Ezekiel- Lessons for the Road

Intro

a man with no country

called in the first few chapters from the Che bar canal

the first group of exiles to Babylon taken before the siege of Jerusalem

a people downtrodden in awful circumstance with seemingly no hope

their sin has led them to this place but likely many blame the absence of their God and refuse to hear him just as they did before

a disgusting illustration

chapter 4

an illustration of the siege and the people who caused it

chapter 24

loses his wife to show the loss of relationship between God and his people

yet he carries on as the prophet

an image of hope

chapter 37

the bones become flesh in the valley

God has the power to do all of this and so much more

God is in control of the narrative of this world

he is working for good if I can step out side of my pitiful self to see him working

God can restore life and hope to the hopeless, no matter how dry the bones

thats what makes him God

Application

what I needed to hear

the time for change has never passed

there is hope worth struggling for in every circumstance