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It was back on the 12 November when we began our journey through Ezekiel as a church.
And I began by telling you why I thought it was going to be good for us...
as a church,
for us as a church,
as individuals,
whether we believe in God or not,
here in WP.
And this is what I said:
We live in a secular culture that denies the existence,
or denies the truth about
the one true God.
We live in country where many ‘so called churches’ dilute the truth,
or deny the truth of God.
We live in a time when even ‘so called evangelical churches’
have exchanged the truth of the bible
with a message from personal experience and personal revelations,
often for personal gain.
We live in a time where we are keen to sing ‘Jesus is my boyfriend’ songs
but not to fall face down before the creator of the universe.
Where obedience to Jesus is an option
not a requirement for Jesus Followers,
Where our service to God is all too often
placed a close second to
family life,
career
or comfort.
Where it is easy to ask God for things
but hard to ask God what he wants from us.
What we need then,
is to be reminded who God truly is.
What is he like?
What does he expect from us?
What should we expect from Him?
And I said that Ezekiel is the book for us.
because
70 times in this book, God will declare
‘By my actions you will know that I am God!’
Ezekiel the man,
is
the most
‘God-centred’ prophet of all prophets.
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and gets worse and worse for God’s people,
until they are metaphorically speaking,
dry bones in the dessert.
But it is when they, and I pray we,
reach that point,
that we can then see the true grace of the Lord God almighty.
It is then,
that we will truly appreciate all he has done for us in Jesus.
It is then
that we will know how we should live,
sing and pray before him.
It is then that those who continue to deny God,
will see the horror of their ways.
It is then,
that we are left with nothing of any significance in this world, accept, our Lord God,
we are left at His mercy.
And as we will find,
that is the only place we will find any hope,
but a glorious hope it is.
So, If you haven’t been moved and challenged by this great book, then you need to go back and read it again, listen to the sermons again.
Study and pray about it again.
Because, otherwise you are at risk of being like the people of Ezekiel’s time who did not listen!
But if you have been moved and challenged by this book, then I hope you have heard how glorious God is.
The book of Ezekiel
then I think I would say that it
in the most simplistic theme I can, then I think I would say that it gives us a vision of the Glory of the Lord, so that all nations will know that the Lord is God.
gives us a vision of the Glory of the Lord,
so that all nations, all people, you and I, will know that the Lord is God.
Shown us the great evileil that exists in the hearts of humanity
Ezekiel himself has repeatedly been shown that the vision in a very literal way,
he saw right back in chapter 1,
that great heavenly chariot of cherubim,
flashing across the sky on Spirit led wheels,
the vision culminating with the throne carried high above.
eze1v26-28
eze 1 26-
God has spoken extensively, revealling his Glory in this book.
And these last 10 chapters , for the final time reveal to us the glory of God.
And glorious he is!
Then
There are 2 major sections to these chapters and together they carry a wonderful promise for God’s people.
Firstly in chapter 38 and 39 we’ll consider what’s going on in the prophesies against Gog.
(G O G)
And then we’ll consider the promises of a restored temple for God,
a restored land,
and the return of God’s Glory to dwell among his people!
Firstly then:
1 - God has Won
These chapters are a layering of prophesy against Gog of the land of Magog.
Unlike the other prophesies against foreign nations in Ezekiel,
this one if quite different,
let me give you 3 examples of how:
1 - Gog is not an existing foreign threat to Israel unlike the other enemies mentioned in this book.
In fact, it seems that there was a previous great enemy of Israel called Gog - long since gone.
So this prophesy is alreaady more one of principle rather than specific fact.
It would be like saying today, there will be a ‘new Hitler’ on the move.
the second reason this prophesy is different
2 - The language and accusations against Gog are also much more
Gog is not an existing foreign threat to Israel
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