Then you will know that I am the LORD...
Soo.... Let's say you are living in a beautiful land freely given to you and flowing with milk and honey. Then you hear news of a huge kingdom rising up to take you away into captivity. You'd be moved to a different place, with different people, a different culture and different language. You wouldn't have belongings, probably separated from your family and more than likely made into a slave. If you had the choice of staying where you were and resisting being taken into captivity or freely going along with them, which would you choose?
I think most people would choose to not go.
But what if some crazy, not-so-famous people told you this would happen and that anyone who stayed would die and anyone who went would live? What if they said they were from God?
That changes everything. But takes so much faith... believing that going into captivity is your best option? Craziness!
But it makes sense as God lays out his plan. Here's His logic:
You are evil and acting wickedly, I gave this land to you as a blessing and you've made it a curse; so I'll move the righteous ones away, wipe out the land and bring them back to start over.
Pretty nice. It's like picking something up to dust underneath... just to make sure you get everything!!
This plan is laid out in Ezekiel.... basically every chapter. It's repeated over and over again like He's giving them a chance to finally get it and go along into captivity. A chance to actually listen to Him and follow His word. So many just don't get it.
Why would He do such a thing anyway?
"...then you will know that I am the LORD..."
So that He's made known; His authority, power, word, righteousness, justice...
At least 6 times within two chapters of Ezekiel He says this phrase.
He brings signs, brings destruction, inflicts punishment, and takes vengeance so that He's known. His way goes... not anyone else's.
It would be very easy to initially correlate bad things and His wrath with Him making Himself known. But really it's out of love, out of a desire for us to truly know His heart and reasoning behind all of these actions. He explains things then acts so that we would have confirmation and trust in Him but also fear Him.
Yes LORD, I want to know You!
I think most people would choose to not go.
But what if some crazy, not-so-famous people told you this would happen and that anyone who stayed would die and anyone who went would live? What if they said they were from God?
That changes everything. But takes so much faith... believing that going into captivity is your best option? Craziness!
But it makes sense as God lays out his plan. Here's His logic:
You are evil and acting wickedly, I gave this land to you as a blessing and you've made it a curse; so I'll move the righteous ones away, wipe out the land and bring them back to start over.
Pretty nice. It's like picking something up to dust underneath... just to make sure you get everything!!
This plan is laid out in Ezekiel.... basically every chapter. It's repeated over and over again like He's giving them a chance to finally get it and go along into captivity. A chance to actually listen to Him and follow His word. So many just don't get it.
Why would He do such a thing anyway?
"...then you will know that I am the LORD..."
So that He's made known; His authority, power, word, righteousness, justice...
At least 6 times within two chapters of Ezekiel He says this phrase.
He brings signs, brings destruction, inflicts punishment, and takes vengeance so that He's known. His way goes... not anyone else's.
It would be very easy to initially correlate bad things and His wrath with Him making Himself known. But really it's out of love, out of a desire for us to truly know His heart and reasoning behind all of these actions. He explains things then acts so that we would have confirmation and trust in Him but also fear Him.
Yes LORD, I want to know You!
posted by Korryn at
9:24 PM
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Ah, Korryn! I miss you!
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