Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Deep Scrub
Ezekiel 24:13--"In your filthiness is lewdness, Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you." Something that is filthy takes a lot more effort to clean. It requires scrubbing, and I am not...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
The Sister Kingdom Harlots
Ezekiel 23:4--"Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters, As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Ololibah." This verse establishes the following chapter through metaphor that the sister kingdoms of Samaria--i.e. Israel,...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013
One To Stand In The Gap
Ezekiel 22:30--"So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one." A problem for Israel, and for humankind as a whole, is that all have sinned. Israel and Judah had hopelessly sinned, and so...
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
The Fury Of The Lord
Ezekiel 21:31-32--"I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow against you with the fire of My wrath, And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skillful to destroy. You shall be fuel for the fire; Your blood shall be in the midst of the land. You shall not be remembered, For I the...
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Friday, June 14, 2013
God's Name Not To Be Profaned Before The Nations
Ezekiel 20:22--"Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out." The Lord's name--that is His honor and reputation--must not be in any way tarnished. For that reason, He did not put up...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
A Hard Fall For A Prominent People
Ezekiel 19:11-12--"She had strong branches for scepters of rulers. She towered in stature above the thick branches, And was seen in her height amid the dense foliage. But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Each Individual Is Accountable
Ezekiel 18:20--"The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guild of the father, not the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself." Those caught and exposed as wicked tend to offer...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
The Lord Topples The Lofty And Lifts The Lowly
Ezekiel 17:22-24--"Thus says the Lord G OD: 'I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain. On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it...
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Monday, June 10, 2013
A Dedication On The Dark Side
Ezekiel 16:20--"Moreover you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you sacrifieced to them to be devoured. Were your acts of harlotry a small matter?" We have read in the Bible of godly parents dedicating their children to God, e.g. Manoah and his wife who bore Samson,...
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Sunday, June 9, 2013
from Uselesss To Utterly Useless
Ezekiel 15:5--"Indeed, when it was whole no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?" In prophecy, the rebellious people are being compared to the vine part of a tree. They were a stiff-necked people who did not turn...
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