diff --git a/content/bible_journal/_template.txt b/content/bible_journal/_template.txt index 81c6194..6542c2f 100644 --- a/content/bible_journal/_template.txt +++ b/content/bible_journal/_template.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ +++ -title = "Ezekiel {}:{}–{}" +title = "Luke {}:{}–{}" date = "2023-02-{}" +++ -### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel{}.{}-{}) +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk{}.{}-{}) diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_1:1-4.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_1:1-4.md deleted file mode 100644 index 35d4f89..0000000 --- a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_1:1-4.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Ezekiel 1:1–4" -date = "2023-02-27" -+++ - -### Introduction - -Now that the study of Luke has concluded, I want to switch to an Old Testament -book. The pastor at my church has been going through Revelation recently, and -that book uses a lot of the same imagery and themes as Ezekiel, so it seems -good to me to study it in parallel. - -### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel1.1-4) - -The prophet Ezekiel served during the Babylonian Exile, when the kingdom of -Judah had been conquered and deported because they had failed to uphold the -covenant God had made with them through Moses. Again and again God sent -prophets to warn the people that this would happen and to call for repentance. -Sometimes the people would respond, but never fully or wholeheartedly, and so -the time finally came for God's judgement to be fulfilled upon His people. - -The book of Ezekiel starts with a time reference. It has more than any of the -other prophetic writings, which scholars have determined to fall between 593 -and 573 B.C. Generally, Ezekiel uses the date of the exile of King Jehoiachin, -the last of the Davidic line to rule in Judah. (Technically Jehoichin's uncle -Zedekiah ruled after him, but he isn't considered a legitimate heir as he was -installed by the Babylonian conquerors.) - -Ezekiel was a priest, hundreds of miles away from the temple in which he should -serve. Normally, priests would begin to serve in the temple when they reached -thirty years of age. Ezekiel, however, gets a different call from Yahweh, and -sees a vision of His glory. He sees a stormy wind, a great cloud brimming with -light and lightning as if it were made of metal. All of these things are very -common descriptions of God manifesting His glory before human beings. All of -Moses, Isaiah, and Jeremiah were brought into the presence of God to receive -their prophetic calls, and because Ezekiel experienced this too, we can know -that he has been delegated the authority to speak on God's behalf. - -* * * - -When our lives have not gone the way we expected, You are still in control, -ready to use us as You see fit.