God is looking to deliver as many as will be delivered, but also to punish the wicked who refuse, and the probation of men to end, and the wrath of God to fully fall, and therefore, be not found among that number ... (2 groups in the city, the professing (True/Sheep/Wheat/Wise and False/Goats/Tares/Foolish), 1 group outside the city (already condemned, John 3:18); Revelation 9:13-15):
Ezekiel 9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over
the city to draw near, even every man with his
destroying weapon in his hand.
Ezekiel 9:2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a
slaughter weapon in his hand; and
one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside
the brasen altar (the altar of slaughter on earth).
Ezekiel 9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to
the threshold of the house. And he called to
the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
Ezekiel 9:4 And the LORD said unto him,
Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
(Revelation 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Isaiah 8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Exodus 13:9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
Exodus 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify (to make holy) you.
Exodus 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Deuteronomy 6:8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
Deuteronomy 11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
Revelation 22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Exodus 28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Exodus 39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS (sanctified) TO THE LORD.)
Ezekiel 9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him
through the city, and
smite:
let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
Ezekiel 9:6
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and
begin at my sanctuary. Then they
began at the ancient men which were before the house.
(1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?)
Ezekiel 9:7 And he said unto them,
Defile the house, and fill
the courts with the
slain:
go ye forth. And they went forth, and
slew in the city.
Ezekiel 9:8 And it came to pass, while they were
slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou
destroy all the residue of Israel in
thy pouring out of thy fury upon
Jerusalem?
(Revelation 16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.)
Ezekiel 9:9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
Ezekiel 9:10 And as for me also,
mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
Ezekiel 9:11 And, behold,
the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.