This study began from a “word for the year” of “know God” and His character, and from there to learn to worship Him more. Blue colored pencil marks phrases in my Bible for “then they will know that I am the Lord” in Ezekiel’s message. It would be good if…
In these passages from Ezekiel’s message to Israel, God pursues His people in judgment. God’s fire refines, purifies, and judges. But we know from His relationship with Ezekiel that God also considers His people’s righteousness and their hearts. “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem, which I…
Yesterday a friend and I talked about how God’s Spirit shines light on His Word. Paul wrote, “… God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). Christ in us helps us understand…
Last week Ezekiel described God’s warnings to Israel for punishment of their sin. We left off with Ezekiel “acting out” God’s intended siege against Jerusalem. “Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel. The…
God teaches through symbols throughout Scripture. Symbolism abounds regarding this week’s events in Jesus’ life. Passover, when blood sprinkled on doorposts saved those within from the angel of death, the Passover lamb itself symbolizing Jesus, the snake lifted up in the wilderness,1 and the cross itself to remind us of…
It’s been a couple of weeks since we read Ezekiel’s writing, which is longer than the prophet waited on God in chapter 3. Given what happened during the “pause,” I need a brief recap to refocus on this part of God’s Word. God called Ezekiel to sit with exiles—those far…
After Ezekiel waited in silence for seven days, God spoke to him. As we noted last week, it’s good to wait on God. There’s not much silence in our world today, and we’re often uncomfortable with it. Especially when we feel God is silent. Ezekiel probably wondered why God had…
First, thank you for your kindness in not calling me out for misspelling Ezekiel last week. (What was I thinking?!) We pick up in Ezekiel chapter 3 where we left off, as Ezekiel had partaken of the Word of God. This passage is the beginning of God’s Words of woe…
Last week we considered what it means to rebel against God and touched on the idea His Word tastes as sweet as honey to us. In Ezekiel’s case, there’s a contradiction. The scroll tasted sweet, but it contained words of woe. “Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched…
What did God say to Ezekiel? In chapters 2 and 3, Ezekiel described a scene that has always been one of my favorites. (For that reason, and because I’m writing this at the beach, what should have been one post will be two shorter posts.) God called Ezekiel and gave…