Ezekiel

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#1231: What’s the nature of the “tribulation?" | Revelation 6 | Ezekiel 24-25 | Proverbs 20:20-23

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#1231: What’s the nature of the “tribulation?" | Revelation 6 | Ezekiel 24-25 | Proverbs 20:20-23

The book of Revelation is difficult to interpret exactly, but this much we know: there's something ugly between now and "the end" and Jesus wins. Today we catch an overview of what the tribulation will look like.

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#1230: Why three "holies?" | Revelation 4-5 | Ezekiel 23 | Proverbs 20:6-19

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#1230: Why three "holies?" | Revelation 4-5 | Ezekiel 23 | Proverbs 20:6-19

Just a warning as we get rolling today…Ezekiel 23 is, uh, not G-rated as it describes, again, the unfaithfulness of the people of Israel. But, before we get there, today we’re going to tackle two chapters of Revelation because they really go together, and I want you to get the sense of the whole scene. And while longtime listeners will know the answer to today’s focus question, it’s worth posting again…Why three “holies?” (as in “holy, holy, holy”).

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#1227: What is the “retribution principle?” | Revelation 1 | Ezekiel 17-18 | Psalm 93

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#1227: What is the “retribution principle?” | Revelation 1 | Ezekiel 17-18 | Psalm 93

The "retribution principle," simply speaking, is "an eye for an eye." But there's a twist of justice, injustice, and grace that is particular to Christianity...and we get to that in our Bottom Line segment today.

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#1226: What is biblical shame? | 3 John | Ezekiel 16

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#1226: What is biblical shame? | 3 John | Ezekiel 16

Ezekiel 16 is an allegory that is, frankly, graphic. And for good reason — God’s showing us in rather stark terms how it was He who blessed us, gave us all good things, and we cheated on him. Worse than that. And yet He continues to pursue….and to what end?

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#1225: What does it mean to repent? | 2 John | Ezekiel 13-15 | Psalm 92

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#1225: What does it mean to repent? | 2 John | Ezekiel 13-15 | Psalm 92

You might also remember that 1 John ended with the line, “keep yourself from idols,” and since idolatry is related to our recent “knowing God” theme, today’s focus question will riff off what we’ll read in Ezekiel as God gets in the business of Israel’s failed leaders — What does it mean to repent?

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#1223: What do you mean by that? | 1 John 3:11-4:6 | Ezekiel 9-11

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#1223: What do you mean by that? | 1 John 3:11-4:6 | Ezekiel 9-11

Last week in the book of John we talked about his exhortation to “test the spirits.” Today in 1 John we actually get to the place that he wrote that. And our focus question today is going to riff off that again, albeit from a different angle — a problem that we all face in testing the spirits and a deceptively simple solution you can use.

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#1217: What’s one way to “test the spirits?” | John 16 | Ezekiel 1 | Proverbs 19:9-23

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#1217: What’s one way to “test the spirits?” | John 16 | Ezekiel 1 | Proverbs 19:9-23

Yesterday as we talked about wisdom I mentioned in passing that in the letter that we call 1 John, John exhorts us to “test the spirits,” and this is consistent with one thing we’ll hear Jesus say today and leads to our focus question of the day — What’s one way to “test the spirits?”

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