From Ezekiel 40-42 Ezekiel is about to be given a guided tour of the temple. Ezekiel’s guide will measure it out for him step by step. Why do you think the guide does this? Where do you worship the [ Read More … ]
From Ezekiel 37-39 The valley was full of dead people. More accurately full of bones. Bones without flesh. Bones of the slain. Ezekiel is named by the LORD, ‘son of man’. Readers of Ezekiel will know he [ Read More … ]
From Ezekiel 34-36 For many years after Ezekiel they hoped for the coming of this promised Christ, the descendant of David. The Jews endured the rule of foreign nations. Confessed the sins of their people. Returned to [ Read More … ]
From Ezekiel 31-33 Ezekiel said to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die’ (Eze 33.14) and gave them the opportunity to repent. The LORD does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked. Jesus likewise promises judgment. [ Read More … ]
From Ezekiel 28-30 I used to think this passage was speaking about the devil. Take a look and see why. This post is part of my bible in a year series.
This is the fourth and last post in my brief series on the Jewish Law. Here’s a link to the first post which has the contents of all. In this section I have grouped together [ Read More … ]
From Ezekiel 25-27 Occasionally these judgements have been pronounced because they have overstepped their role in punishing God’s people. God still continues to honour his covenant promise, cursing those who curse Israel. Tyre said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha, [ Read More … ]
Word searches generally have a bad wrap in academic circles and are commonly associated with a particular exegetical fallacy. So I need to explain what the issues are and why I use them. Doing word [ Read More … ]
This is the third post in my brief series on the Jewish Law. Here’s a link to the first post which has the contents of all. When Paul uses the term ‘law’ (nomos) could mean [ Read More … ]
From Ezekiel 23-24 The LORD compares Samaria (Israel) and Jerusalem (Judah) to two women. From the word go, they are depicted in sexually graphic terms. When I read these chapters I was wondering if the language and imagery [ Read More … ]