Monthly Archives: May 2007

God’s punishment of the Jews was not permanent. The time for that permanent punishment of sin had not yet come. Instead, God’s punishment was designed to reform the wayward Jews into the people He wanted them to be, penitent and trusting only in Him. In that penitence and trust, God would return His people to His holy city in anticipation of the Messiah who would redeem all. Continue reading →

God could have chosen to reveal Himself to His people anywhere. Instead, He chose specific places and tied great importance to those places. Why? Because in giving His people specific places to come to Him, He separated His people from their own will and bound them to His own. Continue reading →

One of the greatest fallacies that human beings continue to labor under because of sin is the notion that what they do is unknown to God. Of course, this fact is manifested most clearly in those who choose to believe that there is no God at all. Continue reading →

Even in the end, when disaster was upon them, the people of Judah would not listen to the Word of the Lord. Instead, God has Ezekiel prophecy to the mountains, those stony witnesses to Judah’s rebellion who were as hard as Judah’s heart. Continue reading →