The Person Who Sins Will Die, not anyone else. By the same token, no one else can carry you into heaven, you alone have that responsibility.

Ezekiel 18.1. The word of the LORD* came to me again saying, 2. What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge? 3. As I AM living, says Adonai, the LORD*, you will not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 4. Behold, all lives are Mine: like the life of the father, so also the life of the son is Mine. The person who sins, he will die.

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