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Ezekiel 14:12-23, Not Enough Righteous People
Strawberries are wonderful, unless you let them sit too long. They start getting moldy and mushy. It seems as if when one gets moldy it starts to spread to others, infecting all of them. At this point
Continue reading...Ezekiel 14:1-11, Idols on Their Hearts
We aren’t much for amulets, protective charms, or even prophets in our current culture. That’s only for superstitious people. We find protection in other “gods,” like guns, alarm
Continue reading...Ezekiel 13, False Prophets and Prophetesses
“Ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Wikipedia says, “The rationale of the doctrine is that if ignorance were an excuse, a person charged with criminal offenses, or a subject of a civil
Continue reading...Ezekiel 12, Rationalizing
It seems odd that Ezekiel is prophesying to the Israelites in exile in Babylon about the judgment coming on Jerusalem. They’ve already experienced the judgment promised in the covenant ratification
Continue reading...Ezekiel 11, The Pot and the Meat
Moses prophesied in Deuteronomy 30, before Israel even took the land of Canaan, that Israel would so violate the covenant with Yahweh in the future that He would cast her out of the land. But Moses also
Continue reading...Ezekiel 10, The Glory of Yahweh Departs
In Ezekiel’s vision of his transportation to Jerusalem to see the idolatry and injustice of that city, Yahweh reports that His people already believe He has abandoned them. But He hadn’t…yet.
Continue reading...Ezekiel 9, Defile and Fill
The slasher/horror movie genre works by having lurking malicious killers suddenly springing into action with terrifying weapons that usually slice. Ezekiel’s vision of being transported to Jerusalem
Continue reading...Ezekiel 7, the Siege Continues
I have a confession to make. I love Sour Punch Straws. They are long strands of chewy candy coated in sour sugar. It ends up being a sweet taste after a punch of sour. This might be an apt way to describe
Continue reading...Ezekiel 5, Siege, part 2
I now have a granddaughter who is a hair stylist. Yesterday she came over and cut my hair, her grandmother’s hair, and her aunt’s hair. Needless to say we had some vacuuming to do afterward.
Continue reading...Ezekiel 4, Modeling Siege
I recently had the privilege of visiting the Parthenon in Athens, and the Acropolis Museum that sits at the foot of the Acropolis. In the museum was a Lego duplicate of the acropolis with the Parthenon
Continue reading...Is guilt the same as condemnation?
Question: Romans 8:1-2 says there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. My question
Continue reading...What did Jesus mean by “the stone the builders rejected”?
Question: What is Jesus talking about in Luke 20:18? It seems to me that when he talks about the one who falls on the “stone that the builders rejected” he is talking about judgment on those who reject
Continue reading...What is the Rapture?
Question: There are different opinions on the Rapture. Some wait in anticipation of it and others say that it is not going to happen. Some also say that the bad or evil are the ones to be taken out of
Continue reading...Is Hell eternal or do those who do not choose Christ just cease to exist?
Question: How should we think of hell from God’s perspective? Answer: There are four words used in the Bible for the place of the dead, Sheol, the Hebrew term for the grave and also for the place of
Continue reading...Are there degrees of punishment in hell?
Question: Will there be degrees of punishment in the lake of fire according to a person’s deeds? Answer: I believe there will be. Here is the line of evidence. When Jesus addressed the unrepentant cities
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