Ezekiel
10 – Coals Brought Cleansing
If
you focus on the sins of the land, you will become discouraged. Do as the
prophet did: lift your eyes higher and get a new vision of the throne of God
(Jer. 17:12).
Coals
from the altar brought cleansing to Isaiah (Isaiah 6:6-7), but they brought
judgment to Jerusalem. The altar is the place where sin is atoned for because
sin is judged. Had the nation sought God’s mercy and obeyed His Word, the colas
would have brought cleansing. Yet even during terrible judgment, God’s wheels
were still turning, and His purposes being worked out in the world.
God
will not share His glory with idols (Isa. 42:8); therefore, He had to abandon
His house. His glory moved to the door of the East gate, poised to move again.
If the nation would not glorify God in their obedience, they would glorify Him
in judgment.
Ezekiel
11 – The Cauldron
The
leaders in Jerusalem committed two errors. First, they rested on a false
confidence that since the deportation had ended, nothing terrible could happen
to them. The second error was that they were the “choice meat” and the people
they had slain were only scraps. Pride and false confidence made them arrogant.
But
God saw things differently. The slain people were “the choice meat”, and the
leaders were the “scraps”. The evil men would try to flee the sword, but God
would meet them at the border. They would almost make it! Then the city would
be a caldron where God would pour out His anger.
The
remnant might be taken from their city and temple, but they could not lose the
presence of God. They would one day be regathered, renewed, and restored to
their land. There is always hope. Judgment cannot fall if God’s glory dwells in
the city, so the glory moved out to the Mount of Olives.
If
in your character and conduct you major on the glory of God, you need not fear
the judgment of God.
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