The Reconstructed

Ezekiel 28:20- Ezekiel 29 I would venture to say that if God were to inflict judgment on most of our immediate neighbors we might not ever know it unless it was on the news or if God did it with a meteor or some type of explosion. One reason for this is we don’t actually…

Ezekiel 28 People with power and influence have great potential to disappoint us. And what I’ve come to believe is that leaders disappoint or become corrupt because of their preoccupation with self. I think before leaders brutalize people, they have first brutalized self, and as a result, resolve to create an outlet of false confidence…

Ezekiel 27 Have you ever wept over a city? Or your hometown or your planet. I watched Star Wars: Rogue One several days ago in the theatre alone. I didn’t cry, but there were parts I probably could have. A city/planet blows up and one character who is blind is curious as to how much of it…

I like lists; I make them. I like goals; I sometimes set them. I also like transformation, and today it dawned on me what I really want more than visible abs, or the perfect job or romance. Don’t get me wrong, I do want those things; I just discovered the thing I want more which…

Ezekiel 25 and 26 The second half of Ezekiel contains several prophecies against five cities Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, and Tyre because those cities laughed at the desecration of Israel. Even though God punishes his people, He still stands up for them when it comes to how the nation’s treat Israel. If God does not…

Ezekiel 24                 Chapter 24 is a transitional chapter in the book of Ezekiel in which judgment is underway in Jerusalem and will then spread to other nations. It also is the saddest chapter for the romantics among us. God tells Ezekiel, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you…

Ezekiel 23 Sister Wives, the brides of God, turned prostitutes.  The cities of Samaria and Jerusalem are given the new names of Oholah and Oholibah. The broken covenant of marriage requires names that reflect the behavior of cities with a confused identity. The backstory of our broken identities is rarely adequately explained because of the…

Mob Dross and Fire Ezekiel 22                 When I leave work, I pass by 6 strip clubs in the first 5 minutes of my drive. A few of them are closed and at least one of them is open Christmas Eve and Christmas day. I often wonder who owns them. I also think about who goes…

Lament and Joy: The Songs to Our Selves Ezekiel 19 and 20                 Every now and then a prophet becomes a song writer. Every now and then a song writer becomes a prophet. In chapter 19 the prophet/priest Ezekiel writes a song lamenting Israel. Israel the captive lion and burned up vine is mourned. And the…

Who Dies for My Wrongs? Ezekiel 18                Being accountable for one’s own actions isn’t the most desirable discipline. Owning one’s wrong is learned behavior. From an early age, we instinctively figure out how to defer our disobedience as the cause of a more systemic problem. The cause stems from sin, but our soul while wrestling,…