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Ezekiel 6
brings out more evidence of judgment.
Today’s focus is their idolatry. This isn’t too different from
yesterday. Yesterday God challenged the
people because they became like the nations instead of being a witness so the
nations became more like them. Why did
that happen? Idolatry. The Hebrew people adopted the gods of the
world rather than inviting the world to adopt God as their own God.
As with all
the prophets, what is the point of the judgment? Does God simply want them to be
punished? Is He a vengeful God who wants
the people to pay for their sins? Does
God have a superiority complex and He needs to prove His dominion over the
people? Does God want to supplant the
people and move in the Babylonians?
None of
these are true. The point God wants to make
is to have the people recognize Him as God.
He wants relationship. He wants
them to take Him as their God. He isn’t
interested in vindictive judgment; He is interested in meaningful relationship.
This speaks
to the nature of God. Yes, God is
powerful enough to wipe the planet clean.
Yes, God is powerful enough to take one group and remove them from power
and give their land to someone else.
But these aren’t the things that
God wants. God wants relationship with
us. He wants repentance. He wants us to come to Him humbly,
acknowledging our need for His ways.
We see this
hope in one small sentence in this chapter.
God says that not all people will die.
God says that there will come a time when the people know Him. That’s God’s plan. He wants to be known by us.
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