The prophet Ezekiel is given an incredible vision of what God is doing. God shows him the judgement that is happening to Israel and even tells him of how God will protect a remnant and return them to restore Israel. But why the judgment? What had the people done? We...
I was struck by God taking the prophet Ezekiel through Jerusalem to one place after another where the elders, the priest, the women, and the men were all giving worship to other gods. Ezekiel 8:17 He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter...
In this broken world, we only see glimpses of Him. In the Bible, we find a few moments when people come into the awesome presence of God. We find one of those instances here in Ezekiel 1:28 This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw...
Is he withholding His mercy? Are we reaping what we sow? I wonder how much of my life is spent unaware of all the mercy God continually pours into my life. He was keeping me from the thousands of consequences I fully deserve. Yet, what is my response when some of them...
Jeremiah is grieving. He is emoting deep pain, and it is real. Hence why the book is called Lamentations. Jerusalem has been pillaged. The nobles have been taken. The temple destroyed. The priest and prophets are no more. Starvation is everywhere, and the most...
