Ezekiel 39
I hope the video helped. What I liked the most about having some insight to the nations that are going to be the enemies of Israel is I get a real sense of how powerful the Lord is and how Glorious His victory is going to be. When I saw all those nations that were involved my finite mind thought there's no way that little piece of land can hold up against all those nations. But to me that's what makes it so incredible! It's so exciting to see how God is going to make such a statement that the entire world is going to know that He is the one true all powerful God!
Also one more thing I liked about having a sense for who's involved make me more attentive to what's going on in the world. We can already see how many of those nations, which are Muslim, hate Israel and want to destroy it. When I hear extremists groups or other nations say that they are going to destroy Israel I can't help but laugh because they have no idea who they are up against. Yes things are bad in the middle east and Israel might be under attacks but we see in Ezekiel 38-39 that one day the Lord WILL destroy all those nations and restore His people! The coolest thing about all this is that He isn't going to do this because they deserve it, but because He is going to let all the world see that HE IS GOD!
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
Ezekiel 38
So I know this is a gnarly chapter and it could be hard to understand or get something out of this. I know for me the struggle was how do I know this will happen because all these nations I have no idea who they are or if they even exist. So I found a youtube clip that will help bring Ezekiel 38-39 more to life and I believe that when we see how real this is, it will bring to life how REAL, AWESOME, and TRUE God's word is.
http://youtu.be/eR1kj0PdXHk
Enjoy!
So I know this is a gnarly chapter and it could be hard to understand or get something out of this. I know for me the struggle was how do I know this will happen because all these nations I have no idea who they are or if they even exist. So I found a youtube clip that will help bring Ezekiel 38-39 more to life and I believe that when we see how real this is, it will bring to life how REAL, AWESOME, and TRUE God's word is.
http://youtu.be/eR1kj0PdXHk
Enjoy!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Ezekiel 37
This chapter has given me more hope for our church and axiom. We see how God takes a bunch of dry bones and restores life to them. Yes He is talking about the nation of Israel here but I do believe that the Lord offers this same thing to us, HIS CHILDREN! I know that there are things in life that we see as "lost causes". There are the family members, friends, and current situations we just give up on because we feel that there is nothing we can do. So instead of taking these things before the Lord daily in prayer we just give up on them and pray for the things that are "still alive". Even though God can raise people from the dead this isn't what He's getting at. He is talking about His chosen people that are spiritually dead. Anyone feel spiritually dead? Feel like your life/walk with the Lord is pretty dead right now?
What do we do about this? Well as I read a commentary on Ezekiel 37 they pointed out two things that will bring you back from spiritual death. The first is God's word. God tells Ezekiel to "Prophecy/speak" to these bones and they will start to come back to life. Next He tells Ezekiel to tell the breath/ The Spirit of God to enter these newly formed bodies and that's what gives these bodies life. If we want to be made spiritually alive again then we better be getting the Lord word in us daily and asking for His breath/Spirit to give us life. It doesn't matter what we have done. In this portion of scripture God is talking about His chosen people who by the way turned their back on Him and how He would restore them. That goes for us too. And as for those "lost causes" we should be praying for those things daily too. Now I started off by saying that I was given more hope for our church and axiom because it just reminds me how I need to always be lifting our church and axiom to the Lord. Things might seem like they are dead in the church and in axiom but if we are daily asking for the Lord to fill His church with His word and especially His Spirit then watch out because the Lord will bring life and revival back to His church!
This chapter has given me more hope for our church and axiom. We see how God takes a bunch of dry bones and restores life to them. Yes He is talking about the nation of Israel here but I do believe that the Lord offers this same thing to us, HIS CHILDREN! I know that there are things in life that we see as "lost causes". There are the family members, friends, and current situations we just give up on because we feel that there is nothing we can do. So instead of taking these things before the Lord daily in prayer we just give up on them and pray for the things that are "still alive". Even though God can raise people from the dead this isn't what He's getting at. He is talking about His chosen people that are spiritually dead. Anyone feel spiritually dead? Feel like your life/walk with the Lord is pretty dead right now?
