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Ezekiel chapter 2, verse 3.

And he said to me, son of man, I send you to the people of Israel,

to nations of rebels who have rebelled against me.

They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day.

So this is God speaking to Ezekiel, calling him, like appointing him, sending him out as a prophet

to the people of Israel, to other nations, to nations of rebels who have rebelled against God,

who have transgressed against God,

and Ezekiel's job is to proclaim the word of God to them,

to call them to repentance.

Now, there's so many things that are unique here about Ezekiel

and unique about prophets in the Old Testament,

but as I was reading this, I couldn't help to think

about John chapter 17, John chapter 20 and 21, what Jesus said to his disciples, what Jesus prayed

for his disciples when he talked about how the father sent him.

So that was obviously very unique.

The father sending the son to die on a cross for the salvation of sinners and to proclaim salvation to sinners.

But Jesus said, as the father sent me, so I send you.

So yes, there's obviously unique things about Jesus, but Jesus is drawing a comparison here

and saying, you are sent in the same way I was sent.

And this is a picture we see all throughout Scripture, those who trust in God, those who have

the Word of God.

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