From b21f6b0cdb3c2d5fc014c11ad5b8e739e22b4d55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 09:23:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 3:16-27 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_3:16-27.md | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_3:16-27.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_3:16-27.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_3:16-27.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77dd8b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_3:16-27.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 3:16–27" +date = "2023-03-09" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel3.16-27) + +After a week of being overwhelmed by the vision he had seen, the Lord speaks to +Ezekiel again to give him a warning and a charge. Whenever the word of the Lord +comes to Ezekiel, he is to speak it to the people so that they are warned of +the judgement that will come because of their sinful ways. The warning to +Ezekiel is that he is like a watchman over a city, and if he does not warn the +people of the danger he sees, he is culpable for the destruction that occurs. +If, after he warns them, the people do not listen and they perish, Ezekiel is +not guilty, because he did what he was supposed to do. Two scenarios are given, +showcasing a wicked person and a righteous person hearing Ezekiel's message. In +both cases Ezekiel's duty is clear and the person who sins is the one who is +judged. + +The Lord then commands Ezekiel to have a face-to-face conversation in the +valley nearby. Ezekiel again sees the glory of the Lord that he had seen +previously, and again falls on his face. But the Lord lifts him up in order to +tell him how his prophetic ministry shall go. Ezekiel will become a mute +hermit, shut up in his house, only able to speak the words the Lord gives him. +He will be unable to reprove the people beyond telling them the prophecies that +God has declared against them. Apparently, he can't even go out among the +people to tell them the message he has been given. + +Let this be a reminder that God's ways are higher than our ways. Most of us +would think God would want Ezekiel to tell as many people as possible the +things He has to say to them. Indeed, that is the strategy employed at other +times and places, such as when Jesus sent out the twelve and seventy-two to +proclaim the kingdom of God. This time, it seems, God's purpose is not to +change anyone's mind with the message, but to be a proof of His holiness and +sovereignty to future generations. The people eventually notice that Ezekiel +doesn't come of out of his house, and he only speaks when he has a word from +the Lord to tell them. Eventually, everyone realizes that he is a true prophet +of God when the things he predicts come true. But of course, that means the +judgements have fallen already. + +* * * + +Let us be faithful to the calling You have given us, and may Your Name be +glorified.