From fc9351c91b02ffe241ec90dcfde6045a42d10ced Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:15:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 11:13-25 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_11:13-25.md | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_11:13-25.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_11:13-25.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_11:13-25.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..abb0663 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_11:13-25.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 11:13–25" +date = "2023-03-27" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel11.13-25) + +While Ezekiel was prophesying against the wicked princes of the people, one of +them fell down dead. This is dramatic and causes Ezekiel to plead again for the +remnant of Israel. It also raises some questions. For the most part, we have +assumed these prophetic visions are like dreams while the prophet is awake. +Everything happens in their mind's eye, and the Lord shows him things that are +yet to happen, or symbolic imagery as a metaphor for the message He wishes to +convey to the people. So then, is the death of Pelatiah also a vision, or did +these twenty-five men really get a visitation from the prophet Ezekiel at the +gate to the temple and one of them died while he was speaking? The name +Pelatiah means "Yahweh provides escape", so it is a terrible omen that he dies +while the prophet speaks of the judgements that are going to happen to his +compatriots. Ultimately, while the question of the mechanics of this vision are +interesting, they are not actually important. God did what He said He would do +to the wicked people of Jerusalem, and His message was delivered to its +intended recipients: the exiles in Chaldea. + +This time, when Ezekiel asks about the remnant, the Lord answers with hope and +assurance. The people left in Jerusalem had boasted to the exiles that they +were the possessors of the Promised Land, but the Lord would restore the exiles +to the land in due time. Though they were scattered among many nations, He has +protected them there and He will bring them back together again. Their hearts +will be renewed with a softness for the Lord, energizing them to follow His +commands and remove the "detestable things" and "abominations" (_v. 18_) that +are in the land. + +With the message complete, the Lord on His throne departs from the city and +travels to the mountain east of the city. (The Mount of Olives, maybe?) Ezekiel +in his turn is transported back to where he had been when the vision started. +He then tells the exiles all the things he had seen and heard from the Lord. + +* * * + +You punish the wicked and spare the righteous, according to Your justice and +mercy.