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How to take the above three Chapters of the Book of Ezekiel? Should they be taken as a mere historical event? Is there a lesson here? If so, who is the lesson for? Could the events described in the above Chapters happen again?
At first glance, we must take heed of 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and presume to that end that there is a value in every Passage in the Bible. Could variations of the events in the above Passages be repeated? If so, where is the trial and at what dates? The Bible mentions that there are Judgements yet to come, but there is no timetable. And so bearded men dressed in robes and standing at busy street corners hold up signs saying, “The End is Near,” with no one to say, ‘No it’s not.’
We don’t know what God’s Plans are. He controls the future, and we don’t. There are lessons to heed in the Bible, but in terms of what God will do, they amount to just guesses on that score. We can go about striving for a righteous manner, but how can we be sure we’ve covered all the bases?
We can only hope that God’s System of Justice is better than the justice we see served in many jurisdictions, where innocent people are behind bars and even worse are slated for execution for murders they didn’t commit or other things they did which the government they’re subjected to have decided they must die for.
Ironically, under Romans 13:1, the different governments are expected to preside as an extension of God, but it appears that in many lands, such is not the case. And the only state that many may live is in a state of Woe.
One thing that may be for sure in Ezekiel 20-22, and that is God is displeased with the way things have turned out at that point in time. And it suggests that God has only called the evil ones to Israel to be arraigned, so to speak, tried and punished. Many are purged there. Has judgement only fallen on the Chosen? No mention is made of any Gentiles being there, though we can presume there are Gentiles in places other than Jerusalem, which God names in Ezekiel 25, that He is bent on destroying. Did the people in those places know that God exists? If not, should such people nowadays look over their shoulders to see if God is gaining on them?
At first glance, we must take heed of 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and presume to that end that there is a value in every Passage in the Bible. Could variations of the events in the above Passages be repeated? If so, where is the trial and at what dates? The Bible mentions that there are Judgements yet to come, but there is no timetable. And so bearded men dressed in robes and standing at busy street corners hold up signs saying, “The End is Near,” with no one to say, ‘No it’s not.’
We don’t know what God’s Plans are. He controls the future, and we don’t. There are lessons to heed in the Bible, but in terms of what God will do, they amount to just guesses on that score. We can go about striving for a righteous manner, but how can we be sure we’ve covered all the bases?
We can only hope that God’s System of Justice is better than the justice we see served in many jurisdictions, where innocent people are behind bars and even worse are slated for execution for murders they didn’t commit or other things they did which the government they’re subjected to have decided they must die for.
Ironically, under Romans 13:1, the different governments are expected to preside as an extension of God, but it appears that in many lands, such is not the case. And the only state that many may live is in a state of Woe.
One thing that may be for sure in Ezekiel 20-22, and that is God is displeased with the way things have turned out at that point in time. And it suggests that God has only called the evil ones to Israel to be arraigned, so to speak, tried and punished. Many are purged there. Has judgement only fallen on the Chosen? No mention is made of any Gentiles being there, though we can presume there are Gentiles in places other than Jerusalem, which God names in Ezekiel 25, that He is bent on destroying. Did the people in those places know that God exists? If not, should such people nowadays look over their shoulders to see if God is gaining on them?
