Message: To the false prophets (both male and female) of Israel. To the inventors of prophecies. Maintain the purity of the Gospel. Rid false prophets from our midst.
Time: To Ezekiel, from the Lord.
What the Lord is Saying:
Many try to do the work of the Lord, by prophesying, but do not really have the gift. The false prophets will be banished from the community. They aren't honest with the people. They tell them all is well when there is no peace in the land.
Promise: The Sovereign Lord speaks. They will know that "I am the Sovereign Lord."
Monday, September 30, 2013
Ezekiel 12
Message: To a rebellious people.
Time: A message to Ezekiel from the Lord.
What the Lord is Saying:
The Lord gives Ezekiel a message to a people that do not see the Lord. They have eyes, but refuse to see. Ears, but refuse to hear.
Pretend you are being sent to exile. Pretend for the benefit hopefully of these that don't want to listen to the Lord. Don't look back. Dig through the walls and leave. Ezekiel did this, during the day, and all watched. They will ask, "Why are you doing this?" And you reply from Me that it is a sign of what will soon happen to them.
Rebellious people do not want to listen to their leader (The Lord), but the Lord will show them that He is real. The will fall into captivity, some will die, some will not only so they can share of what the Lord thinks of the detestable things we do.
Promise: The Lord says, "If I say it, it will happen." Prophecies will come true.
Time: A message to Ezekiel from the Lord.
What the Lord is Saying:
The Lord gives Ezekiel a message to a people that do not see the Lord. They have eyes, but refuse to see. Ears, but refuse to hear.
Pretend you are being sent to exile. Pretend for the benefit hopefully of these that don't want to listen to the Lord. Don't look back. Dig through the walls and leave. Ezekiel did this, during the day, and all watched. They will ask, "Why are you doing this?" And you reply from Me that it is a sign of what will soon happen to them.
Rebellious people do not want to listen to their leader (The Lord), but the Lord will show them that He is real. The will fall into captivity, some will die, some will not only so they can share of what the Lord thinks of the detestable things we do.
Promise: The Lord says, "If I say it, it will happen." Prophecies will come true.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Ezekiel 11
Message: (1) The wicked counselors or leaders of Israel get their sentence; (2) The Jews in exile get hope.
Time: The Spirit takes Ezekiel to the east gate of the temple.
What the Lord is Saying:
(1) The leaders are wicked and not allowing the people to build houses stating they are melt in a melting pot, but the Lord through Ezekiel lets these individuals know that they brought on the injustice for these people. And while he is speaking, one of the leaders suddenly die and the others wonder if they are next, though we don't know why the leader died as it could have been natural.
(2) A message goes out to the Jews that are scattered and they are reminded that the Lord will be their sanctuary and there is hope in their future. This will return to the land and remove the images they have worshiped instead of God in their life. God will give them a new heart. But, those that long for these vile images will receive bad outcomes. Their sins will be repaid for.
Problem/Promise: Leaders are held to a higher standard. The Lord will restore His people.
Time: The Spirit takes Ezekiel to the east gate of the temple.
What the Lord is Saying:
(1) The leaders are wicked and not allowing the people to build houses stating they are melt in a melting pot, but the Lord through Ezekiel lets these individuals know that they brought on the injustice for these people. And while he is speaking, one of the leaders suddenly die and the others wonder if they are next, though we don't know why the leader died as it could have been natural.
(2) A message goes out to the Jews that are scattered and they are reminded that the Lord will be their sanctuary and there is hope in their future. This will return to the land and remove the images they have worshiped instead of God in their life. God will give them a new heart. But, those that long for these vile images will receive bad outcomes. Their sins will be repaid for.
Problem/Promise: Leaders are held to a higher standard. The Lord will restore His people.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Ezekiel 10
Message: The Glory of the Lord leaves the temple. The glory of Israel was over them.
Time: Ezekiel sees a vision of the glory of the Lord, departing.
What the Lord is Saying: Ezekiel sees some sort of vision of the glory of the Lord. He sees the angels and is told to take a handful of burning coals and scatter them over the city. From what I've seen so far in Ezekiel, he is receiving pictures of the judgment that is coming on Israel and Judah by the Chaldeans. Man thinks this judgment is coming from men, but it needs to be clear that this is the judgment from God worked out through men. And in no way does this mean that the men that are carrying it out are somehow holy. God uses what he wants to judge.
But, it is clear her that the Lord is at work. The angels had four faces, an ox, a human face, a lion face and the face of an eagle. Each of these forms obviously represented something.
The glory of the Lord is seen leaving the temple. God is leaving these people by way of a chariot. This is significant. His presence is departing from them.
Promise: The Lord carries out his plans. People think they know everything about God and try to keep God under wraps, but the Lord can move away from people. We must always trust in Him and surrender to Him.
