Sunday 25 May 2014

Hard books like Ezekiel!

Been reading through Ezekiel.

The Prophet Ezekiel saw some weird stuff.

Example:

 Ezekiel 1:4-14 

I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, but each of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved. Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning. 


        Now this is pretty weird stuff and being one of the books that describes God's  wrath and anger against Isreal it can be hard to stomach. But don't shy away from the Old Testament books. To understand Jesus fully we need the Old Testament!

 So pick up your bibles and have a read. It's okay not to understand everything. I certainly don't. But we live in a time with a great wealth of information available to us. So don't shy away from asking questions of your church leaders or mentors. Or even getting some good old bible dictionaries out.
There's nothing better than reading the word of God.


So keep reading!


    Here's where I enjoy reading the most!


Many blessings!

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