Read: Ezekiel 21:1-22:31; Hebrews 10:1-17; Psalm 108:1-13; Proverbs 27:12
Ezekiel was to prophesy against the sanctuary - their worship, and against the land of Israel. God was going to cut off the righteous and the wicked of the land because no one was standing in the gap for their nation.
God told Ezekiel to go out to the people and groan as if his heart was broken and he was grieving. When the asked what he was doing he was to tell them that he was grieving over the news God had given him about them and their nation. The sword was coming and it would be devastating to them.
Ezekiel was to draw a picture of two roads for the king of Babylon to take. They were to start in Babylon then meet at a fork where the king would consult his mediums and idols. They would choose Jerusalem, so he would begin to besiege Jerusalem. The priests, the ones wearing the turbans and the kings, the ones wearing the crowns would be brought low. God would give their hats to one who was humble, Jesus, who would be both priest and king. He is the one whom it rightfully belongs to.
God looked for a person who would stand with Ezekiel in the gap and found no one so everything he said would happen.
In Hebrews we see that the law was just a shadow of the good things to come, so the law spoke of good things. In the law there were several offerings and sacrifices we could bring to get forgiveness, God’s favor, and God’s blessings. Their promises expired every year and had to be done over and over every year. God set it up that way to remind them of them every year so that when he fulfilled it through Jesus, they would know what he was doing.
Jesus offered his own blood to perfect those that are sanctified forever then he sat down on the right hand of God. There he prays for us.
Lord, thank you that your plan gets better and better.
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