The Book of Ezekiel seeks to reveal the LORD God to us in judgement and in hope. In the final vision of Ezekiel (chapters 40-48), we are given one last and very great revelation of … Read More
That We Might Know The Lord In Judgement and Hope – Hope for Israel – Part 2
Israel’s (and humanity’s) hope lies in the LORD Himself who acts to vindicate His holy name, who acts by giving new life through His very own Spirit. Nothing short of re-creation is needed for new … Read More
That We Might Know The Lord In Judgement and Hope – Hope for Israel – Part 1
Finally! Finally, we get to the great ‘hope’ we’ve been longing to hear in the second ‘half’ of Ezekiel’s book. This section of hope kicks off with the reversal of Israel’s bad leadership that has … Read More
That We Might Know The Lord In Judgement and Hope – The Fall of Jerusalem
Chapter 33 brings to the end the first half of Ezekiel which has the singular point of revealing God’s judgement, which will fall upon both Israel and all the nations. At the centre of this … Read More
That We Might Know The Lord In Judgement and Hope – Judgement on the Nations
After weeks of judgement messages upon Israel for her well-deserved sins, God gave them the final word last week. Babylon had now surrounded Jerusalem; their judgement had arrived. With these words, God’s focus moves. From … Read More
That We Might Know The Lord In Judgement and Hope – The Weighty Arrival of Judgement
Over the past 20 chapters of Ezekiel the warning of judgement to come has rung out again and again. Well, the end has now begun. Nebuchadnezzar has marched his forces to Jerusalem to begin his … Read More
That We Might Know The Lord In Judgement and Hope – False Hope and True Hope
Many of us proclaim that Jesus is Lord and Saviour – but in our heart of hearts do we actually trust something else to give us security in life? Have we made an alliance in … Read More
That We Might Know The Lord In Judgement and Hope – Abhorrent Whoring, Amazing Grace
One commentator writes: “No one presses the margins of literary propriety as severely as Ezekiel (does in chapter 16).” It’s a shocking chapter telling the shocking story of Israel’s treatment of God couched in the … Read More
That We Might Know The Lord In Judgement and Hope – Judgement against Jerusalem
The remnant in exile is to be clear on the reasons and the tragedy of the LORD’s judgement, so that they would commit themselves to being faithful to the LORD, rejecting idolatry, longing for the … Read More