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Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 16)

Posted by Rick and Linda Reedon April 27, 2021August 10, 2024in EzekielLeave a comment

From the shortest chapter in Ezekiel (15), we move to the longest chapter. Dan Block points out that chapter 16 is longer than six of the minor prophets. But what makes chapter 16 so memorable is not primarily its length…

Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 15)

Posted by Rick and Linda Reedon April 20, 2021March 24, 2021in EzekielLeave a comment

With only eight verses, Ezekiel 15 is one of the shorter chapters in the book. The Lord makes one powerful point through one simple illustration. The chapter opens with the Lord asking Ezekiel a question about a wild vine that…

Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 14)

Posted by Rick and Linda Reedon April 13, 2021March 24, 2021in EzekielLeave a comment

Chapter 14 divides, like the previous chapter, into two sections. Verses 1-11 tell of God’s words to elders (and, by extension, to other exiles) who inquire of the Lord through a prophet but “have taken their idols into their hearts”…

Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 13)

Posted by Rick and Linda Reedon April 6, 2021March 24, 2021in EzekielLeave a comment

When the word of the Lord comes to Ezekiel (13:1), the message—this time—is directed at others who claim to speak in God’s name: the false prophets (male and female) of Israel. Verses 1-16 focus on the men who are giving…

Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 12)

Posted by Rick and Linda Reedon March 30, 2021March 8, 2021in EzekielLeave a comment

Ezekiel 12 Chapter 12 comprises a new set of directives for Ezekiel to carry out or speak out. Five times in this chapter we are told, “The word of the LORD came to me” (1, 8, 17, 21, 26). The…

Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 11)

Posted by Rick and Linda Reedon March 23, 2021March 23, 2021in EzekielLeave a comment

Ezekiel 11 Chapter 11 finishes the vision started back in chapter 8. Ezekiel had been taken by the Spirit to see the human abominations and divine abandonment of the Temple and Jerusalem. Chapter 11 concludes with the Spirit bringing Ezekiel…

Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 10)

Posted by Rick and Linda Reedon March 16, 2021August 9, 2024in EzekielLeave a comment

Ezekiel 10 Chapter 10 moves seamlessly from the events described in the previous two chapters. The action continues as the man in linen reports in that he has accomplished his assignment (marking the foreheads of those who grieved and groaned…

Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 9)

Posted by Rick and Linda Reedon March 9, 2021February 1, 2021in Ezekiel, Ministry MattersLeave a comment

Ezekiel 9 Continuing without pause from the final words of chapter 8, Ezekiel 9 continues the vision of impending judgment on the idolatrous people of Judah and Jerusalem. The opening verse has the Lord crying out, summoning the executioners for…

Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 8)

Posted by Rick and Linda Reedon March 2, 2021February 1, 2021in Ezekiel, Ministry MattersLeave a comment

Ezekiel 8 Chapter 8 begins an extended vision in which Ezekiel is moved by the Spirit (“lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem”—8:3) to see the “abominations” (6, 13, 15, 17)…

Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 7)

Posted by Rick and Linda Reedon February 23, 2021February 1, 2021in Ezekiel, Ministry MattersLeave a comment

Ezekiel 7 Like chapter 6, Ezekiel 7 contains a message from the Lord given to the prophet to deliver concerning the inhabitants still in the “land of Israel” (7:1). Again, like chapter 6, this message concludes with the exclamatory sentence: …