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. diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix index 5dbc6a8..1feba0f 100644 --- a/flake.nix +++ b/flake.nix @@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}; themeName = "hermit_zola"; in + with pkgs; { - packages.blog = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec { + packages.blog = stdenv.mkDerivation rec { pname = "annotated-annals"; version = "2022-08-28"; src = ./.; - nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.zola ]; + nativeBuildInputs = [ zola ]; configurePhase = '' mkdir -p "themes/${themeName}" cp -r ${hermit-zola}/* "themes/${themeName}" @@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ defaultPackage = self.packages.${system}.blog; - devShell = pkgs.mkShell { - packages = [ pkgs.zola ]; + devShell = mkShell { + packages = [ just zola ]; shellHook = '' ln -fsn "${hermit-zola}" "themes/${themeName}" ''; diff --git a/justfile b/justfile new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf6f65e --- /dev/null +++ b/justfile @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +finish message: + git add . + git commit -m "{{message}}" + git push + +create passage: + cd content/bible_journal && cp _template.txt "{{passage}}.md" + vi "content/bible_journal/{{passage}}.md"