SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/23/2014
7:56 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Ezekiel’s 2nd
Spoken Message PT-3
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ezekiel
7:22-27
Message
of the verses: We will be looking at
the last sub-section from the seventh chapter of Ezekiel in Today’s SD.
The Disruption from the Disaster
(Ezekiel 7:22-27): “22 ’I will also turn
My face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then robbers will enter and
profane it. 23’make the chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of
violence. 24 ’Therefore, I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will
possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong ones cease, and
their holy places will be profaned. 25 ’When anguish comes, they will seek
peace, but there will be none. 26 ’Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor;
then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and
counsel from the elders. 27 ’The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed
with horror, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. According to their conduct I
will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am the
LORD.’"”
I have highlighted “My secret Place”
and I believe that this is speaking of the temple, and perhaps the Holy of
Holies which was in the temple, and God says that He will allow robbers to
enter it and profane it. This happened
when it was torn down by the Babylonians.
I have also highlighted “full of bloody crimes,” and Ezekiel is speaking
of all the crimes that the people committed including the sacrificing of innocent
babies on the heathen altars. A couple
of days ago I was listening to a question and answer series from John
MacArthur, where those in the church he pastors ask him questions and he
answers them. A lady wanted to know if
it was all right for her to go to a doctor who does abortions for her prenatal
care. I won’t get into all of his
answer, but he did speak of why God would someday judge America in his opinion,
and one of the reasons is because of all of the abortions that have happened legally
in this country since (I believe), 1973.
We have become a bloody nation and just as the blood of Able cries out
so does the blood of all those innocent babies cry out. The last count I have heard was in excess of
50 million babies have been killed through our unlawful law of allowing
abortion.
In verse twenty-four Ezekiel says
that God will bring the worst of nations to conquer His people, and they will
live in the houses of His people because of their sin. Verse twenty-six speaks of the people seeking
peace, but God will not give them His peace because of their sins. Verse twenty-six speaks of the anguish that
the people will be going through and they will look for a vision from a
prophet, but the prophets will have none, and the one who did have one,
Jeremiah, they did not listen to for they thought that God would never destroy
His temple or stop the line of David from ruling in Jerusalem. In verse twenty-seven we read about the
judgment that God will put upon them and Ezekiel says “by their judgments I
will judge them.” A few days ago I was
reading an older SD from over three years ago and a quote from Warren Wiersbe
was in it and it went something like this “The worst thing that God can do in
order to judge His people is allow them to have their own way.” This seems to be the case as seen in verse
twenty-seven.
Warren Wiersbe concludes this
sub-section with these words from Psalm 33:10-11 “10 The LORD brings the
counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no
effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart to
all generations.”
The following is a quote from
Steward Briscoe from his commentary on this section of Scripture. “Details of the ‘end’ that the people were to
anticipate in the very near future showed that moral, financial, and social
disintegration was inevitable (7:10-27).
All they had held dear would fall apart.
The things they had trusted would fold up and disappear. The things in which they had taken delight
would become unpleasant and irrelevant, and the things that hand filled their
thinking and captivated their attention would be shown to be useless in their
hour of real trouble. The end was about
to arrive and when the Lord finally chose to act, nobody and nothing could
stand it one moment longer.
“These words were a salutary warning
for those who in Israel’s history had presumed on God’s mercy. It is an equally salutary note for those who
today assume that disaster could never befall those who rebel and resist God as
thoroughly and relentlessly as those to whom Ezekiel spoke.”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: As I look
at the quote from Steward Briscoe, and the quote that I tried to remember from
Warren Wiersbe, and look at what John MacArthur said about abortion, then look
at our country it makes me tremble. Revival
is the only thing that can prolong the destruction of our country, and how do
we know that God will grant one. My hope
and my prayer is that God will have mercy on our land.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to
do the things that I know are right, and to live my life in a way that will be
pleasing to the Lord.
Memory
verses for the week: 2 Peter 1:1-2.
1
Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have
received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and
Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace
be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
Answer
to yesterday’s Bible question: “Psalm
23.”
Today’s
Bible question: “Why did Moses flee from
Egypt?”
Answer
in our next SD.
11/23/2014
8:38 AM
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