From Ezekiel 16-17 Ezekiel continues with a parable to express the wickedness of Judah and the inevitable destruction that approaches. Afterwards God promises to set things right himself. The parable concerns two eagles and a cedar [ Read More … ]
From Ezekiel 13-15 Judgment is coming. The people are about to be punished for their sin. Among the people are false prophets. Deceiving the people at a time when they are in danger and need to [ Read More … ]
From Ezekiel 9-12 Is there a special place where you go to be with the LORD? Perhaps a temple or a building of some sort? In today’s passage we read that while Israel was in another [ Read More … ]
From Ezekiel 5-8 Ezekiel is given another way to demonstrate what will happen to Judah and Jerusalem for rebelling against the LORD. He has to give himself a haircut! This post is part of my bible [ Read More … ]
From Ezekiel 1-4 Ezekiel, a prophet and priest, was exiled to Babylon in 597 B.C. His ministry extended over at least twenty-three years. The book opens with his first dramatic vision of the “likeness” of the [ Read More … ]
From Lamentations 1.1-3.36 The book of Lamentations is made up of five poems, each an expression of grief over the fall of Jerusalem. Like a eulogy at a funeral, these laments are intended to mourn a [ Read More … ]
From Jeremiah 49-50 The LORD proclaims judgment on the people of Ammon. He asks if Israel has any sons or heirs to continue the line of the people of God. Ammon and their god Molech [ Read More … ]
From Jeremiah 42-45 The people asked Jeremiah what the LORD wants them to do considering the upcoming invasion of Babylon. Should they flee to Egypt. The place they were in slavery many years before. Jeremiah passes [ Read More … ]
From Jeremiah 35-37 Jeremiah writes down the word of the LORD onto a scroll. He then commands his servant Baruch to go out and proclaim it. Its a word of judgment and the king doesn’t [ Read More … ]
This book is a very helpful understanding of the topic of salvation as seen primarily through the Gospel. I found it has a strong pastoral focus and counters very gracefully the easy believism which is [ Read More … ]