Oct 13, 2024
EZEKIEL 4-5:
In
Ezekiel 2-3 God commissioned Ezekiel to speak for God to the
rebellious people of Israel. God fed Ezekiel a scroll. This tasted
sweet, but afterwards I think he would tell us that it produced
“bitterness”— as we will see with John who eats a similar scroll in
Revelation. God gave these important...
Oct 12, 2024
EZEKIEL 2-3:
Yesterday Ezekiel described his vision of the
four cherubim, and the chapter ended just as Ezekiel started
hearing a Voice. The last verse ends of chapter 1
says:
Ezk. 1:28 NLT All around him was a glowing halo, like a rainbow shining in the clouds on a rainy day. This is what the glory of the Lord looked...
Oct 11, 2024
EZEKIEL 1:
Yesterday in the last chapter of 2nd
Chronicles, we heard of the quick succession of the kings of Judah
at the very end before the exile to Babylon: Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim,
Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. And after the fall of Jerusalem, chapter
36 also told of the fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecy about Cyrus,
who...
Oct 10, 2024
2CHRONICLES 36:
Josiah’s Passover celebration showed wonderful
ability to get everyone to work together and great organizational
talent. It is the capstone of the revival that he led.
Unfortunately, he was stubborn about going to war with Pharaoh
Neco, which cost him both his own life and his son’s
life.
ECCLESIASTES...
Oct 9, 2024
2CHRONICLES 35:
It
is simply amazing that we have books like Deuteronomy, since we see
that it (or perhaps Leviticus) was almost lost. And it shows how
far Judah had slipped that they didn’t know of any copies. Josiah
sincerely repented after hearing God’s Word.
ECCLESIASTES 11:
Yesterday’s chapter of
Ecclesiastes...