God Must Intervene. Only an intervention of God can change the state of His people, and Raise Up A New People through which He can transfor the Nation. But what will cause God to intervene?
1. The condition of His people, the condition of the Church. God will intervene because the Church is not what He ordained it to be. God is grieved at the failure, and the defeat of the Church, and only He can change it. So He takes Ezekiel down into the valley. He is, as it were, saying to Ezekiel, 'I know the state of My people, but I am about to change things. My people will no longer be a valley of very dry bones. I am going to Raise them Up, and Make them An Exceeding Great Army. You just let me use you, and Do as I Tell you.
He said to Moses, 'I have surely seen the affliction of My people...I have heard their cry...I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them...and bring them unto a good land...unto a land flowing with milk and honey...' Just let me use you. 'Come, and I will send you unto Pharoah, that you may bring forth My people...out of Egypt.'
Similarly, God knows the condition of the Church, and God Will Intervene to ensure that His People become All that He intends them to be, and to do all that He intends them to do.
2. God's Purpose. God has an eternal purpose. God cannot fail. His purpose will and must be fulfilled. His people; His Church is part of that purpose. His people may fail. They may fall short. They may be unfaithful to the covenant that God has made with them. They may become like a valley of very dry bones. They may be dead. But God's purpose will be fulfilled.
So God intervenes. You see, there is no other created beings through whom God can work. God has decided that He will work through humanity to fulfill His purpose. For that reason He created Israel to be 'a light to the nations.' For that reason He has created A New Israel, the Church. At times He may have to chastise them very severely. But He will Raise Them Up. God has an eternal purpoae to set up His kingdom in this earth. For that reason He created mankind in His image and likeness. That is how it is in His kingdom. For that reason He created the Family. For that reason He created the Nations. For that reason He created His Peculiar People. When they fail, God intervenes in a unique way.
3. The Prayers of His People.
There is always A Faithful Remnant among God's people who cry out to Him day and night. Though God may seem to take a long time to respond to their cry, He does aznd will respond. We love to quote 2 Chronicles 7: 14. "If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; the will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins, and heal their land." He told Moses that He had "Heard the cry of His people..."
So when the faithful remnant among God's people cry out to Him day and night, because of the condition into which they had fallen; when they are determined not to cease until God intervenes; when they do not fail in their intercession, but stand between God and His people as mediators, as their representatives, and plead with God to be mindful of His people, God intervenes.
But the Remnant among God's people must do more than make intercession. They must engage in spiritual warfare. You see, God has an enemy, and the Church has an enemy. That enemy is determined to destroy God's purpose, if he could. So he attacks the Church. He attacks the leadership. He infiltrates the Church with false doctrines. He deceives members of the Church and draws them away into his own church, and his own systems. So the Church is engaged in a fight. The Remnant must fight and defeat God's enemy and the enemy of the Church. God has placed His people in a position; He has given them power and authority; He has given them weapons. They can fight with and defeat the enemies of the Church and of the purpose of God. They great revivals of the Church are no doubt cases of God's Intervention to Raise Up His People.
4. God Intervenes Because Only He Can Save. Only God can raise up the Church when it becomes dead. Only He can save the nation when the enemy goes all out to destroy the nation. Only He can raise up A Man for the Hour; saturate him with His word; and Anoint him with the Holy Spirit and Power to speak the life-giving word, and call for the life-giving Spirit to raise up His people from death; give them Life, and make of them An Exceeding Great Army. Only God can do that, so God Must Intervene. Otherwise His people will perish. The nations will perish, and God's purpose will not be accomplished. But it is impossible for God to fail. So God Intervenes.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
The Church As It Is Today
What is the Church like today, especially in the Caribbean. If we are talking about the Resurrection of the Church, it implies that the Church is dead. Only what is dead can be resurrected and brought to life. Can the Church in the Caribbean be said to be dead? Are we, in the Caribbean, prepared to look honestly at ourselves? Isn't this one of those things we are afraid, or unwilling to do? The question is, How does God see us?
God had no hesitation showing Ezekiel the true condition of His people. Before he could go out and start preaching and praying, he had to know the true condition of the people. God's people at the time were not just dead, they were a valley of dry bones. They were totally dead, and defeated. Could it get worse than that? "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel..."
