/ Sitemap, User Experience Design by Five Q Death will not keep one bone of the righteous, not a particle of their dust, not a hair of their heads. Now all these are brought to the Prince, and He provides what is necessary. In all the national life there was not a man, either priest, or prince, or prophet, or son of the people, with enough spiritual discernment or moral passion, to enable him to turn the thoughts and actions of the nation back toward God. What did priests do? But Israel was separated from the nations by her relationship to God; and for her to follow policies of alliance with these powers, was to be guilty of national harlotry. Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 22:30. I’m can’t do much for the Lord. When our plans are frustrated, what a rebellion works up in the carnal mind! The phrase, "untempered mortar," is the translation of one word, which Dr. Davidson strikingly renders "whitewash." The prophet, in the visions of God, was brought to the land of Israel, and there he was given a portrayal of the final order, when the people of God are spiritually, morally, and physically restored. The prince of Tyre was the reigning prince at the time; but the king of Tyre was the awful and sinister power behind the throne, the personality who is ever the inspirer of such pride of heart, and deification of self as that of which the prince was guilty. They dwell among abominations, but have no share in them. 20.9-10). In Matthew 15:18-19, Jesus explained what pollutes a person. In her book, It’s My Turn, Ruth Bell Graham tells of growing up as a missionary-kid in China. Fiona is a rare yellow lobster caught in 2009 off the coast of eastern Canada. No dog shall worry them, no wolf shall devour them, no restless propensities shall disturb them. This is not a doctrinal description of the afterlife but a poem highlighting God’s control over history and His judgment on human pride. Deut. One child is sick and another falling ill. As she opened it, her heart sank as she saw the words, but she read them aloud to the dying girl: "Now I will shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. When that has been dealt with, the interrelation between heaven and earth will be that of natural intercommunication, not as now, merely by faith, but actually, positively, definitely, by sight and by sense. This is the greatest and most remarkable of all changes that a man can undergo—to be brought out of the grave of spiritual death, and made to rejoice in the light and liberty of spiritual life. 5:23). But there’s this little problem of your sleeping with your girlfriend, or this little problem of cocaine use, or this little problem of alcohol, or this little problem of pornography, or this little problem of pride or bitterness or anger. It may be true that in my physical being I have inherited tendencies to some forms of evil from my father; but in the fact of my essential relation to God there are forces available to me more and mightier than all these tendencies. The words we have quoted constitute a striking figure of speech. This is no God with whom we can trifle but the supreme Sovereign who is … The Moabites saw Judah as no different from pagan nations, and for their disrespect they would also be destroyed. 5:44). But observe that the prophet mentioned none of these by name. Isaiah “saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple” (Isa. Even in the vision, he was not allowed into the Most Holy Place (41:3–4). He was going to a people who would not hearken, as was the case with Jeremiah. Like the Romans, the Jews believed that Jerusalem and the temple could never fall. Thus the question which Abraham asked has persistent answer. Again he looked, and saw the elders practising the rites of abominable idolatries within the court. Perhaps you recall the story of David Livingstone’s disappearance from view into the heart of deepest Africa. Currently, Ethiopia is building what will become Africa’s largest hydro-power dam on the Nile. Toll-Free: 800.626.3060, Canada: 905.336.2920 Then we can be assured that there is “no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 3:1; 33:6). First it dealt with these men and denounced them. In his last message he had described the new division of the land among the tribes of Jehovah, each territory running from east to west; and the whole, including all the land promised to the fathers. In their calculations the politicians of Edom had made the mistake which politicians have so often made, that of leaving out a supreme quantity. Years later, the young man still treasured the blood-stained book with the ragged hole through the middle. The Lord takes note of these proud and unkind deeds, and He is greatly angered by them, for He loves the weak. This Book that we hold so lightly in our hands and sometimes take for granted did not just roll off a printing press somewhere—it came directly from the awesome place and Person described in Ezekiel’s vision! May no folly, and no worry, but meditation and peace mark this day. For spitefully celebrating Israel’s misfortunes, the Ammonites experienced God’s displeasure, which resulted in grim consequences (vv. Not a real stillness in His presence. This was the view of those who did believe in prophecy, but comforted themselves by the assurance that there would be no immediate fulfilment. Over the centuries, the Nile has provided sustenance and livelihood for millions of citizens in the countries it passes through. Here the prophet saw the final manifestation of antagonism to Jehovah and His people. His call to Isaiah was enflamed with holiness, because Isaiah, a gifted, self-confident man, needed to sense the holiness of God. The man needed was one who would interpose himself against the prevailing tide of iniquity, and hold it back. All souls are His, and that means that every soul is made for first-hand personal dealing with Him. Like the people of Israel, we sometimes ignore the Holy Spirit’s conviction of sin in our lives. Still the description of the new order continues, and is now concerned with the arrangements for the observance of the Sabbath, and the offerings of the Sabbath and the new moon. In any case, the thought is false; and the hope, if hope it be, is groundless. These actions, which took over a year to complete, were mortifying for Ezekiel. