Saul Weinreb - Let the Prophets Speak

Ezekiel 14b - What do Noah, Daniel, and Job Have in Common?

The people would like to know, will anyone be saved? Why destroy everything?  God answers, sometimes the society ois so corrupt that it can no longer be saved.  Even were there righteous individuals such as Noah, Daniel and Job, they can save themselves, but the society, even many innocent people, will suffer. 

Ezekiel 14a - I Know What You're Thinking

Don't come to seek the word of God if your heart is still dreaming of corruption and sin.  If you do come, God will answer you according to what is in your heart.  Mend your ways, then seek God.  For those false prophets who pretend to speak My word, there will be no excuse, you are causing My people to stray.

Ezekiel 13 - The Lies of the False Prophets

God turns His wrath against the false prophets, magicians and sorcerers among the men and women of Israel.  You will be lost, and your mempory will be lost.  Any chance the people may have had to repent and mend their ways was ruined by your false assertions of hope and peace.  Those of you who had no courage to tell the people of the consequences of their actions, will suffer the most from those same consequences.

Ezekiel 12 -A Refugee in the Night

God asks Ezekiel to perform another symbolic act, to enact the exile of the people of Jerusalem, and the ill-fated attempt of its' King to sneak off during the night. the people still don't listen, thinking that with time, the prophets and their prophecies will fade and die.  God says no, the time is now, there is no more waiting. The proophecies are beung fulfilled at this very moment.

Ezekiel 11 - God Joins His People in Exile

In this stirring chapter, God teaches Ezekiel that He will leave Jerusalem, and reside with His people in exile.  There He will be a "small Temple" a "mikdash me'at" and He will reside among them until it is time to bring them back home.  Then the people will gather in Israel with a humble heart, one dedicated to unity and living in God's ways.

Ezekiel 10 - The Chariot of God Takes Flight

In this terribly graphic and ominous chapter, Ezekiel describes his vision as God's presence is lifted by His chariot out of the Temple.  This represents God's "journey" from the Temple to Babylon.  The people have defiled His Temple, it is no longer God's house.  The fires taken from God's chariot will now consume and destroy the desecrated House of God.

Ezekiel 9 - God Departs and Destruction Begins

Ezekiels virtual journey to the Temple in Jerusalem continues, as he now witnesses the departure of God from the cherubs.  As God leaves, he instructs the destroyers to begin the defilement of the temple and show no mercy to the sinful people of Jerusalem.  Those who do show remorse however, are marked and spared.

Ezekiel 8 - A Flight to Jerusalem

God takes Ezekiel on a flight to Jerusalem to see the extent of the corruption that has overtaken the people.  The temple itself is being defiled in the worst possible way.  Ezekiel invokes the images of Deuteronomy in his attempt to get the people to hear his message.

Ezekiel 7 - The Time is Now

Ezekiel continues to try and convince the people that the time of destruction of Jerusalem is upon them.  The time is now, not in 100 years or in some distant future, but now.  Individuals can save themselves if they learn the proper lessons, but the Temple and the people residing in Israel are doomed.  Only in Babylon will the salvation sprout one day, but all that sprouts in the land of Israel now will be calamity.

Ezekiel 6 - I Told You So!

Ezekiel reminds the people that all of this has been predicted in the Torah many years ago.  This should come as no surprise. "It was not for nothing that I told you all of this!", God reminds the people (See verse 10 in this chapter).