May 12, 2025 • 32 mins
Dare to journey through one of Scripture's most vivid prophetic books as we unpack Ezekiel's radical ministry and God's relentless pursuit of His people.
We're stepping into the extraordinary world of Ezekiel—priest turned prophet, whose name "God strengthens" perfectly captures his impossible calling. Taken from Jerusalem during Babylonian exile, Ezekiel received breathtaking visions by a foreign river rather than in the temple courts, proving that divine revelation knows no geographic boundaries.
What makes this prophet's story so compelling is the paradox at its heart: devastating judgment alongside extraordinary hope. Walk with me through Ezekiel's dramatic ministry—from eating scrolls and performing bizarre symbolic acts to witnessing dry bones transform into a mighty army. The message throughout is clear: God's holiness demands justice, but His heart yearns for restoration.
The Valley of Dry Bones vision speaks powerfully to anyone facing seemingly hopeless situations. When God asks, "Can these bones live?" Ezekiel's humble response—"Sovereign Lord, you alone know"—reminds us where true resurrection power comes from. Every spiritual desert, broken relationship, or lost dream falls under this same promise of divine renewal.
Most striking is Ezekiel 33:11, where God declares He takes "no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live." This reveals God's true heart behind every judgment—not punishment for its own sake, but a passionate desire for relationship restored.
The book culminates with a glorious vision of God's presence returning to dwell with His people, the city renamed "The Lord Is There." This ultimate promise remains: no matter how severe our spiritual exile, God's final word is always His faithful presence.
Ready to discover what ancient prophecy reveals about your own spiritual journey? Listen now and find hope in God's unwavering commitment to breathe life into every valley of dry bones.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Hello and welcome back to Divine Harmony Faith,
the podcast where we walktogether through the Word of God
and draw closer to Him, onerevelation at a time.
I'm your host, cliché Rice, andtoday we are diving deep into
one of the most powerful andprophetic books of the Old
Testament, the book of Ezekiel.
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subscribe.
It's how we get the gospel outto those that want to hear it
and those that don't.
All right, guys, ezekiel is abook that is not only filled
with vivid imagery and divinevision, but it's also a book of
hope, a book of judgment,restoration and the glory of God
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.
Whether this is your first timestudying Ezekiel or you've read
it before, I promise thattoday's deep dive will leave you
in awe of God's sovereignty andhis unwavering plan for his
people.
So go ahead and grab your Bible, your journal and maybe even a
cup of coffee, because we'regoing to walk through the life,
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the message and the mission ofone of Israel's most radical
prophets radical prophets.
So let's begin All right.
So who was Ezekiel?
He was both a priest and aprophet.
His name means God'sstrengthens, and that name is
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incredibly fitting consideringthe weight of divisions and the
task he was called to carry out.
He was taken into Babylonianexile during the second
deportation from Jerusalem,alongside the king at that time
and other members of Judah'selite.
So Ezekiel was about 25 yearsold at the time and came from a
priestly lineage.
Just five years later, when hewas around 30, he received his
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first vision from the Lord,making that like the start of
his prophetic ministry.
Now, that is significantbecause in the Jewish tradition,
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30, like most would have doneback then, ezekiel's temple
would be the land of exile, hiscongregation, which was a broken
and rebellious people who hadlost their hope.
So Ezekiel was called tominister, not in the holy city,
like others would have beenduring that time, but in a
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foreign land.
And that fact alone tells ussomething very powerful about
God that his voice isn't limitedto a location.
I love the saying there's nodistance in prayer.
His word reaches his people,even in judgment, in
displacement and in despair.
So the book of Ezekiel is madeup of 48 chapters and is
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generally divided into threemajor parts, the first part
being chapter 1 through 4, whichis judgment against Judah and
Jerusalem, the second part beingchapter 25 and 32, which are
the oracles against foreignnation, and the third part being
chapter 33 through 48, whichare the messages of hope and
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restoration for Israel.
So each section has its owntone and purpose and throughout
all of them we see the theme ofGod's glory.
We see the theme of God'sholiness, of his justice and his
mercy.
Ezekiel uses symbolic acts,prophetic visions and vivid
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language to communicate God'smessages.
His visions are some of themost detailed in all of
scripture, including the famouswheel within a wheel, that
vision and the valley of drybones.
I know you guys have probablyheard that they even have a song
about the dry bones.
So those are the most vivid andthe most detailed that we
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referenced today.
So let's begin with Ezekiel'svisions In chapter one.
His visions perhaps one of themost mysterious visions in all
scripture was when Ezekiel wasby the Kepper River in Babylon,
when the heavens open and hesees visions of God.
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He describes it as a whirlwindcoming from the north, a great
cloud with like flashing fireand brilliant light all around
it, and then at the center thereare four living creatures, each
with four faces.
So there's a man's face, a lionand an ox and an eagle, and
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they have four wings, eagle andthey have four wings.
These creatures move with theSpirit of God and above them is
a throne, and seated on thethrone is someone with an
appearance of a man that'sglowing like fire.
And when Ezekiel sees this bythis river, he falls down on his
face as if he was dead.
He's overwhelmed and then hehears the voice of the Lord
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calling him, and this is thebeginning of his commission.
God tells him to go to IsraelI'm sorry, go to the Israelites,
which is a rebellious andstubborn people, and speak his
word.
Whether they listen or theydon't.
So whether they're about tostone him, tell him get out of
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here.
Whether he faces anger fromthem, rejection, god says no
matter if they're listening orif they're not listening, go and
speak his word.
And God gives him a scroll andtells him to eat it, and this
scroll symbolizes how deeplyEzekiel must internalize the
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word of God.
The scroll tastes sweet likehoney, representing the goodness
of God's word, even when themessage is difficult.
What's beautiful here is thatGod strengthens Ezekiel for the
task.
