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!
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