The name of the city will be ‘the Lord is there’
It’s now 25 years since God’s people were taken into captivity to live in exile in Babylon. 14 years since Jerusalem and her temple had been destroyed. Ezekiel has been receiving visions from God...
Monthly Archive: October 2016
God is God: let us never forget that
God’s people will be united. One nation under one king. To show this in a visual way, Ezekiel is to take one stick to represent Judah and one stick to represent Israel – when...
Dead inside
Dead inside. To have given up completely in spirit, but the body and mind remains. Numb. Going through the motions devoid of emotion. Putting one foot in front of the other. Without seeing. Without...
When we harbour a grudge…
Because you harboured an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity, the time their punishment reached its climax, therefore as surely as I live, declares...
We are His sheep
Back at the start of the book of Ezekiel, Ezekiel was called to be a watchman over the people of God. Now in Ezekiel 33, he is reminded of that calling. He’s been through...
Responding to the suffering of others
Because Ammon rejoiced in the plight of the people of Judah, they too will suffer. because they said ‘Aha!’. Because they clapped their hands and stamped their feet in joy. Now Ammon will be...
Actions speak louder than words
Next we see Jerusalem as a cooking pot. For this is what the siege of Jerusalem is like. A cooking pot with all the best meat and bones inside. A cooking pot with wood...
Guilty as charged
Four prophecies. Against the southern forest: it will be consumed by an unquenchable fire. Reaction to the prophecy: Isn’t he just telling parables? Against the land of Israel: God will take His sword for slaughter...
The time to lament
It’s time to lament. Grieve for what could have been. What should have been. A time to be filled with great sadness. That life is not as it should be. To remember how good...
Unpacking the whole ‘sins of the father’ thing
There’s a popular proverb around in Ezekiel’s day. The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. Ezekiel 18:2 And God wants to set the record straight. And it’s simple....