He tells him not to be afraidof their faces, their words or
their rejection.
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God's presence is with him andhis spirit will guide him.
That is so powerful to me?
Because a lot of times, whenI'm doing what I feel in my
heart God has called me to do,it does get a little scary, you
know, because you tend to wantto reach people.
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You know, god's placedsomething on your heart to reach
people, to speak to them, andthey're not always receptive.
And God is sitting here tellingEzekiel no matter what you do
my work, you spread my word.
No matter what their faces looklike, no matter what their
words are, no matter what theysay to you, you know, or their
rejection, because God'spresence is with you.
So let me ask you this what hasGod asked you to do that feels
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overwhelming?
Who has he called you to speakto that may not want to hear it
or listen?
It could be a family member, itcould be a friend, it could be
someone that has just crossedyour path.
The story of Ezekiel reminds usthat God equips those he calls.
His glory shows up not just inplaces of power and comfort, but
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even by the riverbank of exile.
Now we move into a long andoften difficult section of
Ezekiel, which is chapter 4through 24.
In these chapters, ezekiel isinstructed to act out a series
of symbolic signs.
God uses these to communicatehis coming judgment to Israel in
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a way that is impossible toignore.
So this is the part where hetells him to do a bunch of
different things to warn thepeople of Israel of the judgment
that is coming, and he does itin a way that they would know
it's definitely coming from God.
For example, he's told to layon his left side for 390 days.
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The level of discipline andfaith and trust you have to have
in God for your calling to dosome of the things that Ezekiel
was asked to do.
I mean, I'm a stomach sleeper.
I can't even sleep on my back,I don't get any sleep.
But for someone to sleep ontheir left side for 390 days, I
mean, come on now One day foreach year of Israel's sin, and
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then he's to turn over and sleepon his right side for 40 days
for Judah's sin.
He's also told to eat bread,guys, bread baked over cow dung,
representing the defiled foodthe Israelites would eat in
exile.
I don't know if I could havedone it, but it's a good thing
that God has already revealed tous that he's with him.
So he's strengthening him andgiving him the strength to get
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through what he needs to getthrough, because then eating
food baked over cow dung I can'teven imagine what that smelled
and tasted like, but he did it.
His obedience is immaculate inthis chapter.
Then there's the parable of theunfaithful wife, which is in
chapter 16, where Jerusalem isportrayed as a woman whom God
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rescued, clothed and cherished,but who chose to give herself to
foreign gods.
It's really painful to read youguys have to go back and read
it for yourself but it revealsthe depth of God's heartbreak
over his people's unfaithfulness.
Throughout these chapters, godis consistent.
He's very consistent about whathe will and will not tolerate
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when it comes to sin.
His holiness demands justiceright, because God is so holy
that he's not going to allow youto just continue to sin, sin,
sin, sin against him.
He will rain down judgment.
But even in the judgment thereare glimmers of mercy over and
over again.
I don't know what it was aboutthese people, god.
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Sometimes I read the scripturesand I'm like, wow, here they go
again, the Israelites doingwhat they do, you know.
But you can definitely seethrough his judgment there are
glimmers of mercy over and overagain.
He says then they will knowthat I am the Lord, it's just
his heart.
He just really wants to saveand protect.
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But he also knows he needs toslap their hands because if he
doesn't, they'll continue to dowhatever it is that they are
doing, which are, you know,serving idols and living in sin
and sexual immorality and thingslike that.
So that phrase then they willknow that I am the Lord.
It is repeated 70 times in thebook of Ezekiel.
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It's a reminder that everythingGod does, whether in judgment
or restoration, points back tohis identity and his glory.
So let's reflect for a second.
So far in Ezekiel's story we'veseen the glory of God, the
commissioning of a prophet andthe heavy burden of declaring
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judgment to a rebellious nation.
So God shows up in the vision.
He prepares Ezekiel and thenthat heavy burden, once he's
commissioned as a prophet, isplaced on him.
It's almost sobering.
It's almost to know that God iswith you in your trials, in
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your tribulations, when you'resuffering, when you're not in
your judgment, in your pain,when you're called to do
something that you don't evenknow how you're going to
complete it.
It's sobering to know that Godis with you, but also a
testimony to God's justice andpatience, because I'm telling
you, he warned these people.
You got to go back and read it.
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It's almost immaculate.
It's almost jaw-dropping howmuch God cares for the
Israelites and cares for hispeople, how many times he warns
them and gives them a chance,and a chance like right up to
the last minute.
Even in his anger he doesn'twalk away from us, he doesn't
abandon us.
He continues to speak, to reachout, to offer warnings and a
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path back to him.
That's the kind of God we serve.
You got to go read it foryourself.
It's so powerful.
So next we're going to explorethe dramatic shift in chapter 33
, when Ezekiel becomes awatchman for a hopeful future,
and then the unforgettablevision of the dry bones that we
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hear about and people sing about.
And then the incredible finalewhere Ezekiel's vision of a
restored temple and God's returnto dwell with his people.
So as we come into that chapter33, there's a significant shift
where Jerusalem has fallen,temple has been destroyed, the
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judgment Ezekiel had prophesiedhas now become a reality.
God has rained down hisjudgment on the people.
God speaks to Ezekiel again andreaffirms his role of what he
has called him to do, and thistime, first it was a prophet
warning the people.
Now God's judgment has come,everything has crumbled.
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And now God is reaffirmingEzekiel's role, but this time as
a watchman for the house ofIsrael.
Now, in ancient times, awatchman stood on the city walls
to look out for danger.
If they saw the enemyapproaching and warned the
people, they had done their job.
But if they saw the threat andstayed silent, the blood of the
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people would be on their hands.
This is a serious, serious role, and it carries spiritual
implications.
