“Woe unto you, shepherds of my flock! A curse on all your houses, for you have defied the will of I, the Lord your God. You have abandoned the widow and the orphan; the refugee and the homeless you turn from your threshold with a sneer and a slammed door, yet you stand at a podium and preach love and acceptance. Hypocrites! You preach in my name but you know not of me. You declare my approval in your hypocrisy, but your slandering of my Word defiles my Name. You place your beliefs above my commandments, your thoughts above my decrees. Did I not command you to love your neighbor as you love yourself? Did I not command that you shall not wrong or oppress an alien because your forebears were aliens in Egypt? Did I not preach blessedness in persecution? By turning away my children, you have ground my Name in the mud and put yourselves above me. By telling my displaced children that they are not worthy of safety you have set your beliefs and personal doctrines above my proclamations and orders. You are called to be shepherds, to teach the sheep the right way to go and which path to walk on. However, you have spread nothing but hatred and discrimination, and for that you will be punished. What good is your faith if you show it not through your actions? Do not speak of love and act in hate. Your punishment will be loss of your good standing with my sheep. They will rise up against you and dethrone you, spitting on your vile words and trampling you under their feet. They will be a stampede against your tirades and you will be knocked from your podium. Your word will mean nothing to them, your voice will be unfamiliar to them, and your presence will be despised by them. They will no longer take heed of what you say and you will be cast out of their fields in disgrace. You vile hate preachers, I will remove my eyes from you and keep you out of my house, for you do not speak in my name. You speak only for yourselves. The gates of my kingdom will forever be closed to you and you will no longer be trusted with the care of my flocks. Begone, heathens! I will deal no more with your unloving hearts.”
Previously published on my Medium blog at this link.