What do we do about this? Well as I read a commentary on Ezekiel 37 they pointed out two things that will bring you back from spiritual death. The first is God's word. God tells Ezekiel to "Prophecy/speak" to these bones and they will start to come back to life. Next He tells Ezekiel to tell the breath/ The Spirit of God to enter these newly formed bodies and that's what gives these bodies life. If we want to be made spiritually alive again then we better be getting the Lord word in us daily and asking for His breath/Spirit to give us life. It doesn't matter what we have done. In this portion of scripture God is talking about His chosen people who by the way turned their back on Him and how He would restore them. That goes for us too. And as for those "lost causes" we should be praying for those things daily too. Now I started off by saying that I was given more hope for our church and axiom because it just reminds me how I need to always be lifting our church and axiom to the Lord. Things might seem like they are dead in the church and in axiom but if we are daily asking for the Lord to fill His church with His word and especially His Spirit then watch out because the Lord will bring life and revival back to His church!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Ezekiel 28:24-26
How many of you when you read this portion of scripture thought to yourself; what does this have to do with me? Through Ezekiel God is letting Israel, and all of human history know what He has in store for the nation of Israel. That sounds great and it's cool to know that Isreal is taken care of, but what does that have to do with us? If you are going to come at this portion of scripture, or any portion of scripture for that matter with an attitude like that I believe we will not get anything out of this. So if that was you, maybe you should re-read this portion and see if anything changes.
So the heart behind this blog is to get axiom or anyone reading this to dive into the word but most importantly share what the Lord spoke to you through His word. As I read this I can't help but see how amazing the Lord is. We know that God has chosen the nation of Israel to be His people and that He has a plan, that hasn't come to fulfillment yet but it is in the works. What blows my mind is that we can read about these things to come in His word but what's even more mind blowing is that we can read about it in the news and we can watch these things on T.V start to line up. Pastor Rick shared how he believes that we went from minutes to Christ return to seconds until He comes back. Now that thought might scare some people but the way I have seen it is that this is not a fairy tale, this is really going to happen. Now getting back to this text when I read it I look at it as signs/insight for things to look out for. We see in this portion of scripture the Lord said He is going to gather the nation from being scattered, which is taking place and He is going to take out all the "malicious neighbors". Knowing that these things are going to happen, we can now always be aware of the indicators that God has told us about and be mindful of the things to come.
So are these things really going to happen? Is God really going to use that little piece of land in the Middle East to establish His Kingdom on earth? Now there are things that the Lord has given insight to, things that need to take place before His return but what do we do with them? Are we suppose to only watch out for these things? Are we suppose to live in the spirit of fear of these things or should we have a revrent fear of what the Lord is going to do? What do you think,? What is the Lord telling you?
How many of you when you read this portion of scripture thought to yourself; what does this have to do with me? Through Ezekiel God is letting Israel, and all of human history know what He has in store for the nation of Israel. That sounds great and it's cool to know that Isreal is taken care of, but what does that have to do with us? If you are going to come at this portion of scripture, or any portion of scripture for that matter with an attitude like that I believe we will not get anything out of this. So if that was you, maybe you should re-read this portion and see if anything changes.
So the heart behind this blog is to get axiom or anyone reading this to dive into the word but most importantly share what the Lord spoke to you through His word. As I read this I can't help but see how amazing the Lord is. We know that God has chosen the nation of Israel to be His people and that He has a plan, that hasn't come to fulfillment yet but it is in the works. What blows my mind is that we can read about these things to come in His word but what's even more mind blowing is that we can read about it in the news and we can watch these things on T.V start to line up. Pastor Rick shared how he believes that we went from minutes to Christ return to seconds until He comes back. Now that thought might scare some people but the way I have seen it is that this is not a fairy tale, this is really going to happen. Now getting back to this text when I read it I look at it as signs/insight for things to look out for. We see in this portion of scripture the Lord said He is going to gather the nation from being scattered, which is taking place and He is going to take out all the "malicious neighbors". Knowing that these things are going to happen, we can now always be aware of the indicators that God has told us about and be mindful of the things to come.
So are these things really going to happen? Is God really going to use that little piece of land in the Middle East to establish His Kingdom on earth? Now there are things that the Lord has given insight to, things that need to take place before His return but what do we do with them? Are we suppose to only watch out for these things? Are we suppose to live in the spirit of fear of these things or should we have a revrent fear of what the Lord is going to do? What do you think,? What is the Lord telling you?
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