Ezekiel is to warn the wickedso they have the opportunity to
turn from their wicked ways andlive a life righteous to God.
And here we hear one of the mostcompassionate statements from
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God, and it's in Ezekiel 33, 11.
The most compassionatestatements from God, and it's in
Ezekiel 33, 11.
And it says as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I
take no pleasure in the deathof the wicked, but rather that
they turn from their ways andlive.
Let that settle in.
God is not looking to destroyus.
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He's longing to restore.
His desire is repentance, notruin, mercy, not wrath.
Ezekiel 33, 11 reads as surelyas I live, declares the
sovereign Lord, I take nopleasure.
It's plain.
He takes no pleasure in thedeath of the wicked, but rather
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that they turn from their wickedways and live.
He's ignoring.
He's well, I'm not going to sayignoring because he's not
ignoring, because he's going torain down judgment, but he's
attempting to restore his peopleto their rightful place, which
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is serving Christ wholeheartedly.
He wants you to live.
He doesn't want you to die.
His desire is repentance, notruin.
It's mercy, not wrath.
Even after all the rebellion,all the adultery or the idolatry
, the adultery and all thejudgment, that God's heart
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remains open.
Even after all of that, god'sheart remains open.
The door to return is neverfully closed for those who are
willing to repent.
Now we come to one of the mosticonic passages in the book the
Valley of Dry Bones.
I don't know, guys, I don'teven want to pass over that last
part.
Repent, turn from your ways.
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God is there with open arms,seeking and yearning for those
he can save.
Take instruction from theIsraelites.
Instruction from the Israelites.
Learn from the examples inscripture.
After all of their rebellion,god still was open.
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The door for them to return wasnever fully closed.
Repent, guys, repent, all right.
The dry bones that's chapter 37,where the Spirit of the Lord
brings Ezekiel to a valleyfilled with bones.
Now these bones are scattered,right, they're dry, they're
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lifeless.
God asks him, son of man, canthese bones live?
Ezekiel replies wisely and hesays sovereign Lord, you alone
know.
God then tells Ezekiel toprophesy to the bones and as he
speaks, a miracle unfolds.
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The bones come together, theflesh forms over them, and then
the breath, the spirit, entersthem and they stand to their
feet as a vast army.
Them and they stand to theirfeet as a vast army.
Now, this vision is not justsymbolic, it's prophetic.
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The bones represent Israel inexile, a nation that has been
crushed, scattered and seeminglybeyond hope.
But God says I will put myspirit in you and you will live,
and I will settle you in yourown land.
That's Ezekiel 37, 14.
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This is resurrection language,guys, restoration language.
It speaks to a God who bringslife out of what looks like
death.
God is so good.
I mean, I am so wowed by thisscripture, I am so wowed by it,
guys.
Think of how this applies to ustoday.
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How many areas of your lifefeel like a valley of dry bones?
I know I have many of them.
How many do you have Placesthat feel dead, forgotten or too
broken to heal?
God is still asking can thesebones live?
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And the answer to that is yes.
If you trust him, guys, if youspeak his word over your life,
the answer will always be yes.
Seek ye first the kingdom ofGod, seek God's face in all that
you do, and the answer will beyes.
All right guys.
Dry bones that's just amazingthe vision that God gave him.
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And when he asked him can theylive, he said only you know God,
because Ezekiel knows that hecan't do anything apart from God
.
God has to advise, guide andlead.
That's a separate nugget that Ijust dropped on y'all.
That's an episode in itself fornext time, all right, guys.
So now we're at chapter 38 and39, the prophecy against Gog of
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the land of Magog.
Okay, this is the mysteriousand often debated passage.
Okay, gog is presented as aleader who will attack the
restored land of Israel in thelatter days.
He gathers nations with him,people from Persia, from Cush,
from Put, from Gomer and theother nations in the area, and
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he plans a massive invasion.
But God steps in once again,because our God is good, he
declares that he himself willfight for Israel, using
earthquakes, hail, fire andconfusion to destroy Gog and his
armies.
Now, why did God do that?
Because that was the questionthat I had.
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It's like you put Gog there tocome out with all his nations to
come up against Israel, andthen you step in and you stop it
from happening.
So what was the purpose of that?
And I read Ezekiel 38, 23,.
Then they will know that I amthe Lord.
So he did that because, guesswhat?
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God wants us to know, without adoubt, that everything we go
through and everything he placesin us, around us, everything he
does strategically so that hegets the glory.
So he did it like that.
He sent this person whogathered all these nations to
come up against Israel.
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And then God said no, no, no,I'm going to wipe them out.
I'm going to wipe them out thisway, that way, this way, that
way.
Then they will know that I amthe Lord.
So he sends Israel, he fightsfor Israel with earthquakes,
with hail, fire, confusing, sowith confusion, and then he
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destroys Gog and his army onbehalf of Israel.
The message is clear, right,guys?
God is the ultimate defender ofhis people.
No weapon formed against mewill prosper when he is my
shield.
That's end result.
It's clear God will alwaysfight for you.
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He will always be my weapon ofchoice the word of God and God
himself.
So this is a I guess you cansay like a reassurance for
anyone who feels under spiritualattack.
You may not know how the battlewill unfold, but you can be
confident in this, that the Lordwill fight for you.
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The Lord will fight your battle.
He will go up against the enemyon your behalf.
Call on him, seek him, readyour word and watch him work.
All right, guys, we're at theend.
Now.
This is the final section of thebook of Ezekiel, and, guys,
these are just little points.
You got to go back and read thescripture for yourself to get
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the full picture.
Okay, these are just littlepoints, things that I pulled out
when I was reading it.
You got to go back and read thefull book of Ezekiel to get the
full picture of how awesome Godis, that even in judgment, even
in wrath, how merciful he is,how he will continue to give us
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chance after chance, even whenwe don't deserve it.
