SORROWS

LAMENTATION God has been speaking through the prophets for many centuries.  The slow progression of judgment does not mean that it is not coming.  Before Jesus there were 400 years of silence before his fulfillment of prophesy.  And more prophesies came after him that confirmed the warnings of the Old Testament prophets.  Now he gives

NUTS

REPEATED WORDS Popular sayings are not the gospel.  Some are downright wrong.  Two prophets have spoken this message, and Ezekiel spells out the truth now.  For our world we may remember a more familiar version of this error: “The nut doesn’t fall far from the tree” basically means that one is not that different from

TWO EAGLES

THE LAST WORD I am not a prophet, and the world doesn’t really need any new prophets.  The ancient prophets have spoken about their times, and about our times as well.  Most of the new “prophets” are false it seems anyway.  Why should anyone believe them?  The old prophets were proven when God delivered his

MANY WORDS

MANY WORDS In the previous chapter God had just a few words to explain to Ezekiel what he was going to do to Jerusalem, and why he would do it.  Now he has many words to speak to Jerusalem about their future punishment and how they earned it.  This is an open insult to the