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. Its whole theme is that of the activity of the wrath of Him Whose name has been blasphemed by the sin and failure of the people. There, in exile from Jerusalem, that city dear to his heart, in the possession of aliens, its walls broken down, the Temple destroyed, its glory dead, this man had received visions of God. The Bible does not tell us that the Lord demanded this retribution, and the death of Saul’s sons and grandsons must have grieved God’s heart. The prophet's message concerning Tyre occupies nearly three chapters in our arrangement, Ezek 26-28.24. None could work this but the living God, the Lord and giver of life. Perhaps here we have the sentence which takes us further back than any other on the mysterious subject of the genesis of evil in the universe. Happy are they who frame their policies by consulting Him, and order their ways in His fear. It matters not whether we’re rich or poor, respected or scorned. The God of the Old Testament is the same as the God of the New Testament—delighting to show mercy and inviting people to embrace His love. Notice also that none of these enemies are the old ones with which we are familiar as hostile to Israel. The third and final section shows that the bigger they are, the harder they fall (Ezek 27:26–36). When we think of all this as finding fulfilment in Christ, we need to remember that it is in representative capacity only, as completely one with His people, that He can be thought of as a worshipper; and that is the ultimate of grace. When Satan exalted himself in pride, challenged God for the rulership of creation, and was thrown down (v. 17), he landed on earth as the furious enemy of God and of anyone who bears the name of His Son. As our Good Shepherd, Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). Oh, that there would go forth from this church a new generation of Christian leaders! When one buildeth up a wall, behold, they daub it with untempered mortar. Ephesians 4:24 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 refer to it as “new man” and “new creation.” For the Israelites of Ezekiel’s day and for those of us living today, only one criterion must be met for us to acquire a “transplant.” We must need it. As Christians, we also have this privilege—and we know we need it. What poetic figures of speech or symbolic actions remain most vividly in your imagination? If anything, the destruction and exile that awaited the nation were overdue. Ezek 13 deals with false prophets while Ezek 14 condemns idolaters. The rest of the message consists in the illustration and application of this saying. They were oblivious to the scales of God’s justice and would pay the price. These policies had been the direct result of turning away from God, and constituted attempts to secure national safety by intrigues with these nations. They were not to mourn nor weep. This is what God was saying to Israel through the prophet Ezekiel. There is nothing more calculated to destroy a people. He is to speak to men in order that the righteous may be prevented from turning away from righteousness; and that the wicked may be persuaded to turn from wickedness, in order, in each case, that they may live. Chapter 9 continues the vision and depicts “six men” (guardian angels of the city) executing judgment on the wicked. Lord God Almighty.”. And dark is His path on the wings of a storm. No refuge of lies can constitute a hiding-place from its burning; it will make no terms with corruption. The history of the Hebrew nation is a witness to great truths, an illustration of abiding principles. 1:25). He had been brought to understand that through reprobation, God was working for restoration. Will we stand in awe or fall to our knees? Its present importance is created by the fact that men are still using this proverb, and so using it as to show that they think the saying is true. All of them—except one—were uttered in connection with the fall of Jerusalem; four of them in the year preceding it, two of them during the year after it; while the exception to which I have referred, was delivered fifteen years later, though incorporated here. Another article I read had this headline: “At Easter, church pews may be full, but it’s getting harder to fill pulpits.” The article was all about a growing shortage of clergy in America. The old Psalms have quavered for us with a new pathos as we sat by our "Babel's stream," and have sounded for us with new joy as we found our captivity turned as the streams in the South. Then came the wedding day, the formal inauguration of a covenant relationship (Ezek 16:8–14). “And when I have spent my wrath upon them,” He said, “they will know that I the Lord have spoken in my zeal” (5:13). When the Edomites looted Jerusalem after the Babylonian conquest (Obad. The kingdom of Judah lay across the great routes by which the people from Egypt and the south-lands traveled north to Tyre. Scripture teaches that we are not irresponsible victims of circumstances. While at times it might appear that God’s enemies are unbeatable, His triumph at the end of history is assured. It was a tough sell. That’s why He will one day show everyone the difference between how His name is abused and what it actually stands for. Satan took pride in his own beauty and wisdom, but instead of using them for God’s glory he embraced the self–centered falsehood that he was equal to God. Today, only seven percent are 35 and younger. 