We don't even deserve it, buthe does it anyway.
How good is God, how graciousis he to even do it for us?
We do not deserve it.
So please, please, go back andread it for yourself.
Don't take my word for it.
Go, study it for yourself andlet God speak to you through his
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word.
So we're at the end.
The final chapter, chapters 40through 48.
It takes us into extraordinaryvisions, some more visions that
Ezekiel has.
It's the vision of the restoredtemple and the renewed land.
This is after God rains downall his judgment, tears
everything up, busts everythingup, and then Ezekiel is taken
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into a vision to a high mountainwhere a man with a measuring
rod shows him the dimensions ofa new temple.
These chapters go into themeticulous detail and
measurements of the gates, therooms, the walls, the altars and
the priest duties.
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Why such detail, you ask?
Because I asked what is this,god?
Why are you showing Ezekielthis?
What am I to learn from this?
Because this vision isn't justabout physical structures, it's
about order, it's about holinessand God's presence returning to
his people.
Remember the temple had beendestroyed, god's glory had been
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departed at this time from them.
But now, in this vision, god isreturning not just to a
building, but to dwell among hispeople, and I know he loves
that because that is his number.
One thing that he wants to dois dwell among us, be with us,
walk with us, talk with us,guide us.
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So in chapter 43, we read thenthe glory of the Lord entered
the temple through the gatesfacing east and I fell face down
.
The glory of the Lord filledthe temple.
That's Ezekiel 43, 45.
And if you notice that Ezekielfalls down, he even to his face
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because of how glorious God isand that wow moment.
This is such a powerful fullcircle moment.
The glory that left the templein chapter 10 has returned.
In chapter 47, we see a riverflowing from the temple.
As it flows, it brings healingand life to the Dead Sea, to the
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land and to the people.
Trees start to grow with fruitfor food and leaves for healing.
This river is a symbol of God'sspirit, flowing from his
presence and bringing renewalwherever it goes.
And finally, in chapter 48,ezekiel closes with a name, a
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new name for the city name, anew name for the city Yahweh
Shema.
The Lord is there, powerful.
The greatest blessing in all ofscripture is not a land or
temple, or even a kingdom, it'sthe presence of God.
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Ezekiel's final word is apromise that God will dwell with
his people.
That's it.
God just wants to be there.
He wants to be first in yourlife.
He wants to be your all, notthe idols, not you living,
running amok and doing what youwant, thinking God just going to
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sit back and watch that.
No, he wants a relationshipwith us.
He wants to be one with us.
So he'll tear it all down andhe'll build it back up so that
he gets the glory and he getsthe relationship.
So let's bring this alltogether.
The book of Ezekiel began withthe exile and judgment, but then
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it ends with the glory andrestoration.
It teaches us that God is holyand just, but also merciful and
faithful.
He corrects, he warns, but henever walks away.
Oh, thank you, lord, God, foryour mercy.
Thank you for correcting us,for warning us, but never
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walking away and leaving us.
Just imagine if he just tookhis grace off of you for a
second.
Just imagine that.
I don't even want to imagine it.
I don't want to imagine it.
I do not want to imagine a lifewithout God.
I just don't.
So, guys, ezekiel reminds usthat God speaks in the
wilderness.
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He restores what's beenscattered, he breathes life into
dry bones and he prepares aplace for his glory to dwell.
Not just in the building, guys.
It is not about the building,but in the hearts of his people.
It's not about the churchbuilding, but about the church.
We are the church, the peopleare the church.
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So, not the building, but inour hearts.
Wherever you are in your journey, whether you're in a valley or
on the mountaintop, mountaintop,god is with you and, just like
Ezekiel, you are called to be awatchman, to speak his word and
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to trust his plan.
Thank you, father, you arecalled to do it.
So today, guys, I encourage youstudy this book for yourself.
Go back, read it, pray throughthis.
Go back, read it, pray throughthis, pray through this book, so
that God will reveal the thingsthat he needs to reveal to you,
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that you would hear the thingsthat he needs you to hear.
It's not me speaking, but Godspeaking through me.
Go back and read it for yourself.
Let God speak to your heart.
Let him grant you understandingand discernment and knowledge
in the things of him, so thatyou understand the book of
Ezekiel.
Go back and read through thechapters yourself.
Let God speak to you throughits pages and remember this no
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matter how dark it gets, thefinal word over your life is the
Lord is there.
That's the word.
The Lord is there.
Remember that.
He's right there with you.
He doesn't leave, he doesn'twalk away.
He is there.
You just need to know him foryourself.
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And how you do that is stayingin the word.
You have to read yourscriptures.
How you do that is staying inthe word.
You have to read yourscriptures.
So, guys, I don't ever want toassume that someone listening
today on this podcast knows theLord, because you can belong
before you believe.
But I do want to give anopportunity to know Jesus for
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yourself, to taste the goodnesshe has to offer.
If you feel like you've strayedaway from your first love or
you don't know him at all, Iinvite you to pray this prayer
with me.
Heavenly Father, I am a sinner.
I recognize that you are theone true Lord and I need you in
my life.
I cannot do this on my own.
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Come into my heart, lord, comeinto my life, renew a spirit
within me.
I repent here today and ask youto lead me in the way that I
should go, in Jesus' name, amen.
Guys, if you've prayed thatprayer with me today, or if
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you're feeling that tug on yourheart, I encourage you to take
the next step in your journeywith God, whether it's making a
decision to follow Jesus orrecommitting your life to him.
Remember that God's love foryou will never fail.
It will never end.
It will never leave you.
If you just seek his face,that's it.
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That's all he asks.
He doesn't want perfection.
There's no fancy talk oranything.
It's just you and Christ.
Relationship, relationship,relationship.
It's you and God togetherBuilding.
Stay in your word.
Read the scriptures.
