
to shed blood,
and to destroy souls,
to get dishonest gain.
28 And her prophets have daubed them
with untempered morter,
seeing vanity,
and divining lies unto them, saying,
Thus saith the Lord God,
when the Lord hath not spoken.
29 The people of the land have used oppression,
and exercised robbery,
and have vexed the poor and needy:
yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Ezekiel 22:-3031
King James Version
30 And I sought for a man among them,
that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the gap before me for the land,
that I should not destroy it:
but I found none.
31 Therefore have I poured out
mine indignation upon them;
I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath:
their own way have I recompensed upon their heads,
saith the Lord God.
GOD likes things pure, perfect, and precise.
EXACTLY as He commands it.
He cannot accept defilement of any sort.
Corruption is an abomination to GOD.
Walls have a great role to play in fortification.
Whether it be literal, or symbolic.
As you shall see from the tab, "WALLS".
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