Word of Truth - Ezekiel
On July 31 of my thirtieth year, while
I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens
were opened and I saw visions of God. 2 This happened during
the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity. 3 (The Lord gave this message to Ezekiel son of
Buzi, a priest, beside the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians, and he
felt the hand of the Lord take
hold of him.)
Ezekiel 1:1-3
Ezekiel 1:1-3
Ezekiel was a young man when he and his family were
sent into Exile along with the Nation of Judah. Babylon took Judah in 597 BC
which places the events of chapter one around 593. Ezekiel was thirty and at
the right age to begin ministering in the temple, but it remained back in
Israel. Still God calls him to be a watchman and to warn the people of Israel
of coming judgment.
It is in the nation of Babylon while he is in exile that Ezekiel will receive a heavenly vision of the Lord Almighty as well as a call to be a message carrier. God put a heavy responsibility on Ezekiel as a watchman to Israel, so as long as he carried through on the message he was being obedient. It was then up to the people to listen and obey.
We are watchman on the wall of the city, warning the world of the dangers brought about by sin and wickedness. There is danger in being too polite and trying to not offend too many. Ezekiel’s warnings are for today as much as they were for the people of Israel. And as it is read there will be sweetness in the mouth and bitterness in the stomach for His Word has been lost to this generation.
It is in the nation of Babylon while he is in exile that Ezekiel will receive a heavenly vision of the Lord Almighty as well as a call to be a message carrier. God put a heavy responsibility on Ezekiel as a watchman to Israel, so as long as he carried through on the message he was being obedient. It was then up to the people to listen and obey.
We are watchman on the wall of the city, warning the world of the dangers brought about by sin and wickedness. There is danger in being too polite and trying to not offend too many. Ezekiel’s warnings are for today as much as they were for the people of Israel. And as it is read there will be sweetness in the mouth and bitterness in the stomach for His Word has been lost to this generation.
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