ĥ From the center of the cloud came four living beings that looked human, 6 except that each had four faces and four wings. There was fire inside the cloud, and in the middle of the fire glowed something like gleaming amber. And now we do a deep dive into the muck of Babylon to see the faith of God’s people, a people who are resilient and expectant because the Lord, Yahweh, is the Lord of their future and will fulfill His promises to them.Īs I looked, I saw a great storm coming toward me from the north, driving before it a huge cloud that flashed with lightning and shone with brilliant light. So we see, the bookends of Jeremiah and Daniel. He wants to free us from our fears and breathe faith into our future. He is the Lord of our future and He wants to bless our future. This promise is still true today for you and me, if we confess our sins and return to Him. 8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, 9 for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name I did not send them, declares the Lord. 7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. 6 Take wives and have sons and daughters take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters multiply there, and do not decrease. “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 Build houses and live in them plant gardens and eat their produce. God told Jeremiah in Jeremiah 29 before they went into bondage, Now this book is book ended by Jeremiah the Prophet and Daniel’s visions. They are slaves in bondage in Babylon when God speaks to Him. He is with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon. He immediately tells us the context of his book. 593 years before the birth of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. On July 31 st of Ezekiel’s 30 th year of life, which means this book dates back to July 31, 593 BC, that is 2616 years ago God gave this word to Ezekiel.

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