Relationship, relationship,relationship.
It's you and God togetherbuilding.
Stay in your word.
Read the scriptures.
Let God speak to your heart.
If you'd like to learn moreabout what it means to follow
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Christ, or if you just needsomeone to pray with you, please
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On my website atdivineharmonyfaithcom, there are
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Reach out, we are here for you.
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Reach out, the community isthere.
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Hello and welcome back to Divine Harmony Faith,
the podcast where we walktogether through the Word of God
and draw closer to Him, onerevelation at a time.
I'm your host, cliché Rice, andtoday we are diving deep into
one of the most powerful andprophetic books of the Old
Testament, the book of Ezekiel.
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Guys, if you have not done soalready, please like, share,
subscribe.
It's how we get the gospel outto those that want to hear it
and those that don't.
All right, guys, ezekiel is abook that is not only filled
with vivid imagery and divinevision, but it's also a book of
hope, a book of judgment,restoration and the glory of God
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.
Whether this is your first timestudying Ezekiel or you've read
it before, I promise thattoday's deep dive will leave you
in awe of God's sovereignty andhis unwavering plan for his
people.
So go ahead and grab your Bible, your journal and maybe even a
cup of coffee, because we'regoing to walk through the life,
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the message and the mission ofone of Israel's most radical
prophets radical prophets.
So let's begin All right.
So who was Ezekiel?
He was both a priest and aprophet.
His name means God'sstrengthens, and that name is
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incredibly fitting consideringthe weight of divisions and the
task he was called to carry out.
He was taken into Babylonianexile during the second
deportation from Jerusalem,alongside the king at that time
and other members of Judah'selite.
So Ezekiel was about 25 yearsold at the time and came from a
priestly lineage.
Just five years later, when hewas around 30, he received his
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first vision from the Lord,making that like the start of
his prophetic ministry.
Now, that is significantbecause in the Jewish tradition,
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30, like most would have doneback then, ezekiel's temple
would be the land of exile, hiscongregation, which was a broken
and rebellious people who hadlost their hope.
So Ezekiel was called tominister, not in the holy city,
like others would have beenduring that time, but in a
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foreign land.
And that fact alone tells ussomething very powerful about
God that his voice isn't limitedto a location.
I love the saying there's nodistance in prayer.
His word reaches his people,even in judgment, in
displacement and in despair.
So the book of Ezekiel is madeup of 48 chapters and is
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generally divided into threemajor parts, the first part
being chapter 1 through 4, whichis judgment against Judah and
Jerusalem, the second part beingchapter 25 and 32, which are
the oracles against foreignnation, and the third part being
chapter 33 through 48, whichare the messages of hope and
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restoration for Israel.
So each section has its owntone and purpose and throughout
all of them we see the theme ofGod's glory.
We see the theme of God'sholiness, of his justice and his
mercy.
Ezekiel uses symbolic acts,prophetic visions and vivid
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language to communicate God'smessages.
His visions are some of themost detailed in all of
scripture, including the famouswheel within a wheel, that
vision and the valley of drybones.
I know you guys have probablyheard that they even have a song
about the dry bones.
So those are the most vivid andthe most detailed that we
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referenced today.
So let's begin with Ezekiel'svisions In chapter one.
His visions perhaps one of themost mysterious visions in all
scripture was when Ezekiel wasby the Kepper River in Babylon,
when the heavens open and hesees visions of God.
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He describes it as a whirlwindcoming from the north, a great
cloud with like flashing fireand brilliant light all around
it, and then at the center thereare four living creatures, each
with four faces.
So there's a man's face, a lionand an ox and an eagle, and
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they have four wings, eagle andthey have four wings.
These creatures move with theSpirit of God and above them is
a throne, and seated on thethrone is someone with an
appearance of a man that'sglowing like fire.
And when Ezekiel sees this bythis river, he falls down on his
face as if he was dead.
He's overwhelmed and then hehears the voice of the Lord
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calling him, and this is thebeginning of his commission.
God tells him to go to IsraelI'm sorry, go to the Israelites,
which is a rebellious andstubborn people, and speak his
word.
Whether they listen or theydon't.
So whether they're about tostone him, tell him get out of
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here.
Whether he faces anger fromthem, rejection, god says no
matter if they're listening orif they're not listening, go and
speak his word.
And God gives him a scroll andtells him to eat it, and this
scroll symbolizes how deeplyEzekiel must internalize the
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word of God.
The scroll tastes sweet likehoney, representing the goodness
of God's word, even when themessage is difficult.
What's beautiful here is thatGod strengthens Ezekiel for the
task.
He tells him not to be afraidof their faces, their words or
their rejection.
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God's presence is with him andhis spirit will guide him.
That is so powerful to me?
Because a lot of times, whenI'm doing what I feel in my
heart God has called me to do,it does get a little scary, you
know, because you tend to wantto reach people.
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You know, god's placedsomething on your heart to reach
people, to speak to them, andthey're not always receptive.
And God is sitting here tellingEzekiel no matter what you do
my work, you spread my word.
No matter what their faces looklike, no matter what their
words are, no matter what theysay to you, you know, or their
rejection, because God'spresence is with you.
So let me ask you this what hasGod asked you to do that feels
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overwhelming?
Who has he called you to speakto that may not want to hear it
or listen?
It could be a family member, itcould be a friend, it could be
someone that has just crossedyour path.
The story of Ezekiel reminds usthat God equips those he calls.
His glory shows up not just inplaces of power and comfort, but
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even by the riverbank of exile.
Now we move into a long andoften difficult section of
Ezekiel, which is chapter 4through 24.
In these chapters, ezekiel isinstructed to act out a series
of symbolic signs.
God uses these to communicatehis coming judgment to Israel in
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a way that is impossible toignore.
