diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_20:33-44.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_20:33-44.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a082062 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_20:33-44.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 20:33–44" +date = "2023-04-21" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel20.33-44) + +In a way, the Lord has decided to repeat history with Israel. Just as the +Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years for their disobedience and +disbelief when it was time to enter Canaan, so the current generation will be +in the "wilderness of the peoples" (_v. 35_) for God to judge. Again the +rebellious members of the nation will be left behind and not enter the land +just as only Joshua and Caleb were the only ones of their generation to see the +Promised Land. + +Again God will be the king over His people and rule over them, once He has +winnowed out the ones unwilling to bend the knee and serve Him. He will restore +to the holy mountain the worship that the house of Israel had once offered to +Him. God's holiness will be manifested, and the people will shudder with shame +at the wicked deeds they had done in the light of that holiness. But God will +not treat them as they deserve, because of His name's sake. His mercy redirects +His justice and wrath so that His character is not marred, and the people will +know who the Lord is. + +* * * + +You have blessed us with the full counsel of Your word so we no longer have to +wonder why or how You have done some of the things You have done.