Friday, May 1, 2015

Intro to Ezekiel

1 He said to me, “Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak to you. As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.  Ezekiel 2

On to a new book from me!  I'm starting Ezekiel which is another long book (48 chapters) and at my pace at mostly one chapter per week, it's going to be nearly a year before finishing.  So just what are we getting into here?

Let's start out and say that this book is strange!  It's a lot of imagery in Ezekiel's prophetic visions.  Read the description of Ezekiel's first vision in the very first chapter if you don't believe the strange-ness.  However, no matter how strange, this all came from God!  God spoke to Ezekiel, and Ezekiel is relaying that information.

God is not happy with Jerusalem.  They're constantly referred to as a rebellious people.  This book is the prophecy of the fall of Jerusalem - in quite spectacular fashion.  It then leads into the destruction of other nations.  But, it finishes with God promising to restore the people again.  Hooray for happy endings!

Look at it this way, the book mirrors the entire Bible.  The fall of man, the destruction of other nations, and then the promise of restoration.  Jesus died for our sins, and through him, we are restored and our sins are wiped away.  We have promises of his ultimate return one day, and just as God fulfilled the promises that the people in Ezekiel would be restored, God will fulfill his promises to us.

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