Ezekiel
24 – The Scum of the Earth
Ezekiel
was far away in Babylon, yet he knew what was happening in Jerusalem (Amos 3:7).
The parable of the pot revealed the city’s wickedness. As the fire of judgment
got hotter, only the scum appeared, and then the pot and everything in it were
destroyed. The pot is the city of Jerusalem; the citizens were in the pot;
their sin is the scum that’s in the pot. Your sin and my sin are the scum of
the earth. We are all in the same pot. It was the 5th day of the tenth
month when Nebuchadnezzar was reported to have destroyed Jerusalem.
During
his years of ministry, Ezekiel had paid a price to “act out” some of his
sermons, but none was as costly as the death of his wife. God told Ezekiel that
He was about to take the life of his beloved wife, but the prophet was not to
mourn or show sorrow in any way. The life you live is the greatest sermon you
can preach. The city of Jerusalem was the delight of the Jews, but she would be
buried – and that was what the nation deserved. Ezekiel told the people in the
morning that his wife would die, just as he had told them for years that their
beloved city would be destroyed; in the evening, his words came true.
If
the people wanted to mourn at all, they should have mourned over their sins and
not over the loss of their city and temple. But it was too late. They should
have heeded this advice, “seek the Lord while He may be found.” Isaiah 55:6.”
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