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THE CHAMBERS OF IMAGERY

"And He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.  Then said He unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.  And He said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.  So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about .  And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel…with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.  Then said He unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth ." (Ezekiel 8:7-12).   Ezekiel prophesied to the Jews during the time of their captivity in Babylon.  The Prophet Jeremiah was a contempor...
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A VALLEY OF BONES

The Prophet Ezekiel was among those Jews who had been relocated to Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar defeated them and destroyed Jerusalem along with the Temple of Solomon that stood there.  The Jews had been very disobedient to God and had turned to worshipping the idols of the nations around them.  The Lord was very displeased with His people and had pleaded with them repeatedly through the words of His prophets, but they would not respond to Him and repent.  Finally, God warned them one last time that a stronger nation would come, defeat them, and carry them away from their homes in Israel.  In the book of Ezekiel, there is a very unflattering picture of the Body of Christ.  In chapter 37 God showed His prophet a valley full of dry bones that were scattered all over the ground and bleaching in the sun.  The Lord told Ezekiel, “... these bones are the whole house of Israel .”  So, the Lord was likening the scattering of His people to the scattered bones i...
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"WHEN I HAVE A CONVENIENT SEASON..."

Around the year 57 A.D., the Apostle Paul determined to go to Jerusalem.  He knew he would be arrested by the Jews, imprisoned, and possibly put to death as a result of that decision.  He knew this in his spirit, but also because a prophet by the name of Agabus had foretold it.  In Acts, chapter twenty-one, we read, “And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.  And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles .  And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.  Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus .” (Acts 21:10-13).  Paul did ...
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