Ezekiel
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“Then I saw the heavens thrown open,…” (Rev. 19:11-16) Now this idea of ‘throwing open the heavens’, it’s a perfect passive verb which means God did it. It remains that way, and we’ve seen that back in chapter 4:1; 11:19; 15:5. It may be an Old Testament allusion to Ezekiel 1:1, for much of the…
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1 Corinthians chapter 15 is probably the most definitive Scriptural evidences of the Resurrection. I was wondering how much of my faith and life has been influenced by one simple text everyone is familiar with, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son…” – and I believe that with all…
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“…The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness;…” Ezekiel 33:12 The man who is wicked, the man who lies, cheats, and steals, and…
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I don’t think the basic predisposition of God is judgment. I think the basic stance of God is love (cf. Ezek. 33:11). Some people view God as the ‘Hanging Judge of the universe’ that has a big gavel ready to smash you like a bug if you step out of line. He’s just waiting to…
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Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman… Ezekiel 33:2-9 BEING A WATCHMAN – A TREMENDOUS JOY, A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITYI think it’s very…