In Rev. 2 and 3, the Lord appeared to the Apostle John to reveal to him the state of the seven churches in Asia Minor. He spoke to "the angel," no doubt the "pastor" of each church. Read those letters to discover that the Lord praised churches where there were praise worthy characteristics among them. However, He did not hesitate to reveal their faults in the strongest terms. He called on them to repent. But we cannot repent if we will not accept the truth of our condition.
So then, there are some great churches in the Caribbean, doing some great things with which the Lord is no doubt very pleased. But there are some serious faults to be found in Caribbean churches. We can only list them without going into details.
1. The church in the Caribbean is sadly divided. There are so many denominations; so many doctrines; so many unrelated ministries, and so many authorities, that the idea of One Church seems farfetched and unreal. Jesus prayed, "Father, make them one as we are one." The unity of the church is a great theme of St. Paul.
2. Many of the members of churches in the Caribbean are 'unsaved.' They know nothing of the saving grace of God in Christ Jesus. Many continue in sin as though they had never heard the gospel.
3. Many are 'part saved.' They are born again, but their minds have not been renewed, and they have not offered up their bodies to God as a living sacrifice. Herein lies the source of many problems in our churches.
4. Some churches have opened the door to Satan. Witchcraft, and satanic organizations are found in some churches.
5. There is a long history of double-mindedness in many churches. Members serve God and the devil at the same time. In other words, they hate and despise God.
6. It is often difficult to tell the difference between the church and the world. Not that the world is like the church, but that the church is like the world.
7. There is too much self-interest and self-glorification in some churches. Ministries exist more to serve the desire of men for glory, than to bring glory to God.
8. There is still too much shallow ground in our Caaribbean Christianity. We do not come near to bing filled with all the fulness of God, or growing unto a perfect man.
9. We cannot claim to be A Victorious Church in the Caribbean. We are largely ignorant of our status in Christ, and of the power and authority which has been given to us.
10. There is a serious lack f 'the mind of Christ.' The fruit of the Spirit - Love, the forgiving spirit, humility...are woefully lacking among us.
11. Some churches have virtually shutout the Holy Spirit, and are operating by human skills, human abilities, and human ingenuities. There can be no Church without the Holy Spirit.
12. We cannot confidently say that we are a peculiar people, a chosen nation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation...
13. We seem to be a people without the Lord's vision. Where there is no vision, the people perish.
14. There seems to have been for a long time a lacking in the apostolic activities - preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God; making disciples of all nations; teaching all nations. As a result there is widespread ignorance of the word of God; the spread of the kingdom of God is very slow.
For these and other reasons, it is clear that there is an Ungent Need for An Inteerfention of God in our Caribbean situation.
God had no hesitation showing Ezekiel the true condition of His people. Before he could go out and start preaching and praying, he had to know the true condition of the people. God's people at the time were not just dead, they were a valley of dry bones. They were totally dead, and defeated. Could it get worse than that? "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel..."
In Rev. 2 and 3, the Lord appeared to the Apostle John to reveal to him the state of the seven churches in Asia Minor. He spoke to "the angel," no doubt the "pastor" of each church. Read those letters to discover that the Lord praised churches where there were praise worthy characteristics among them. However, He did not hesitate to reveal their faults in the strongest terms. He called on them to repent. But we cannot repent if we will not accept the truth of our condition.
So then, there are some great churches in the Caribbean, doing some great things with which the Lord is no doubt very pleased. But there are some serious faults to be found in Caribbean churches. We can only list them without going into details.
1. The church in the Caribbean is sadly divided. There are so many denominations; so many doctrines; so many unrelated ministries, and so many authorities, that the idea of One Church seems farfetched and unreal. Jesus prayed, "Father, make them one as we are one." The unity of the church is a great theme of St. Paul.
2. Many of the members of churches in the Caribbean are 'unsaved.' They know nothing of the saving grace of God in Christ Jesus. Many continue in sin as though they had never heard the gospel.
3. Many are 'part saved.' They are born again, but their minds have not been renewed, and they have not offered up their bodies to God as a living sacrifice. Herein lies the source of many problems in our churches.
