We are switching gears for now from learning about the angels that God created, to the vision that Ezekiel saw and what God had to say to him, the latter of which follows.
Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell face down and I heard one speaking. Ezekiel 1:28
He said to me, "Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak to you." As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet and said to me. He said, "Son of man I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day. The people that I am sending you to are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, 'This what the Sovereign Lord says,' and whether they listen or fail to listen-they will know that a prophet has been among them. And you son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people. You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious. But you son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you." Then I looked and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll , which was in a scroll before me. On both sides were written words of lament and woe. Ezekiel 2:1-10
Ezekiel has just seen a vision so glorious that he fell to his face on the ground. But then God tells him to stand to his feet and it is only when God says to do this is when a person can stand to his feet in the presence of him. The Spirit that we saw in the living creatures is now in him and it brings to him understanding and by his power he is commissioning Ezekiel to a special service for him. The message God was sending was to a rebellious people.that were hardhearted.but when they saw what was coming through this vision that Ezekiel had, they would know without a doubt that he was a prophet from God. Whether the people listened or didn't listen, they couldn't say that they didn't know or hadn't heard what God was trying to tell them. But Ezekiel was not to fear what they might say or do because God would protect him.God wanted him to "eat his word" or to have it so ingrained in him that it became a part of him in taking the message to them. The hand of God had appeared to him with a scroll which was God's word just as we have the bible today. And the words on it were the mourning that would go on when his people did not heed the message that God had sent them.
This is in essence what this chapter meant. And it is about the same thing that God is still trying to get across to his people-you and me and the world, yet today.All too many people reject his message. They have become hard- hearted, rebellious and many are even unbelievers. Yet, his message is one of hope for those of us that will receive it. And in the end whether during their lives at death on earth, or for those that are here when Jesus comes back, they will also know that the message of God is not a fable. It is real and sadly, it will be too late for them.
What came next in the vision that God had given Ezekiel? Come back next time for a look into chapter 3 of Ezekiel..
October 9, 2019 Promise: For the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.2 Timothy 4:17
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