As we continue reading in John chapter 1, John continues to point to Jesus as the light and invites his listeners to believe Jesus is truly the Son of God. Read John 1:19-21 Priests and Levites came from Jerusalem to question John. At the end of this passage, we learn…
The Word was God. This year, I spent Christmas Eve with my son and his family. His wife’s friend, an unbeliever, joined us for dinner after church, although she didn’t attend service with us. She led the conversation by asking kindly about the service. Then she wanted to know the…
Catching up on posts … August 28, 2025 This would be a good week to read about whirlwinds, since the last 24 hours feels like one, which is why this reading reached you a day later than usual. Add to the whirlwind a website migration. After the parenthetical prophecy against…
Look at this! Chapter 35 has only 15 verses. Ezekiel wrote his theme verse four times, three addressed personally to readers. Then you will know that I AM the Lord. His final reference notes that at the sight of Israel’s desolation, the nations will know I AM the Lord. Again…
God called Ezekiel to speak to and against Israel’s shepherds, or leaders. Shepherds should not only consider their own interests, but also those of the people they lead. They take care of themselves well, with the best, but they do not take care of the people. What should it look…
Last week, God reestablished Ezekiel as a watchman to warn Israel of impending judgment. This next section in chapter 33 is out of chronological order by a few months. The scene opened with a fugitive who escaped from Jerusalem reporting Jerusalem’s fall to Ezekiel. Read Ezekiel 33:21-22. The evening before…
At the beginning of this scene, the Lord established Ezekiel as a “watchman” for the Israelites. “Ezekiel had already been commissioned as a ‘watchman’ (Ezek. 3:17), but God renewed this commission because Ezekiel’s message was being changed to one of future cleansing of the people and hope for their return…
Not quite two years after the previous section addressed to Pharaoh, the Lord called Ezekiel to write a lament for Pharaoh. The lament he wrote served as a song to mourn the death of Egypt and its people.1 Again, Ezekiel used several words to describe Egypt’s destruction to convey there…
Ezekiel wrote this prophecy against Egypt’s Pharaoh less than a year after his words against the ruler in chapter 29. He reflected on Egypt’s status before the Lord’s judgment to come and compared it to Assyria, also a major kingdom. This chapter is a contrast between being exalted and lifted…
In the previous chapter, God’s words turned toward Egypt. Within the prophesy, we read God would strike Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar’s hand. Ezekiel continued to emphasize that by God’s actions toward Egypt, they—the nations—would know I AM is the Lord. Read Ezekiel 30:1-5. The day of the Lord, a day of…