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When Ezekiel becomes God's mouthpiece to the Israelites, it wasn't really about them changing or listening. God says they won’t listen. This is about Ezekiel being a witness to them so that one day they'll look back and realize that God tried to warn them of the coming danger.
"I'm going to make your tongue cling and stick to your mouth so that you will be silent. You will not be a mediator for the people because they are rebellious." God was appointing Ezekiel as a watchman but preventing him from being a mediator.
There is only one other prophet that God tells not to mediate on behalf of the people. Interestingly, this prophet lived at the same time as Ezekiel, but in Jerusalem. "As for you, do not pray for this people. I will not listen to you." It's as if God has to shut down the prophets.
There are times when the prophets act as mediators. And everytime God gives humans another chance, they inevitably mess it all up and create a chain reaction of violence, corruption, or rebellion until it reaches a crisis point.
Sometimes it leads to a flood of justice. The mediator will stand in the gap between God and people, and be like, "they're like stupid sheep, they don't know what they do." Instead of destroying, God works with humans as they are, because humans are no different.
The people don't deserve it. But God relents because of a mediator’s surrender and sacrifice. This is a moment of the point of no return. We're at the blood of the innocent crying out from the land. And God can't turn a blind eye to it anymore.
So we've got our Noahs of this generation, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and God decides to take his anointed representative people. For God to be both holy and just, but also faithful to his promises, He has to lead these people into death so that he can resurrect them out the other side.
God's like, yeah, don't pull a Moses. Don't do the thing that Amos did. Don't ask me, I forbid you to intercede. It's been half a millennium and they're no different than the day I brought them up out of Egypt. The people have hardened their heart.
God describes Israel the way that Pharaoh was described when God hardens his heart. God's chosen representative had to endure suffering. There's something about the human condition that indicates it's both redeemable and also too far gone at the same time. 1 John 5:17.
The true image of God in humanity has to undergo a significant transformation. To bring about this, the prophets are silenced. So God takes us on a journey into the experience of death and resurrection.
Ezekiel and Jeremiah were not pleased with their situations. They were not particularly happy about their calling, but it was the Spirit of God that compelled them to stand up. Later, Ezekiel tried to mediate by appealing to God a couple of times because he couldn't help himself.
Jesus prays, “if it is possible, let this cup pass from me.” Then He willingly chooses to obey the Father’s will. The chosen one will die but then be resurrected, symbolizing the death of humanity so that we can be reborn to take part in the new creation."
“My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.” Matthew 26:39
"I'm going to make your tongue cling and stick to your mouth so that you will be silent. You will not be a mediator for the people because they are rebellious." God was appointing Ezekiel as a watchman but preventing him from being a mediator.
There is only one other prophet that God tells not to mediate on behalf of the people. Interestingly, this prophet lived at the same time as Ezekiel, but in Jerusalem. "As for you, do not pray for this people. I will not listen to you." It's as if God has to shut down the prophets.
There are times when the prophets act as mediators. And everytime God gives humans another chance, they inevitably mess it all up and create a chain reaction of violence, corruption, or rebellion until it reaches a crisis point.
Sometimes it leads to a flood of justice. The mediator will stand in the gap between God and people, and be like, "they're like stupid sheep, they don't know what they do." Instead of destroying, God works with humans as they are, because humans are no different.
The people don't deserve it. But God relents because of a mediator’s surrender and sacrifice. This is a moment of the point of no return. We're at the blood of the innocent crying out from the land. And God can't turn a blind eye to it anymore.
So we've got our Noahs of this generation, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and God decides to take his anointed representative people. For God to be both holy and just, but also faithful to his promises, He has to lead these people into death so that he can resurrect them out the other side.
God's like, yeah, don't pull a Moses. Don't do the thing that Amos did. Don't ask me, I forbid you to intercede. It's been half a millennium and they're no different than the day I brought them up out of Egypt. The people have hardened their heart.
God describes Israel the way that Pharaoh was described when God hardens his heart. God's chosen representative had to endure suffering. There's something about the human condition that indicates it's both redeemable and also too far gone at the same time. 1 John 5:17.
The true image of God in humanity has to undergo a significant transformation. To bring about this, the prophets are silenced. So God takes us on a journey into the experience of death and resurrection.
Ezekiel and Jeremiah were not pleased with their situations. They were not particularly happy about their calling, but it was the Spirit of God that compelled them to stand up. Later, Ezekiel tried to mediate by appealing to God a couple of times because he couldn't help himself.
Jesus prays, “if it is possible, let this cup pass from me.” Then He willingly chooses to obey the Father’s will. The chosen one will die but then be resurrected, symbolizing the death of humanity so that we can be reborn to take part in the new creation."
“My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.” Matthew 26:39
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