I enjoyed watching snow fall as I wrote this, a nice change of pace from cold rain. The weather portrayed a visual picture of God’s message to Ezekiel. Rain, then snow, then gray damp again. In the second half of chapter 18 (next week), we’ll read God’s description of a…
Picking up where we left off in Ezekiel, we learned back in November that God continued to pursue Israel, even in the midst of judging them for their detestable pagan practices. God offered new birth through covenant relationship with them. In the next part of this chapter, Ezekiel painted quite…
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…