Ezekiel 44:4 (NIV) 4  Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling the temple of the LORD, and I fell facedown.   This phrase “fell facedown” appears six times in the book of Ezekiel.  It […]

    Ezekiel 42:15-20 (NIV) 15  When he had finished measuring what was inside the temple area, he led me out by the east gate and measured the area all around: 16  He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits. 17  He measured the north side; it was five […]

  Ezekiel 34:11-16 (NIV) 11  “‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12  As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they […]

  Ezekiel 33:10-11 (NIV) 10  “Son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you are saying: “Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?”‘ 11  Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take […]

  Ezekiel 26:16 (NIV) 16  Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled at you. Today we see terror ruling the airwaves.  Violence has made its […]

  Ezekiel 17:11-15 (NIV) 11  Then the word of the LORD came to me: 12  “Say to this rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say to them: ‘The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles, bringing them back with him to Babylon. 13  Then […]

  Ezekiel 14:1-6 (NIV) 1  Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me. 2  Then the word of the LORD came to me: 3  “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let […]

  Ezekiel 8:1 (NIV) 1  In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came upon me there. The faith that we profess speaks of an encounter with God as […]

Lamentations 5:21 (NIV) 21  Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old   When you read the fifth chapter of Lamentations you find yourself reeling from the sheer force of the words Jeremiah pens.  The state of Judah was hopeless.  They had been ravaged by their enemies […]

Five Hundred Years Ago Today For over one thousand years, the world was in darkness as to what God expected of humans.  The religion that was launched in 33 AD had been kept in cloistered halls of the religious elite.  The Bible had been taken away from the common person.  The common person was told […]