Ezekiel 19 to 21 If you are an avid sports fan you are familiar with this scenario. The coach calls the team to the bench and then gives a pep talk or a scolding, depending on the score. The team high fives and returns to the field or floor. Yet, the coach’s words go by […]
Ezekiel 15 to 18 In the NT Jesus told three parables about things or people that were lost and found. One is about a family with two lost boys who were lost both physically and spiritually. Ezekiel’s four parables mirror this story in many ways because it is true, parables are earthly stories with a heavenly […]
Ezekiel 12-14 Marcel Marceau is arguably the most famous mime artist of the century. Using white face and dramatic eyes, he referred to mime as the “art of silence.” In the quiet, the audience can reflect what the actor is explaining without words and cause dialog after. God had Ezekiel pantomime what was happening in […]
Ezekiel 8 to 11 “ God’s Way or My Way?” In the first chapter of Romans, Paul wrote: they knew God …yet they did not honor Him as God. Centuries before, the religious leaders were doing it in Ezekiel’s day. Their whole purpose; drive God far from His sanctuary. Today: What I do behind closed doors […]
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. [Psa 20:7] There were no newspapers, no Instagram, no Facebook, no cellphones— only miles and miles of desert sand. Ezekiel’s fellow captives had some serious questions. Why are we here? What is happening in Jerusalem 900 miles away? […]
Ezekiel 1 – 3 Ezekiel found himself celebrating his 30th birthday in Babylon having been recruited by Nebuchadnezzar’s squad of thugs. So goes the birthday! No more being a priest because there is no more temple, no more Jerusalem. Just when life couldn’t get any lower, God steps in and says I am calling you to […]
Lamentations 1 to 5 “Do You Weep for Your People?” In Israel long ago God raised a prophet to tell God’s saving message but the people turned away. For 45 yrs. Jeremiah faithfully reminded the people of their sin and consequences with no repentance. And so, just as Jeremiah prophesied, the nation was destroyed both […]
Jeremiah 50 to 52 The book of Jeremiah is long and there are some pointed lessons to learn and they come through the tale of two kings; Zedekiah and Jehoiachin. Both had the privilege of having Jeremiah speak the words of God to them and both had sought the advice of him as the Babylonians were crouching […]
Jeremiah 47 to 49 The countries of Moab and Ammon had been protected for centuries by the mighty hand of God. When the children of Israel left Egypt, God said they could not walk on their ground or even ask for a morsel of bread from them. And so, Moab and Ammon stood by and […]
