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…