Monday, June 10, 2024

Ezekiel 5: 'I’m a jealous God and not to be trifled with.'

 In Ezekiel 5, the Lord says to Ezekiel shave his head and beard, then, he must take the hair and divide into thirds. The hair represent Judah (or Israel, or both). One third is to burn inside the representation of Jerusalem, one third, to chop into the bits with the sword and the final third, to throw to the wind. The Lord says:

8-10 “Therefore this is what God, the Master, says: I’m setting myself against you—yes, against you, Jerusalem. I’m going to punish you in full sight of the nations. Because of your disgusting no-god idols, I’m going to do something to you that I’ve never done before and will never do again: turn families into cannibals—parents eating children, children eating parents! Punishment indeed. And whoever’s left over I’ll throw to the winds.
11-12 “Therefore, as sure as I am the living God—Decree of God, the Master—because you’ve polluted my Sanctuary with your obscenities and disgusting no-god idols, I’m pulling out. Not an ounce of pity will I show you. A third of your people will die of either disease or hunger inside the city, a third will be killed outside the city, and a third will be thrown to the winds and chased by killers.
13 “Only then will I calm down and let my anger cool. Then you’ll know that I was serious about this all along, that I’m a jealous God and not to be trifled with.

The Lord is holy and will show his wrath to his unholy people. He is a jealous God and He expects to receive love and obedience from his people. Am I living accordingly to what the Lord expects from me? Am I looking to false gods?

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