Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. The Bible tells one big story of

redemption and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to finish, and exploring how all of it

points to Jesus. Hey everyone welcome back to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. My name is

Aubrey Coleman one of the hosts for the podcast and today we'll be looking

into Ezekiel Chapter 19 through 21. We've seen throughout the history of

Israel's kings that no one was able to perfectly fulfill the throne. They

send, allowed idle worship, disobeyed God's commands, and at this point in time they have run Judah into the ground.

Ezekiel 19 presents a chapter dedicated towards lamenting the failed kings.

He uses the metaphor of Israel as a lioness in her cubs as kings who reigned.

The first represented Jehovah has, who was placed on the throne by the Judeans after his father died.

He was an evil king and he became a prisoner in Egypt.

Second represented Jehovah Chin, who we also referred to Jayo C not to get confused with his father,

who was also an evil king and taken captive by the Babylonian king.

When the metaphor shifted for the imagery of a vine, Ezekiel paints a picture of a fruitful and

prospering vine like Israel in the land of Canaan.

He speaks of its long branches and sturdy strength like Israel's stability. But then the vine is uprooted, its fruit dries up and fire

consumes them. Like Israel, sin uprooted their strength and they were consumed with judgment.

Now like the vine Israel is left deserted in the wilderness

exiled. In the same way the strong vine is no more

Israel has fallen. The elders of Israel requested to come before

Ezekiel and hear from the Lord. They wanted to know what to expect. Ezekiel naturally,

prefaced by reminding the elders of Israel's continued history of rebellion against God.

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