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…
Last week we saw a glimpse of God’s glory revealed in Ezekiel’s first vision. It was set in a cloud, representing God’s Holy presence. Four living creatures that resembled cherubim were the “characters” in Ezekiel’s story. He described their actions, “Each one [of the living creatures] went straight ahead. Wherever…
It’s interesting that Ezekiel first described a supernatural vision of God’s glory before diving into a message of judgment, encouragement for exiles, and teaching about God’s character. Sometimes we learn by doing. During our 1 Peter study, we considered how to give glory to God. Ezekiel will help us better…
Home now, with my favorite Bible study tool, a word study dictionary. It also has a brief introduction for each book, which lays a foundation for reading. “The name Ezekiel means ‘God strengthens’…”1 Knowing God strengthens us in our walk with Him through this life. Ezekiel was a prophet and…