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're looking at

Ezekiel Chapter 7 through 9.

Ezekiel was a mouthpiece for God and he continued to speak of the destruction to come

for Israel. Because of Israel's great pride and sin, God would show no pity, and Ezekiel spoke of the humiliation

and destruction to come. They refused to know him as their one true God, so they would come

to know him in another way way by his wrath and judgment.

Israel could not escape God's vengeance because they had brought the reality on

themselves. Strength, wealth, and power could not hold a candle to the flames of God's wrath.

Even if they could escape the ruin, their lives would be ridden with guilt and misery.

We can be tempted to think this punishment is too harsh, but Ezekiel continues to validate the retribution

to be brought on Israel in Chapter 8.

The punishment brought by God was the fruit of Israel's own sin and rebellion.

Ezekiel described a vision received by God of the people ruining the temple,

worshiping idols, and blatantly rejecting God. The more the hearts of the I

and blatantly rejecting God. The more the hearts of the Israelites were searched, the more their evil motives and desires were uncovered.

And the more God desired for them to be humbled to repentance so they would seek and follow

him.

Ezekiel's vision continued into Chapter 9 revealing the greatest penalty for Israel's sin.

The glory of the Lord rising to the threshold of the

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