Pride and self-exaltation led to Satan’s downfall, and for these there is no justification or adequate excuse. “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Prov 16:18). Hence, while we may know of the origin, cause, character, and results of evil, no good or sufficient reason or excuse can be given for [...]
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Ez 28:17: Thine heart was lifted up because of they beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of brightness Leave a comment
Ez 2:7: And thou shalt speak my words unto them whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. Leave a comment
His message was not dependent upon whether they would listen or not.
Ez 28:15: Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou was created, til iniquity was found in thee. Leave a comment
This, and the statement in John 8:44, that he “abode not in the truth,” show that Satan was once perfect, and in the truth. Peter speaks of the “angels that sinned” (II Peter 2:4); and Jude refers to the “angels which kept not their first estate” (Jude 6); both of which show that these angels [...]
Ez 1:3: The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him. Leave a comment
Ezekiel had a wife who died as a sign to Judah when Nebuchadnezzar began his final seige on Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel’s name means “God is strong,” or “God strengthens.” He was called “son of man” over 90 times, a term later used of the Messiah. Ezekiels’ message is not only one of judgment. There is always a strong element of hope. Ez 2: 8-10:……. Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open they mouth, [...]
Ez 5:7: Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because you have multiplied disobedience more than the nations that are all around you, have not walked in My statutes nor kept My judgments, nor even done according to the judgments of the nations that are all around you’—. Leave a comment
“have been more abundantly outrageous”; literally, “to tumultuate”; to have an extravagant rage for idols. Neither have done according to the judgments of the nations-have not been as tenacious of the true religion as the nations have been of the false. The heathen “changed” not their gods, but the Jews changed Jehovah for idols (see [...]