4. Some churches have opened the door to Satan. Witchcraft, and satanic organizations are found in some churches.
5. There is a long history of double-mindedness in many churches. Members serve God and the devil at the same time. In other words, they hate and despise God.
6. It is often difficult to tell the difference between the church and the world. Not that the world is like the church, but that the church is like the world.
7. There is too much self-interest and self-glorification in some churches. Ministries exist more to serve the desire of men for glory, than to bring glory to God.
8. There is still too much shallow ground in our Caaribbean Christianity. We do not come near to bing filled with all the fulness of God, or growing unto a perfect man.
9. We cannot claim to be A Victorious Church in the Caribbean. We are largely ignorant of our status in Christ, and of the power and authority which has been given to us.
10. There is a serious lack f 'the mind of Christ.' The fruit of the Spirit - Love, the forgiving spirit, humility...are woefully lacking among us.
11. Some churches have virtually shutout the Holy Spirit, and are operating by human skills, human abilities, and human ingenuities. There can be no Church without the Holy Spirit.
12. We cannot confidently say that we are a peculiar people, a chosen nation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation...
13. We seem to be a people without the Lord's vision. Where there is no vision, the people perish.
14. There seems to have been for a long time a lacking in the apostolic activities - preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God; making disciples of all nations; teaching all nations. As a result there is widespread ignorance of the word of God; the spread of the kingdom of God is very slow.
For these and other reasons, it is clear that there is an Ungent Need for An Inteerfention of God in our Caribbean situation.
Further on Ezekiel, God's Man for The Hour
There is more that we can learn about The Man for The Hour from a study of Ezekiel.
1. He must be A Man Among his people, experiencing the pain of his people, though not their hopelessness.
2. He must be a Priest, a mediator between God and His people; a man of prayer, making inteercession for his people.
3. He must have An Awesme encounter with God, in which
1. He must be A Man Among his people, experiencing the pain of his people, though not their hopelessness.
2. He must be a Priest, a mediator between God and His people; a man of prayer, making inteercession for his people.
3. He must have An Awesme encounter with God, in which
- heaven was opened to him indicating God's revelation of himself and His purpose.
- He saw visions of God
- He saw the glory of God
- The hand of God was upon him, that is he is totally possessed by God, and is totally submitted to God's authority.a
- He is A Prophetic Man, saturated with the word of God.
- He is Sent By God to speak God's word, no matter how the people react.
- He is assured of the Return of the Glory of God. There will be Restoration.
- He is conscious of the sovereign glory and holiness of God.
- He is Conscious Call and Commission to him.
- He knows the spiritual condition of those to whom he is sent.
- He speaks with God's authority.
- He knows that he will meet with opposition, but that no opposition will prevail against him.
- He is conscious that he is God's watchman for the people, to give warning both to the righteous and to the wicked.
- He has a vision of the Total Transformation which God is about to perform among His people.
God's Man for the Hour.
Ezekiel 37 is a powerful Revelation of God Resurrecting His people from being A Valley of Dry Bones, to Being An Exceeding Great Army. This revelation appliies not only to the Israel of the Old Covenant, but also to Israel of the New covenant, the Church. The Church of our Lord Jesus Christ, can, no doubt find itself fallen to a state in which it may be described as A Valley of dry Bones ( see Rev. 2-3). But the Lord's Purpose is to Raise up that Church and Make of it An Exceeding Great Army.
But, for the Church to be Resurrected to such A Victorious Army, God Must have A Man for the Hour. God needs A Man who can speak His Word for the Hour with Unique Power and Effectiveness. God needs A Man, A Mighty Intercessor, through whose Intercession the Holy Spirit is poured out in such measure as to give life to dry bones and dead bodies, and raise them up, A Victorious Army.
God's Man For The Hour.
What kind of Man is this?
1. He must be a Man who has Assimmilated the Word of God. He has not only digested it. He has Assimmilated it. The word has become part of him. In chapters 2 and 3 of his book, the Lord God says to Ezekiel, "Open thy mouth and eat that I give thee. And...a hand was sent unto me, and low a roll of a book was therein." Moreove, He said unto me, "Son of man, eat that thou findest. Eat this roll and go, speak to the house of Israel, So I opened my mouth and He caused me to eat that roll...Go, get thee to the house of Israel, and speak with my word unto them." Ezekiel, digested, and assimmilated the word of God written on that roll. The the Lord commanded him, "Get thee to the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them."
