Ez.12:16;23-28 "The Long and Short of prophesy" (1 of 2)
"But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am theLord (v.16)."
Power and glory of God is such all creation can bask in it. Providence is not alone for animals of the day that are taken to their stalls for the night; night owls have their task cleaning up rodents and big cats on the prowl at night have carcasses to dispose off. Land, air, sea, ocean deep deserts heath and tundra each are part of Providence so glory of God has worked out an order that underpin the well being of everthing on the earth and in heaven. Sin of man perhaps simple flouting of law creates stresses that must ripple through entire web. We know that sin of disobedience began with Adam. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:(Ro.5:12). Adam placed his own will above that of God. It is never an individual choice but sin must spawn its own brood. So flouting of truth written in heart makes itself visible. For example when Moses ground the golden calf and made the children of Israel drink it and we know that it was not the end."And he took the calf which they had made, and burntitin the fire, and grounditto powder, and straweditupon the water, and made the children of Israel drinkof it(Ex.32:20)" . We read that when the kingdom of Israel was split Jeroboam had a ready answer:"golden calf!"
"Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt./And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan./And this thing became a sin..(1 Ki.12:28-29)" In place of the golden calf destroyed, it doubled!
"But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am theLord (v.16)."
Power and glory of God is such all creation can bask in it. Providence is not alone for animals of the day that are taken to their stalls for the night; night owls have their task cleaning up rodents and big cats on the prowl at night have carcasses to dispose off. Land, air, sea, ocean deep deserts heath and tundra each are part of Providence so glory of God has worked out an order that underpin the well being of everthing on the earth and in heaven. Sin of man perhaps simple flouting of law creates stresses that must ripple through entire web. We know that sin of disobedience began with Adam. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:(Ro.5:12). Adam placed his own will above that of God. It is never an individual choice but sin must spawn its own brood. So flouting of truth written in heart makes itself visible. For example when Moses ground the golden calf and made the children of Israel drink it and we know that it was not the end."And he took the calf which they had made, and burntitin the fire, and grounditto powder, and straweditupon the water, and made the children of Israel drinkof it(Ex.32:20)" . We read that when the kingdom of Israel was split Jeroboam had a ready answer:"golden calf!"
"Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt./And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan./And this thing became a sin..(1 Ki.12:28-29)" In place of the golden calf destroyed, it doubled!
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