Time: Ezekiel sees a vision of the glory of the Lord, departing.
What the Lord is Saying: Ezekiel sees some sort of vision of the glory of the Lord. He sees the angels and is told to take a handful of burning coals and scatter them over the city. From what I've seen so far in Ezekiel, he is receiving pictures of the judgment that is coming on Israel and Judah by the Chaldeans. Man thinks this judgment is coming from men, but it needs to be clear that this is the judgment from God worked out through men. And in no way does this mean that the men that are carrying it out are somehow holy. God uses what he wants to judge.
But, it is clear her that the Lord is at work. The angels had four faces, an ox, a human face, a lion face and the face of an eagle. Each of these forms obviously represented something.
The glory of the Lord is seen leaving the temple. God is leaving these people by way of a chariot. This is significant. His presence is departing from them.
Promise: The Lord carries out his plans. People think they know everything about God and try to keep God under wraps, but the Lord can move away from people. We must always trust in Him and surrender to Him.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Ezekiel 9
Message: The execution of the idolaters.
Time: Son of Man cried into Ezekiel's ears with a loud voice.
What the Lord is Saying: All the idolaters will be killed except for those who have the mark. The mark represented the people that repented of their sin and lamented over their sin. The people of the Lord were absent, not seeing, and had forsaken the land.
Problem: The guilt of the House of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The sin of Israel is not something that Ezekiel had to figure out. It was shown to Ezekiel.
Time: Son of Man cried into Ezekiel's ears with a loud voice.
What the Lord is Saying: All the idolaters will be killed except for those who have the mark. The mark represented the people that repented of their sin and lamented over their sin. The people of the Lord were absent, not seeing, and had forsaken the land.
Problem: The guilt of the House of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The sin of Israel is not something that Ezekiel had to figure out. It was shown to Ezekiel.
Ezekiel 8
Message: Ezekiel is carried away by the Son of Man to see the abominations done by the chosen Israelite's.
Time: Ezekiel, before the elders of Judah, in his house.
What the Lord is Saying: Ezekiel saw a form of man before him, a vision of God, and the Son of Man took Ezekiel up with him to look to the north and see (an image of jealousy) the abominations being committed by the people of Israel. Ezekiel saw all the idols that the people had been worshiping. Before him were the leaders committing evil, women weeping for Tammuz (this signified that paganism had deeply affected the women of Israel), men with their backs to the temple worshiping the sun (this was obviously another pagan ritual to honor the sun with their backs to the temple). And there was also the idea that they think it is a big deal, but it is not.
Problem: People willfully reject the Lord, choosing anything else to worship.
Promise: God will be honored.
Time: Ezekiel, before the elders of Judah, in his house.
What the Lord is Saying: Ezekiel saw a form of man before him, a vision of God, and the Son of Man took Ezekiel up with him to look to the north and see (an image of jealousy) the abominations being committed by the people of Israel. Ezekiel saw all the idols that the people had been worshiping. Before him were the leaders committing evil, women weeping for Tammuz (this signified that paganism had deeply affected the women of Israel), men with their backs to the temple worshiping the sun (this was obviously another pagan ritual to honor the sun with their backs to the temple). And there was also the idea that they think it is a big deal, but it is not.
Problem: People willfully reject the Lord, choosing anything else to worship.
Promise: God will be honored.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Ezekiel 7
Message: An End. The people have been able to enjoy themselves, so they think, but in the end their is judgment and wrath and they will know that the Lord is Lord.
Time: 594 BC about. Ezekiel speaking to the mountain.
What the Lord is Saying: Lord (the numbers in parenthesis are the number of times this is mentioned in the text), "I will send my anger upon you (2); I will judge you according to your ways (2), and I will punish you for all your abominations (2); my eye will not spare you (2); I will not have pity (2); I will soon pour out my wrath upon you;"
Your doom is here. Violence has grown. Wrath has arrived. No abundance of the people remains.
Riches cannot save you in the day of the wrath of the Lord. Their beautiful ornaments, their abominable images, their detestable things--they are all unclean.
Promise: People will not that "I am the Lord (2)."
Time: 594 BC about. Ezekiel speaking to the mountain.
What the Lord is Saying: Lord (the numbers in parenthesis are the number of times this is mentioned in the text), "I will send my anger upon you (2); I will judge you according to your ways (2), and I will punish you for all your abominations (2); my eye will not spare you (2); I will not have pity (2); I will soon pour out my wrath upon you;"
Your doom is here. Violence has grown. Wrath has arrived. No abundance of the people remains.
Riches cannot save you in the day of the wrath of the Lord. Their beautiful ornaments, their abominable images, their detestable things--they are all unclean.
Promise: People will not that "I am the Lord (2)."
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