Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Too much to comprehend

I recently finished reading through Ezekiel and noticed a few things.

The book begins not with Israel or Jerusalem, but with God. God reveals Himself as the holy God, the Lord GOD, and sends Ezekiel to prophesy to the "rebellious house" of Israel. More specifically, Ezekiel warns of judgment coming on Jerusalem, which begins with the removal of God's Spirit from the temple (10:18). Throughout the book, God declares that by what He is doing "they will know that I am the LORD." The relationship between God and His people is illustrated not only as that of the holy God and His unholy people, but also the faithful God and His adulterous people. How thrilling, then, to come to the end of Ezekiel and read his visions of the new temple, and of God's Spirit returning to reside there (43:2-4). Coming to the very last verse, "and the name of the city from that day shall be, 'The Lord is there.' " (48:35)
God is glorious, and God is faithful.


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