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Ezekiel chapter 8 verse 4 and behold the glory of the god of Israel was there

like the vision that I saw in the valley. The reason I read this

verse is because, well this whole chapter, Ezekiel chapter 8 is basically a tour in a sense that God takes Ezekiel on and

God shows Ezekiel all what's called the great abominations that God's people were committing

against him all of their sins described over and over again as abominations. But the reason I read verse 4 and want to lead

us to pray according to it, behold the glory of the God of Israel, behold the

glory of the God of Israel was there like the vision that I saw in the valley.

The whole picture here is that Ezekiel sees such a clear contrast between God and all of his glory and all of his holiness and all of

his splendor and beauty and purity and perfections and that enables him to see how horrible these

abominations are, these sins are, against God. Like when we see the glory of God,

the more we know the holiness of God, the more we will hate

sin, the more we will see how serious sin is. So if we ever find ourselves being

casual with sin, thinking sin is no big deal, it is definitely

an indicator that we have lost sight of how glorious God is.

The more we see and know God for who he truly is, the more we will hate sin in our lives and see it as the

abomination that it really is. And so we pray God help us we want to see and know your glory more

and more and more and more. All throughout Ezekiel and other places

have been in your word recently in Exodus 33 and 34

and 1st Kings 19.

We praise you for these demonstrations of your glory,

revelations of your glory that you gave to Moses

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