47-48, where the application is to Kingdom processes in this age, but the principle has ever had application. This is a very suggestive word, and it is impossible not to see its application to the Church of God. The dearest and loveliest creature is but a cistern-an inferior and contracted good. They think either it can’t happen soon or it won’t happen at all. Before we can serve the Bread of Life to others, we must feast on it ourselves. Suddenly you notice small voodoo dolls along window ledges--above them, crystals hang. Many were still looking to Egypt in hope of help from her. Will we dance or be still? 11:1). For salt that has lost its savour, our Lord had only words of uttermost contempt: "It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill; men cast it out." 59:16; 63:5; Jer. Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. The arresting fact at the outset of our reading is that to a man in exile, and at a time when the national outlook was of the darkest, God granted these unveilings of Himself in mystic and marvellous imagery. They were His creation; He had made them in a peculiar way to be a people for Himself. The Lord told him that his wife, the “desire of [his] eyes,” would succumb to a sudden death (24:16). Jeremiah was a meek and melancholy man. Instead, their disobedience is seen in the sisters’ lustful, indiscriminate lewdness. In the Revelation we see again these symbols of Ezekiel gathered round a Throne in the midst of which is the Lamb, as it had been slain. Get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Ezek. He is still there; and .whosoever may covet it cannot hold it, for He will dispossess them. 26.3. Something akin to that happens in Bible study. But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.” Actually, the book of Proverbs contains a great deal of wisdom about making spiritually sound plans, including such references as Proverbs 16:3; 19:21; 21:30. It was the God thus revealed Who had declared that "an end" had come; and the destructive fire was to proceed from Himself. And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke. 19:16–30). The strongest figure possible is used to portray the Divine suffering. Others suspected a hoax and did not immediately report the score. In another image, the heart-shape was clean and serene with the head of a contented man. Still, with just a slight possibility of winning, people will gamble away their money. No lingering over the passage. I speak to believers who have been left behind when better saints were snatched from earthly ties, when brighter stars were clouded in night. . But He is not to be moved; He will take His own way. We have a calling to fulfill, a God to glorify. Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise. . Ezekiel took two sticks representing Israel and Judah and made them into one stick to show that the divided kingdom would be reunited and the exiled people brought home. Then he saw the secret of hope. There was no hypocrisy in that sacred compact—on His part, at any rate. Overall, the images convey God’s power, purity, eternality, sovereignty, holiness, wisdom, mystery, and majesty. 11:23–29). His morale was gone. For example, a Batman outfit bears this caveat: “Parents, please exercise caution—For Play Only. It decimated the church in Japan. God Himself, in Christ Jesus, is the sanctuary of mercy. Faith saves us, but assurance satisfies us. Great believer, thou wouldst have been a great sinner if God had not made thee to differ. The Lord rescued and redeemed her, and with His love and protection she grew up to be a beautiful woman. Following God’s instructions, the newly commissioned prophet performed five symbolic actions (4:1–5:4), which he then interpreted (5:5–17). But God told them they were wrong. Before long I was craving nice things and secretly feeling resentful over not having them. Its burden is that if there be such antagonism, it is equally true that God is antagonistic to it; and that not passively, but actively. 39.8, In this message the prophet took up and completed the subject of this final antagonism to the people and purpose of God. The first paragraphs led up to that, and those after depend upon it. Today, by turning from sin to God through faith in Jesus Christ, anyone can have a new heart. But God's response to Jonah cut to the core: Jonah cared more about his comfort than the fate of a 120,000 people. These measures, while having some value, do not get to the underlying source of our social problems. God is the ultimate giver and saver of life, as seen in Ezekiel’s vision of the river of life flowing from His throne (47:1–12). 