SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/3/2014
8:03 AM
My Worship Time Focus: The Leaders are Deceived PT-3
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ezekiel
11:22-25
Message of the
verses: We will be looking at the
last sub-section from Dr. Wiersbe’s outline on Ezekiel chapter eleven in our SD
for today.
The Glory Departs (Ezekiel 11:22-25): “22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings
with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over
them. 23 The glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood
over the mountain which is east of the city. 24 And the Spirit lifted me up and
brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the
vision that I had seen left me. 25 Then I told the exiles all the things that
the LORD had shown me.”
In his vision Ezekiel sees the chariot-throne, which was
lingering over the East Gate of Jerusalem move and hover over the Mt. of
Olives. Dr. Wiersbe points out that he
could have used the word “Ichabod” which speaks of the glory departing, but in
the later chapters of his book he will see the glory of the Lord return in the Millennial
Temple. (Ezekiel 43:1-5)
Even though we have been over this ground before I still
want to remind everyone of what Dr. Wiersbe has to say in this paragraph: “After the temple was destroyed in 586 BC,
the glory of God disappeared from the earth and didn’t return until the birth
of Christ in Bethlehem (Luke 2:9, 32; John 1:14). Wicked men crucified the Lord of glory (1
Cor. 2:8), but He arose again and ascended back to heaven from Bethany (Luke
24:50-51; Acts 1:9-12) which is on the eastern slope of Mount Olivet. One day Jesus will return to the Mount of
Olives (Zech. 14:4) to deliver His people and establish His kingdom. The glory will have returned!”
We see that the vision was over in the last two verses of
this section and then Ezekiel would tell the exiles what he had seen, but not
all would believe. The things that he
saw in the vision would take place just as he saw them for the Word of God will
never fail.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: Just as the
things that Ezekiel saw in the vision we just saw all came true the things that
are still future that the Word of God speaks of will also come true. It is the job of the church to tell others
about these things, things like the rapture of the church, the rise of
Antichrist, the Tribulation Period that will take place as a part of the 70th
week of Daniel’s prophecy from the 9th chapter of his book, the
return of Jesus Christ to planet earth to head up the Millennial Kingdom, the
last war as described in the book of Revelations, along with the destruction of
planet earth as seen in 2 Peter 3:10, the new earth and new Jerusalem
established, the white throne judgment, eternity beginning never to end.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
Continue to tell others about what the
future is as told in the pages of Scripture.
Memory verses for the
week: 2 Peter 1:1-3.
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; 3 seeing that His divine
power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through
the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “It would not fall because it
was built upon a rock” (Matt. 7:24-25).
Today’s Bible
question: “What OT character said ‘I
have sinned against the Lord’?”
Answer in our next SD.
12/3/2014 8:38 AM
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