2. He must be a man filled with, and contolled by the Holy Spirit. As the Lord speaks to Ezekiel, the Spirit enters into him and causes him to stan upon his feet, Ez. 2: 2. lifted him up, The Spirit took him up, 2: 12, 14. The SpiritAfter he is commissioned by the Lord, the Spirit lifted him up and carried him and set him down among the captive people by the river Chebar. The Spirit entered into him and commanded him to shut himsel in his house.
Ezekiel often refers to 'the hand of the Lord being upon him, or the hand of the Lord falling upon him...Are these reference to the powerful working of the Spirit in him? In chapter 37 the spoken word has caused bodies to be formed from the dry bones. But there is no life in them. It is when the Spirit comes into them that they lived, stood upon their feet, An Exceeding great army. What is the river flowing from the temple, giving life to all it touches? Is that also a reference to the work of the Holy Spirit?
So then, it is God using the man He has chosen to Speak His word and to Interceed for the Holy Spirit, that a valley of dry bones is resurrected to An Exceeding Great Army.
But, for the Church to be Resurrected to such A Victorious Army, God Must have A Man for the Hour. God needs A Man who can speak His Word for the Hour with Unique Power and Effectiveness. God needs A Man, A Mighty Intercessor, through whose Intercession the Holy Spirit is poured out in such measure as to give life to dry bones and dead bodies, and raise them up, A Victorious Army.
God's Man For The Hour.
What kind of Man is this?
1. He must be a Man who has Assimmilated the Word of God. He has not only digested it. He has Assimmilated it. The word has become part of him. In chapters 2 and 3 of his book, the Lord God says to Ezekiel, "Open thy mouth and eat that I give thee. And...a hand was sent unto me, and low a roll of a book was therein." Moreove, He said unto me, "Son of man, eat that thou findest. Eat this roll and go, speak to the house of Israel, So I opened my mouth and He caused me to eat that roll...Go, get thee to the house of Israel, and speak with my word unto them." Ezekiel, digested, and assimmilated the word of God written on that roll. The the Lord commanded him, "Get thee to the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them."
2. He must be a man filled with, and contolled by the Holy Spirit. As the Lord speaks to Ezekiel, the Spirit enters into him and causes him to stan upon his feet, Ez. 2: 2. lifted him up, The Spirit took him up, 2: 12, 14. The SpiritAfter he is commissioned by the Lord, the Spirit lifted him up and carried him and set him down among the captive people by the river Chebar. The Spirit entered into him and commanded him to shut himsel in his house.
Ezekiel often refers to 'the hand of the Lord being upon him, or the hand of the Lord falling upon him...Are these reference to the powerful working of the Spirit in him? In chapter 37 the spoken word has caused bodies to be formed from the dry bones. But there is no life in them. It is when the Spirit comes into them that they lived, stood upon their feet, An Exceeding great army. What is the river flowing from the temple, giving life to all it touches? Is that also a reference to the work of the Holy Spirit?
So then, it is God using the man He has chosen to Speak His word and to Interceed for the Holy Spirit, that a valley of dry bones is resurrected to An Exceeding Great Army.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Portrait of The Resurrected Church
What will the Resurrected Church be like? What is there in the word about the nature of the Church that God will Raise Up?
1. It will be A United Church - One Church. The Lord showed this to Ezekiel by a parable of the Two Sticks Ez. 37:15-28. In one hand he had the stick 'For Judah', and in the other hand, the stick 'For Joseph'. He was to join the two sticks together to make one stick. The Lord said, "I will them one nation... and one king shall be king over them all. They shall be no more two nations..."
Jesus prayed in Jn. 17:20-23, for all those who will believe in Him through the word of the apostles, "That they may be one, as Thou Father art in me and I in Thee, that they may be one in us... even as we are one...that they may be made perfect in one."
St Paul in Eph. 4: 3-16. speaks of the unity of the Church. He speaks of "the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." "There is one body, one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all..." But within this One Church there are diversities of gifts. The ascended Lord gave gifts unto men.." So we have what are called the five-fold ministry. The purpose for these gifts is also clearly stated. One Church, Many Gifts, for One Purpose.
