Fri.’s Devo - Acting Out the Siege

Read: Ezekiel 12:1-14:11; Hebrews 7:1-17; Psalm 105:37-45; Proverbs 27:3 Ezekiel was told by God to act as a person going through the siege that was coming. He was to pack his bag of only what he would take and dig a hole through the wall and escape at night. When they asked what and why he was doing this, God told him to tell them that this would be them in the near future. He told them that Zedekiah would do this very thing. He would be taken to Babylon but never see it. This was exactly what happened to Zedekiah. He tried to escape through a hole in the wall and was captured and his eyes poked out. He was taken captive to Babylon but he never saw it with his eyes. The false prophets told the people that like all the other prophets, Ezekiel was talking about something that was going to happen in the far future, not to them today. God told him that that it was the time for all prophecies to be fulfilled. God told Ezekiel to speak against the false prophets who made up their own prophecies from their own imaginations. They had been an enemy to their nation and the people by prophesying lies and leading their people to think it was a time of peace when God was proclaiming war. Next, God had Ezekiel prophesy against the women prophetesses. They trapped others with their lies but their lies were going to trap them. Instead of telling the people to repent, they led the people to continue in their sins. Some of the leaders came to Ezekiel to ask him what God was saying. God was tired of telling them what to do when He knew they had no intention of obeying the Lord. God was going to punish the false prophets and the ones who knew the truth and refused to repent. In Hebrews, God explains how Abraham had been given the promise of God that he would be the father of his nation. Then he fought the evil kings of the earth to rescue Lot and won. After the battle, he met Melchizedek, God’s high priest of heaven and gave him a tenth of the spoil. Melchzedek gave Abraham the blessing to add to his promise. He was transferring his priesthood to Abraham which would materialize in Levi, Abraham’s great grandson. When the priesthood changes, then the law must also change to allow it. Moses would bring the law to change the priesthood. Lord, thank you for your promises and your blessings. May we see your glory on the earth.