Let’s review Ezekiel’s travels in the Spirit, in Jerusalem. The Spirit lifted Ezekiel and carried him to the entrance to the north gate of the inner court (8:3). Later the Spirit instructed Ezekiel to go in (to the court) to see the detestable things Israel’s elders were doing within the…
Good intentions turned into sun on beach waves that overpowered the computer screen. (Please excuse typos, etc. as I’m writing Friday afternoon at home after vacation!) Last week we observed a cleansing as a result of Israel’s wickedness, although God preserved for Himself a remnant. “I looked, and I saw…
We left off with Ezekiel repeating his theme, the reason for writing down God’s spoken message: that people might know that I AM the Lord. “In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were…
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…
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…