2. The Glory of the Lord will be Permanently Present with His Church. The glory of the Lord is an awesome manifestation of the presence of the Lord. In the Old Testament the Glory was present in the temple with such power, that the people could not enter. Ezekiel saw the glory of the Lord depart from the temple. But he also saw the flory return to the temple. In the Resurrected Church, there will be a permanent, awesome manifestation of the presence of the Lord.
3. There will be a Continual Manifestation of the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We will not be able to escape the manifest presence of the Lord. The Church will have the mind of Christ and the nature of Christ incarnate in the members.
4. It will be a people Holy with The Holiness of God, manifesting the fulness of the nature of God, uncomtaminated by the world. The fulness of God will be manifest in the Church.
5. The Holy Spirit will be the power at work in the Church. His gifts; His fruit, and His attributes will be abundantly manifested.
6. It will be a victorious Church; A Mighty Army against which the gates of hell will not prevail.
7. The Resurrected Church will operate by the word of God, by the Spirit of God, and by the will of God. Perfect Obedience to the will of God will be the hallmarkof the Church.
8. The Resurrected Church will be blessed by the Indwelling Holy Trinity.
9. It wll be normal for the Resurrected Church to do thee works of Christ, and Greater works than Christ did.
10. God's power will flow from the Resurrected, corporately and individually, bringing life to all it touches.
11. The world, the nations will run to this Church, drawn by the power at work in it.
12. The family will be restored by the impact of the Resurrected Church, based on sex and marriage after God's design, and bringing up the children of the kingdom of God. The image and likeness of God will be seen.
13. The Resurrected Church will impact and transform the nation at all levels. It will transform the culture into the culture of the kingdom of God. It will raise up ne leadership for the nation.
14. Church and nation will be subject to the sovereignty of God. God will be all and in all.
The Resurrected Church will be far greater than all that is said here.
1. It will be A United Church - One Church. The Lord showed this to Ezekiel by a parable of the Two Sticks Ez. 37:15-28. In one hand he had the stick 'For Judah', and in the other hand, the stick 'For Joseph'. He was to join the two sticks together to make one stick. The Lord said, "I will them one nation... and one king shall be king over them all. They shall be no more two nations..."
Jesus prayed in Jn. 17:20-23, for all those who will believe in Him through the word of the apostles, "That they may be one, as Thou Father art in me and I in Thee, that they may be one in us... even as we are one...that they may be made perfect in one."
St Paul in Eph. 4: 3-16. speaks of the unity of the Church. He speaks of "the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." "There is one body, one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all..." But within this One Church there are diversities of gifts. The ascended Lord gave gifts unto men.." So we have what are called the five-fold ministry. The purpose for these gifts is also clearly stated. One Church, Many Gifts, for One Purpose.
2. The Glory of the Lord will be Permanently Present with His Church. The glory of the Lord is an awesome manifestation of the presence of the Lord. In the Old Testament the Glory was present in the temple with such power, that the people could not enter. Ezekiel saw the glory of the Lord depart from the temple. But he also saw the flory return to the temple. In the Resurrected Church, there will be a permanent, awesome manifestation of the presence of the Lord.
3. There will be a Continual Manifestation of the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We will not be able to escape the manifest presence of the Lord. The Church will have the mind of Christ and the nature of Christ incarnate in the members.
4. It will be a people Holy with The Holiness of God, manifesting the fulness of the nature of God, uncomtaminated by the world. The fulness of God will be manifest in the Church.
5. The Holy Spirit will be the power at work in the Church. His gifts; His fruit, and His attributes will be abundantly manifested.
6. It will be a victorious Church; A Mighty Army against which the gates of hell will not prevail.
7. The Resurrected Church will operate by the word of God, by the Spirit of God, and by the will of God. Perfect Obedience to the will of God will be the hallmarkof the Church.
8. The Resurrected Church will be blessed by the Indwelling Holy Trinity.
9. It wll be normal for the Resurrected Church to do thee works of Christ, and Greater works than Christ did.
10. God's power will flow from the Resurrected, corporately and individually, bringing life to all it touches.
11. The world, the nations will run to this Church, drawn by the power at work in it.
12. The family will be restored by the impact of the Resurrected Church, based on sex and marriage after God's design, and bringing up the children of the kingdom of God. The image and likeness of God will be seen.