So this is the part where hetells him to do a bunch of
different things to warn thepeople of Israel of the judgment
that is coming, and he does itin a way that they would know
it's definitely coming from God.
For example, he's told to layon his left side for 390 days.
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The level of discipline andfaith and trust you have to have
in God for your calling to dosome of the things that Ezekiel
was asked to do.
I mean, I'm a stomach sleeper.
I can't even sleep on my back,I don't get any sleep.
But for someone to sleep ontheir left side for 390 days, I
mean, come on now One day foreach year of Israel's sin, and
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then he's to turn over and sleepon his right side for 40 days
for Judah's sin.
He's also told to eat bread,guys, bread baked over cow dung,
representing the defiled foodthe Israelites would eat in
exile.
I don't know if I could havedone it, but it's a good thing
that God has already revealed tous that he's with him.
So he's strengthening him andgiving him the strength to get
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through what he needs to getthrough, because then eating
food baked over cow dung I can'teven imagine what that smelled
and tasted like, but he did it.
His obedience is immaculate inthis chapter.
Then there's the parable of theunfaithful wife, which is in
chapter 16, where Jerusalem isportrayed as a woman whom God
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rescued, clothed and cherished,but who chose to give herself to
foreign gods.
It's really painful to read youguys have to go back and read
it for yourself but it revealsthe depth of God's heartbreak
over his people's unfaithfulness.
Throughout these chapters, godis consistent.
He's very consistent about whathe will and will not tolerate
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when it comes to sin.
His holiness demands justiceright, because God is so holy
that he's not going to allow youto just continue to sin, sin,
sin, sin against him.
He will rain down judgment.
But even in the judgment thereare glimmers of mercy over and
over again.
I don't know what it was aboutthese people, god.
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Sometimes I read the scripturesand I'm like, wow, here they go
again, the Israelites doingwhat they do, you know.
But you can definitely seethrough his judgment there are
glimmers of mercy over and overagain.
He says then they will knowthat I am the Lord, it's just
his heart.
He just really wants to saveand protect.
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But he also knows he needs toslap their hands because if he
doesn't, they'll continue to dowhatever it is that they are
doing, which are, you know,serving idols and living in sin
and sexual immorality and thingslike that.
So that phrase then they willknow that I am the Lord.
It is repeated 70 times in thebook of Ezekiel.
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It's a reminder that everythingGod does, whether in judgment
or restoration, points back tohis identity and his glory.
So let's reflect for a second.
So far in Ezekiel's story we'veseen the glory of God, the
commissioning of a prophet andthe heavy burden of declaring
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judgment to a rebellious nation.
So God shows up in the vision.
He prepares Ezekiel and thenthat heavy burden, once he's
commissioned as a prophet, isplaced on him.
It's almost sobering.
It's almost to know that God iswith you in your trials, in
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your tribulations, when you'resuffering, when you're not in
your judgment, in your pain,when you're called to do
something that you don't evenknow how you're going to
complete it.
It's sobering to know that Godis with you, but also a
testimony to God's justice andpatience, because I'm telling
you, he warned these people.
You got to go back and read it.
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It's almost immaculate.
It's almost jaw-dropping howmuch God cares for the
Israelites and cares for hispeople, how many times he warns
them and gives them a chance,and a chance like right up to
the last minute.
Even in his anger he doesn'twalk away from us, he doesn't
abandon us.
He continues to speak, to reachout, to offer warnings and a
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path back to him.
That's the kind of God we serve.
You got to go read it foryourself.
It's so powerful.
So next we're going to explorethe dramatic shift in chapter 33
, when Ezekiel becomes awatchman for a hopeful future,
and then the unforgettablevision of the dry bones that we
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hear about and people sing about.
And then the incredible finalewhere Ezekiel's vision of a
restored temple and God's returnto dwell with his people.
So as we come into that chapter33, there's a significant shift
where Jerusalem has fallen,temple has been destroyed, the
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judgment Ezekiel had prophesiedhas now become a reality.
God has rained down hisjudgment on the people.
God speaks to Ezekiel again andreaffirms his role of what he
has called him to do, and thistime, first it was a prophet
warning the people.
Now God's judgment has come,everything has crumbled.
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And now God is reaffirmingEzekiel's role, but this time as
a watchman for the house ofIsrael.
Now, in ancient times, awatchman stood on the city walls
to look out for danger.
If they saw the enemyapproaching and warned the
people, they had done their job.
But if they saw the threat andstayed silent, the blood of the
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people would be on their hands.
This is a serious, serious role, and it carries spiritual
implications.
Ezekiel is to warn the wickedso they have the opportunity to
turn from their wicked ways andlive a life righteous to God.
And here we hear one of the mostcompassionate statements from
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God, and it's in Ezekiel 33, 11.
The most compassionatestatements from God, and it's in
Ezekiel 33, 11.
And it says as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I
take no pleasure in the deathof the wicked, but rather that
they turn from their ways andlive.
Let that settle in.
God is not looking to destroyus.
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He's longing to restore.
His desire is repentance, notruin, mercy, not wrath.
Ezekiel 33, 11 reads as surelyas I live, declares the
sovereign Lord, I take nopleasure.
It's plain.
He takes no pleasure in thedeath of the wicked, but rather
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that they turn from their wickedways and live.
He's ignoring.
He's well, I'm not going to sayignoring because he's not
ignoring, because he's going torain down judgment, but he's
attempting to restore his peopleto their rightful place, which
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is serving Christ wholeheartedly.
He wants you to live.
He doesn't want you to die.
His desire is repentance, notruin.
It's mercy, not wrath.
Even after all the rebellion,all the adultery or the idolatry
, the adultery and all thejudgment, that God's heart
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remains open.
Even after all of that, god'sheart remains open.
The door to return is neverfully closed for those who are
willing to repent.
