Ezekiel 7 – 12

The one negative to jumping around the Bible is I was wondering why the people were still doing wrong after seeing the fire from heaven, then after looking back I remembered it was Elijah and not Ezekiel. Different times, but same ole sh … stuff. Verse 7:5 gives the initial warning:

This is what I, the Eternal Lord, have to say:
        Wave after wave of evil is coming!

Again we see Israel is drifting away and needed some correction. This time it appears to be severe. As God is taking Ezekiel through the visions, he starts to plead with God not to destroy the people. God then shows him the evil they are doing in the temple and outside. He gains insight that often most would not see. Verse 8:13 is God explaining why:

This isn’t even the worst of it. You will see them doing things far more shocking than this.

God does this a few times and Ezekiel understands. Through all this over some time, Ezekiel keeps warning the people of Israel of the coming doom. They eventually mock him and figure Ezekiel is not a prophet since his visions have not come true yet. This then opens even more visions and more warnings, only to be mocked again.

Ezekiel must feel like the guy on the corner with “The End Is Near” placard. Sure it’s near, but unbelievers mock people like this since the end doesn’t happen quickly. So these people warning the world are mocked, like Ezekiel. I fear what will happen to us if this continues, will retribution be even worse?

Verse 12:2 has more visions that Ezekiel must use to warn the people:

 Son of man, you are living among a rebellious lot. They have eyes, but they do not see. They have ears, but they do not hear.

The vision opens with God warning Ezekiel on why he must do these things. The people are rebellious and are ignoring him. So “The End Is Near” and we can see many of these things repeating today. We read Revelations which is John’s warning to our time and we see the same doom over the world and not just the nation of Israel. Just because it’s unfolding doesn’t mean it’s true … right??? Don’t be like the people in Israel then, be ready!