Tag: sin
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11/21/24 “Responding to Sin in Others” (Ez. 23-25)
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday’s chapters are certainly filled with some pretty intense themes! In chapter 23 we once again see Israel and Judah’s idolatry likened to adultery, but in even more explicit terms than the past. In chapter 24, we see the siege begin on Jerusalem and the passing of Ezekiel’s wife which would end…
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11/18/24 “Trusting in God’s Justice” (Ez. 17-19)
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Ezekiel 18, God makes it clear that people maintain personal accountability for their sins. Sons aren’t going to be paying for the sins of their fathers. Instead, the father would pay for his own sin, and the son would pay for his own sin (Ez. 18:20). The Lord says, “Behold, all…
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11/15/24 “Noah, Daniel, & Job” (Ez. 13-15)
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Ezekiel 14:12-23 there’s a very interesting reference to Noah, Daniel, and Job, other characters from biblical history. God pronounces judgment upon Jerusalem and says that even if these men were there, they’d spare only their own lives by their righteousness (14:14). In Job’s time, when Satan appeared before the Lord, God…
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11/14/24 “Departure of Glory” (Ez. 10-12)
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs Ezekiel continues to lay out the consequences of Judah’s sin, we see a sobering picture of the departure of the glory of God from the temple in Jerusalem. Ezekiel again has a vision with the living creatures, here explicitly referred to as the cherubim (10:15) and the glory of the Lord…
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11/13/24 “Secret Sins” (Ez. 7-9)
Reading Time: 2 minutesEzekiel’s prophecy is continually filled with God’s judgment, and in Ezekiel 8 God gives the prophet a firsthand look at why His judgment was coming. Ezekiel is shown a total of four scenes that supported the justice of God’s wrath. First, there is an “image of jealousy” (8:5-6). While we don’t entirely…
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11/8/24 “The Ugly Consequences of Sin (Jer. 52-Lam. 2)
Reading Time: 2 minutesJeremiah’s book closes with a recounting of the final destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. and the capture and punishment of King Zedekiah of Judah by the Babylonians. This transitions right into the book of Lamentations, which many believe was also written by Jeremiah although we can’t be 100 percent sure. Lamentations…