Now we come to one of the mosticonic passages in the book the
Valley of Dry Bones.
I don't know, guys, I don'teven want to pass over that last
part.
Repent, turn from your ways.
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God is there with open arms,seeking and yearning for those
he can save.
Take instruction from theIsraelites.
Instruction from the Israelites.
Learn from the examples inscripture.
After all of their rebellion,god still was open.
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The door for them to return wasnever fully closed.
Repent, guys, repent, all right.
The dry bones that's chapter 37,where the Spirit of the Lord
brings Ezekiel to a valleyfilled with bones.
Now these bones are scattered,right, they're dry, they're
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lifeless.
God asks him, son of man, canthese bones live?
Ezekiel replies wisely and hesays sovereign Lord, you alone
know.
God then tells Ezekiel toprophesy to the bones and as he
speaks, a miracle unfolds.
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The bones come together, theflesh forms over them, and then
the breath, the spirit, entersthem and they stand to their
feet as a vast army.
Them and they stand to theirfeet as a vast army.
Now, this vision is not justsymbolic, it's prophetic.
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The bones represent Israel inexile, a nation that has been
crushed, scattered and seeminglybeyond hope.
But God says I will put myspirit in you and you will live,
and I will settle you in yourown land.
That's Ezekiel 37, 14.
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This is resurrection language,guys, restoration language.
It speaks to a God who bringslife out of what looks like
death.
God is so good.
I mean, I am so wowed by thisscripture, I am so wowed by it,
guys.
Think of how this applies to ustoday.
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How many areas of your lifefeel like a valley of dry bones?
I know I have many of them.
How many do you have Placesthat feel dead, forgotten or too
broken to heal?
God is still asking can thesebones live?
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And the answer to that is yes.
If you trust him, guys, if youspeak his word over your life,
the answer will always be yes.
Seek ye first the kingdom ofGod, seek God's face in all that
you do, and the answer will beyes.
All right guys.
Dry bones that's just amazingthe vision that God gave him.
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And when he asked him can theylive, he said only you know God,
because Ezekiel knows that hecan't do anything apart from God
.
God has to advise, guide andlead.
That's a separate nugget that Ijust dropped on y'all.
That's an episode in itself fornext time, all right, guys.
So now we're at chapter 38 and39, the prophecy against Gog of
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the land of Magog.
Okay, this is the mysteriousand often debated passage.
Okay, gog is presented as aleader who will attack the
restored land of Israel in thelatter days.
He gathers nations with him,people from Persia, from Cush,
from Put, from Gomer and theother nations in the area, and
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he plans a massive invasion.
But God steps in once again,because our God is good, he
declares that he himself willfight for Israel, using
earthquakes, hail, fire andconfusion to destroy Gog and his
armies.
Now, why did God do that?
Because that was the questionthat I had.
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It's like you put Gog there tocome out with all his nations to
come up against Israel, andthen you step in and you stop it
from happening.
So what was the purpose of that?
And I read Ezekiel 38, 23,.
Then they will know that I amthe Lord.
So he did that because, guesswhat?
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God wants us to know, without adoubt, that everything we go
through and everything he placesin us, around us, everything he
does strategically so that hegets the glory.
So he did it like that.
He sent this person whogathered all these nations to
come up against Israel.
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And then God said no, no, no,I'm going to wipe them out.
I'm going to wipe them out thisway, that way, this way, that
way.
Then they will know that I amthe Lord.
So he sends Israel, he fightsfor Israel with earthquakes,
with hail, fire, confusing, sowith confusion, and then he
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destroys Gog and his army onbehalf of Israel.
The message is clear, right,guys?
God is the ultimate defender ofhis people.
No weapon formed against mewill prosper when he is my
shield.
That's end result.
It's clear God will alwaysfight for you.
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He will always be my weapon ofchoice the word of God and God
himself.
So this is a I guess you cansay like a reassurance for
anyone who feels under spiritualattack.
You may not know how the battlewill unfold, but you can be
confident in this, that the Lordwill fight for you.
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The Lord will fight your battle.
He will go up against the enemyon your behalf.
Call on him, seek him, readyour word and watch him work.
All right, guys, we're at theend.
Now.
This is the final section of thebook of Ezekiel, and, guys,
these are just little points.
You got to go back and read thescripture for yourself to get
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the full picture.
Okay, these are just littlepoints, things that I pulled out
when I was reading it.
You got to go back and read thefull book of Ezekiel to get the
full picture of how awesome Godis, that even in judgment, even
in wrath, how merciful he is,how he will continue to give us
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chance after chance, even whenwe don't deserve it.
We don't even deserve it, buthe does it anyway.
How good is God, how graciousis he to even do it for us?
We do not deserve it.
So please, please, go back andread it for yourself.
Don't take my word for it.
Go, study it for yourself andlet God speak to you through his
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word.
So we're at the end.
The final chapter, chapters 40through 48.
It takes us into extraordinaryvisions, some more visions that
Ezekiel has.
It's the vision of the restoredtemple and the renewed land.
This is after God rains downall his judgment, tears
everything up, busts everythingup, and then Ezekiel is taken
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into a vision to a high mountainwhere a man with a measuring
rod shows him the dimensions ofa new temple.
These chapters go into themeticulous detail and
measurements of the gates, therooms, the walls, the altars and
the priest duties.
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Why such detail, you ask?
Because I asked what is this,god?
Why are you showing Ezekielthis?
What am I to learn from this?
Because this vision isn't justabout physical structures, it's
about order, it's about holinessand God's presence returning to
his people.
Remember the temple had beendestroyed, god's glory had been
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departed at this time from them.
But now, in this vision, god isreturning not just to a
building, but to dwell among hispeople, and I know he loves
that because that is his number.
One thing that he wants to dois dwell among us, be with us,
walk with us, talk with us,guide us.