13. The Resurrected Church will impact and transform the nation at all levels. It will transform the culture into the culture of the kingdom of God. It will raise up ne leadership for the nation.
14. Church and nation will be subject to the sovereignty of God. God will be all and in all.
The Resurrected Church will be far greater than all that is said here.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
More About God's Man for the Hour
1. The Man whom God Raises for the Hour Must Know he Condition of God's people. His knowledge of the condition of God's people must not be human knowledge. It must be God's Revelation. It is God who took Ezekiel down into the valley showed hm the bones, and caused him to walk around them, and take a close look at them. It is God who said to him, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel..." 37: 11-14.
In Rev. 2-3, John is given revelation concerning the state of the seven churches in Asia Minor. Five of those churches have serious faults. The Lord speaks to 'the angel' of each church. John does not speak to the whole congregation, but to 'the engel' of the church. This is perhaps the one whom we would call pastor today. In each case, the Lord is revealing to the pastor, the true condition of his church. The pastor must see his church, not from a human point of view, but from God's point of view.
2. The Man of God Must Have a Vision of The Resurrected Church. It is a vision of what God wants His Church to be, and What He is going to make of His Church. Vision Is Important. But the vision must come from the Lord. It is not human fancy. The vision Must be in line with God's Purpose and Mission for His people. The Visin Must give God's total purpose. It is not enough for dry bones to become dead bodies with no life in them. God's purpose isnothing less than making dry bones into An Exceeding Great Army.
3. The Man of God Must have the Faith that God's Vision Is Possible. "Son of man, Can these bones live?" Ezekiel's reply; "O Lord God, Thou knowest." In other words, Lord humanly speaking it is impossible; But with You, all things are possible. You alone can do that. The man of God must be a man of faith. He must have the faith of God in him. He must be filled with the creative faith of God. He must believe that he can speak, and whatever he says will come to pass. He will have whatever he says. He must have creative faith.
4. The Man of God Must be willing to be used by God, to do what God wants him to do to make His vision a reality. "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Ezekiel must have begun to realize that God had a purpose for taking him into that valley. May be God wants to use him in some way in working out His purpose. Notice that God does not hesitate to tell Ezekiel what kind of people He is sending him to. They are a hardhearted, stiffnecked, stubborn people.. 2: 3-7; 3: 7-11.
In Rev. 2-3, John is given revelation concerning the state of the seven churches in Asia Minor. Five of those churches have serious faults. The Lord speaks to 'the angel' of each church. John does not speak to the whole congregation, but to 'the engel' of the church. This is perhaps the one whom we would call pastor today. In each case, the Lord is revealing to the pastor, the true condition of his church. The pastor must see his church, not from a human point of view, but from God's point of view.
2. The Man of God Must Have a Vision of The Resurrected Church. It is a vision of what God wants His Church to be, and What He is going to make of His Church. Vision Is Important. But the vision must come from the Lord. It is not human fancy. The vision Must be in line with God's Purpose and Mission for His people. The Visin Must give God's total purpose. It is not enough for dry bones to become dead bodies with no life in them. God's purpose isnothing less than making dry bones into An Exceeding Great Army.
3. The Man of God Must have the Faith that God's Vision Is Possible. "Son of man, Can these bones live?" Ezekiel's reply; "O Lord God, Thou knowest." In other words, Lord humanly speaking it is impossible; But with You, all things are possible. You alone can do that. The man of God must be a man of faith. He must have the faith of God in him. He must be filled with the creative faith of God. He must believe that he can speak, and whatever he says will come to pass. He will have whatever he says. He must have creative faith.
4. The Man of God Must be willing to be used by God, to do what God wants him to do to make His vision a reality. "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Ezekiel must have begun to realize that God had a purpose for taking him into that valley. May be God wants to use him in some way in working out His purpose. Notice that God does not hesitate to tell Ezekiel what kind of people He is sending him to. They are a hardhearted, stiffnecked, stubborn people.. 2: 3-7; 3: 7-11.
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