Ezekiel
46-48; Psalm 132
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I have to admit that reading these last several chapters of
Ezekiel has been somewhat of a challenge for me. It has been hard to stay focused and easy to lose
interest. It has kind of been like
going back to the books of the law at the beginning of the Old Testament with
all the specific regulations for something that doesn’t directly impact my
daily life.
I’m sure any Bible scholar or just anyone who is very
knowledgeable about Scripture might gasp at that confession. I know that as a prophet Ezekiel had
messages and visions from God that were relevant to what was happening in his
time as well as futuristic prophecies.
I know that there are many similarities in the book of Ezekiel to the
book of Revelation. Specifically
in these chapters today there are several similarities within Revelation
chapters 21 and 22, which are the last two chapters of the Bible. I do
find this fascinating and I am looking forward to diving in to that deeper and
reviewing and corresponding with the book of Ezekiel when I get to the book of
Revelation.
However, today, my mind is not really going there. Today the phrase that rocked me was the
last sentence of the book of Ezekiel: “And the name of the city from that time
on will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
My mind started racing of the possibilities of different cities as
well as nations around the world where there would be such a movement of God
that all would take notice and say, “The Lord is there.” Right now that is not quite happening
yet in the city in which I live, but I know it is on the verge. Churches are rising up, Christians are
uniting together and acting on their faith, the younger generations are on fire
serving others, and God is moving.
And with God all things are possible!
I pray that people would take notice and that it would be
known that “The Lord is there.”
That is my prayer for our country as well, which seems to be going in
the opposite direction now, that there would be such a movement of God that
other nations would take notice and know “The Lord is there.” I pray for the nations that as a whole
do not accept the truth and even persecute those who do, that believers would
rise up and His Good News would spread so that entire nations would turn to the
Lord, and the world would know “The Lord is there.”
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