God continues to show Ezekiel the sins and abominations of Israel. In Ezekiel chapter 8, we see the sins growing more and more with each successive vision. In the bery last verse of the chapter, verse 18, God says that He has had enough. God is holy and we are to come humbly before the living, holy God. When these people failed to acknowledge God or to repent, God explained that enough was enough. What is the point that God will have to reach with us before we will turn to Him? Will we see Him working to get our attention and respond in humility and repentance or reject Him…

As Ezekiel continues hearing the word of the Lord, God reveals to him the extent and the magnitude of the destruction and judgement that is coming up on the people. The people have taken everything that God has given them and they have turned it into something that has been profaned. The beauty which God created, they have distorted in their sin. We need to recognize the impact that our sin has on our own life the lives of others around us and also on the world in which we live. God, the Creator, created this world and said it was good and beautiful and yet our sin has distorted…

Why does God allow us to experience the consquences of our actions. This question bothers a lot of believers. After all, if God is truly God, then He could just wipe out all those consequences. Well, today, we’re looking at Ezekiel chapter 6. In reading through here, we see that God is detailing all the destruction and judgment that the people are going to experience, yet He talks about saving a remnant of people for Himself. Then in verse 10, God makes an amazing statment. He indicates that all this difficulty and judgment that the people experienced was not in vain. How could it not be in vain? As the…

What does it mean to be holy? Ezekiel got a crash course in holiness in Ezekiel chapter 5. He also saw the consequences of a lack of holiness. As we are looking at our own lives today, we know that only God is holy, but He expects holiness from us. As we trust and rely on Him, we will experience His holiness in our lives. Are we trusting in Him today?

We’ve been looking at some unusual situations in Ezekiel and chapter 4 is no different. As you read through this chapter, think about how often God uses symbols to represent what He is going to do. God wanted Ezekiel to be a human symbol. He was going to lie on one side for 390 days to symbolize the siege against Jerusalem. God was going to tie him down and he was going to eat bread that had been cooked on a fire made from human feces. I gotta say, it doesn’t really sound like being a prophet of God was really all that glamorous. As I was reading through this,…

In reading Ezekiel chapter 3, I am blown away by the amount of responsibility that God places on Ezekiel. God has just finished chapter 2 in which God has explained how impossible this mision is going to feel and now He adds to it in chapter 3 by explaining to Ezekiel the level of responsibility and accountability that He is going to have to deliver the message that God gives him. Take a closer look at verse 17 and following. God is placing the responsibility on Ezekiel that if someone is doing wrong and God tells him to speak to that person, and Ezekiel doesn’t, then Ezekiel will be held…

Reading through Ezekiel chapter 2 was eye-opening for me. As we look through there, we see what God is asking of Ezekiel. I almost heard the “Mission: Impossible” theme music rising up in the background as I read this chapter. God explains to Ezekiel all the reasons why he is going to have a very difficult and hard time with the assignment that God is giving him. He goes on to state that He will encounter people who will not listen to him. The people he is going to share with will disagree with him and Ezekiel shouldn’t be concerned about that. Ezekiel isn’t to fear them and he’s not…