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So in chapter 43, we read thenthe glory of the Lord entered
the temple through the gatesfacing east and I fell face down
.
The glory of the Lord filledthe temple.
That's Ezekiel 43, 45.
And if you notice that Ezekielfalls down, he even to his face
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because of how glorious God isand that wow moment.
This is such a powerful fullcircle moment.
The glory that left the templein chapter 10 has returned.
In chapter 47, we see a riverflowing from the temple.
As it flows, it brings healingand life to the Dead Sea, to the
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land and to the people.
Trees start to grow with fruitfor food and leaves for healing.
This river is a symbol of God'sspirit, flowing from his
presence and bringing renewalwherever it goes.
And finally, in chapter 48,ezekiel closes with a name, a
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new name for the city name, anew name for the city Yahweh
Shema.
The Lord is there, powerful.
The greatest blessing in all ofscripture is not a land or
temple, or even a kingdom, it'sthe presence of God.
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Ezekiel's final word is apromise that God will dwell with
his people.
That's it.
God just wants to be there.
He wants to be first in yourlife.
He wants to be your all, notthe idols, not you living,
running amok and doing what youwant, thinking God just going to
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sit back and watch that.
No, he wants a relationshipwith us.
He wants to be one with us.
So he'll tear it all down andhe'll build it back up so that
he gets the glory and he getsthe relationship.
So let's bring this alltogether.
The book of Ezekiel began withthe exile and judgment, but then
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it ends with the glory andrestoration.
It teaches us that God is holyand just, but also merciful and
faithful.
He corrects, he warns, but henever walks away.
Oh, thank you, lord, God, foryour mercy.
Thank you for correcting us,for warning us, but never
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walking away and leaving us.
Just imagine if he just tookhis grace off of you for a
second.
Just imagine that.
I don't even want to imagine it.
I don't want to imagine it.
I do not want to imagine a lifewithout God.
I just don't.
So, guys, ezekiel reminds usthat God speaks in the
wilderness.
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He restores what's beenscattered, he breathes life into
dry bones and he prepares aplace for his glory to dwell.
Not just in the building, guys.
It is not about the building,but in the hearts of his people.
It's not about the churchbuilding, but about the church.
We are the church, the peopleare the church.
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So, not the building, but inour hearts.
Wherever you are in your journey, whether you're in a valley or
on the mountaintop, mountaintop,god is with you and, just like
Ezekiel, you are called to be awatchman, to speak his word and
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to trust his plan.
Thank you, father, you arecalled to do it.
So today, guys, I encourage youstudy this book for yourself.
Go back, read it, pray throughthis.
Go back, read it, pray throughthis, pray through this book, so
that God will reveal the thingsthat he needs to reveal to you,
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that you would hear the thingsthat he needs you to hear.
It's not me speaking, but Godspeaking through me.
Go back and read it for yourself.
Let God speak to your heart.
Let him grant you understandingand discernment and knowledge
in the things of him, so thatyou understand the book of
Ezekiel.
Go back and read through thechapters yourself.
Let God speak to you throughits pages and remember this no
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matter how dark it gets, thefinal word over your life is the
Lord is there.
That's the word.
The Lord is there.
Remember that.
He's right there with you.
He doesn't leave, he doesn'twalk away.
He is there.
You just need to know him foryourself.
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And how you do that is stayingin the word.
You have to read yourscriptures.
How you do that is staying inthe word.
You have to read yourscriptures.
So, guys, I don't ever want toassume that someone listening
today on this podcast knows theLord, because you can belong
before you believe.
But I do want to give anopportunity to know Jesus for
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yourself, to taste the goodnesshe has to offer.
If you feel like you've strayedaway from your first love or
you don't know him at all, Iinvite you to pray this prayer
with me.
Heavenly Father, I am a sinner.
I recognize that you are theone true Lord and I need you in
my life.
I cannot do this on my own.
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Come into my heart, lord, comeinto my life, renew a spirit
within me.
I repent here today and ask youto lead me in the way that I
should go, in Jesus' name, amen.
Guys, if you've prayed thatprayer with me today, or if
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you're feeling that tug on yourheart, I encourage you to take
the next step in your journeywith God, whether it's making a
decision to follow Jesus orrecommitting your life to him.
Remember that God's love foryou will never fail.
It will never end.
It will never leave you.
If you just seek his face,that's it.
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That's all he asks.
He doesn't want perfection.
There's no fancy talk oranything.
It's just you and Christ.
Relationship, relationship,relationship.
It's you and God togetherBuilding.
Stay in your word.
Read the scriptures.
Relationship, relationship,relationship.
It's you and God togetherbuilding.
Stay in your word.
Read the scriptures.
Let God speak to your heart.
If you'd like to learn moreabout what it means to follow
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Christ, or if you just needsomeone to pray with you, please
reach out to me.
You're not in this alone.
On my website atdivineharmonyfaithcom, there are
endless ways to reach us and toconnect to a community of
believers, of like-minded people, including myself.
Reach out, we are here for you.
(31:38):
I am so excited for you takingthis step.
Do not let the enemy use thelack of community to dismantle
what God is about to develop inyour life.
Reach out, the community isthere.
We're here for you.
So thank you for joining metoday.
Guys, on Divine Harmony Faith,I hope this journey through
Ezekiel stirred your heart andopened your eyes to God's glory
(32:01):
in a fresh way.
If you enjoyed this episode,please, please, please, please,
be sure to subscribe, like share, leave a review, share it with
a friend who needs theencouragement.
You can also connect with mycommunity, as I said, you know,
you can download devotionals.
We have resources.
It's all there for you,divineharmonyfaithcom.
(32:22):
Until next time, stay faithful,stay grounded in his word and
remember God is always near.
I love you.
God loves you.
Bye-bye.
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