24:44). ' But when that vision had been seen, and the soul had responded in the act of worship which expressed itself in prostration, there was something more to be done. They were so self–deceived that they actually thought their words would come true (Ezek 13:6). He made this impassioned plea: “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. During the reign of David, God punished Israel with a 3-year famine because David’s predecessor King Saul had attempted to exterminate the Gibeonites (2 Samuel 21:1). Its bearing on the whole is that of its revelation of the source of destructive fire which was to fall upon the city. At the Last Supper, prior to the crucifixion, we read that John was “leaning on Jesus’ bosom” (John 13:23). Chapter 37 is a kingdom oracle. Paul wrote that he “knew a man” (likely himself), who was “caught up to the third heaven” (2 Cor. Look upon thyself as thou art now. Peter charged the men of Israel with having "killed the Prince of life," and declared that the heaven had received Him "until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God sake by the mouths of His holy prophets ' (Acts 3.15, 21); and on another occasion said: Him did God exalt with His right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins" (Acts 5.31). Usually pop songs on the radio are here today, gone tomorrow. . Think them. Ezekiel pronounced God’s judgment on Israel, stating that they would lose their temple to the Babylonians. When men come to this pass, a true and righteous God can do none other than make an end. God's prophets could say something that looked impossible but in reality was more than possible. The one fact which abides is that of the Divine sovereignty. I refer to the phrase "blood-guiltiness." “He abideth faithful; he cannot deny himself.”. Intended to educate fans, a new Web site features video clips from actual games that demonstrate such infractions as a charge, a discontinued dribble, or a second–degree flagrant foul. how well do I remember when I was lying in the valley full of dry bones, as dry as any of them! Our sinful actions reflect poorly on Him. He needed to see God’s overarching, sovereign majesty and to understand that God was still on His throne and still had a plan for his life. He sees the light, but he loves the darkness, and turns from the truth because his heart is alienated from God. A refrain repeated often is “then they will know that I am the Lord.”. Here he saw two of the faces only, those of the man and the lion. “I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices,” God said (7:3). We have seen a bird with fluttering wings; though standing still, its wings are fluttering. They may fall into gross error, sad sin, and grievous hardness; but yet the Lord, who has become a surety for them to His Father, will not suffer one of them to go so far as to perish. Everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh.—Ezek. His kingdom is much greater than any earthly empire. Ezekiel had seen the glory of Jehovah entering by the east gate. Son of man, say to it, Thou art a land which is not shined upon, nor rained upon in the day of anger. Those of us who are called .to prophetic ministry might with profit have these words engraved before our eyes in the places of preparation for our work. They weren’t just losing big or hoping for a miracle comeback. 38.2. God will not be mocked. This is the Divine energy, enabling a man to come to the height of his manhood, and so to find readiness to hear the word of Jehovah. 22 and John 15.) They doubt God can or will keep His promises. Which dimensions of God’s character have stood out most clearly? Each of us has a responsibility to cultivate righteousness and purity in every dimension of our lives. Individual responsibility and collective responsibility are both present in Scripture. The image of the pot and meat (11:3) indicates that they were proud, considering themselves “choice cuts.” Since they hadn’t been exiled with Ezekiel’s group, they thought they were safe. READ: Joyce Meyer 20 December 2020 Devotional – God is Always With You. But on the third day, God the Father sends the Son in glorious power to do single-handed combat with the enemy. I’d like to tell you about Robert Grant. It was spoken about two months before the fall of Jerusalem, and was the last before that event. This was no ordinary apple tree—it was a descendant of the famous tree Isaac Newton sat under when an apple dropped on his head and helped him come up with the theory of gravity. What a lesson! The message is phrased in dramatic if/then conditional statements, but the “if” is rhetorical; that is, it was sure to happen. The seventh out of seven oracles spoken against Egypt narrates Pharaoh’s journey to Sheol (32:17–32). Even more painfully, from Ezekiel’s perspective, the departure wasn’t abstract or vague, but a highly visible and purposeful exit by the same heavenly throne, cherubim, and wheels he had seen in his original vision of heaven. Are we as followers of Christ standing in the gap for our country? They find sanctuary with Him from every adversary. Whatever thou art, thou hast nothing to make thee proud. The prophet saw God overturning false nations, dynasties, civilizations, in order at last to establish His own Kingdom under His appointed King. In chapter 43, Ezekiel’s vision comes to a climax when the glory of the Lord enters the new temple. This prophetic message begins in the previous chapter at verse 45, where in the Hebrew Bible the chapter begins. Praise God for such a wonderful gift. Lottery tickets are sold in grocery stores, convenient food marts and gas stations. It is largely a symbolical vision of God, of the Throne, of those manifestations of wheels, and faces, and energy which spoke of the authority, power, and majesty of God. God’s glory had begun to leave even in yesterday’s reading (9:3), because He refused to share His temple with false gods. To that we come presently (Ezek 28). Where grace goes, spiritual life is the immediate and the everlasting consequence. To have permitted that people to remain a nation among the nations, would have been to perpetuate a misrepresentation of God among those nations. Let us think of covenant love, and then we shall leave sin, lament sin, and loathe sin—yea, we shall loathe ourselves for sinning against such infinite love. Hence his question. 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