Wed.’s Devo - God’s Word is Eternal

Read: Ezekiel 12:1-14:11; Hebrews 7:1-17; Psalm 105:37-45; Proverbs 27:3 God reassured Ezekiel that he knew what he was up against. The people refused to hear truth, but he was still sent to tell them so they would not be able to say that no one had warned them. *** God told Ezekiel to pack, in broad daylight as if he was going into exile. Then, he was to leave that night, dig a hole through the wall, climb through it, and walk away with his pack on his back. He was given a word to King Zedekiah that this would soon happen to them. Zedekiah will be taken to Babylon though he will never see it. (His eyes were gouged out before he got there.) Most of the people would die, but a remnant would survive so they could confess their sin to their captors. Then they would know that the Lord is God. *** The people didn’t believe the prophesies because they never saw them manifested, but God was going to change that. It was time for all those prophecies to be fulfilled. God would not delay any longer. *** Ezekiel was to prophesy against the false prophets who made up their words. They would be banished from the community and their names blotted out of the records. They would not return to the land. They prophesied ‘peace’ when God was saying ‘destruction.’ *** God told Ezekiel to prophecy against the women who spread the use of amulets and magic. Their lies caused people to die who should have lived and promised life to those who should die. God would rescue their victims. *** God exposed those who set up idols in their hearts but then went to the prophet of God and asked for a message. God would give them the message they deserve. *** Hebrews tells us about Melchizedek, God’s High Priest. Genesis 14 gives us the account of a war between 9 kings of the earth. Lot lived in Sodom which was involved in the war and he was carried off. Abram took his men and went and rescued Lot along with the people of Sodom. God gave Abram the victory and he carried away much treasure. Melchizedek met Abram on his way home and brought him some bread and wine and blessed Abram. Abram, in return gave him a tenth of all the spoils of war he had gotten. *** Melchizedek is not like human priest who die, but he is eternal. Every priest who lived after Abram was blessed by what he did because they were his seed. What we do affects our seed to come. We can pass down blessings or curses - it is our decision. *** The priesthood of Levi could not attain perfection, so God needed to change it. Jesus came from the tribe of Judah and Jesus was like Melchizedek - eternal. This was to show us that it is not the physical that is required but the spiritual. We are all priests if we are changed spiritually. Because of Christ, we are all priests from the order of Melchizedek. *** Lord, may we act, pray and live like your priests. May we hear your voice today and respond