Rev. Sean Daenzer, director of worship for the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod and chaplain for the International Center, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Ezekiel 24:1-27.
The LORD tells Ezekiel to write down the name of the day that Nebuchadnezzar began his siege of Jerusalem as a day that the people would later observe by fasting. The prophet spoke the LORD’s parable concerning a pot filled with choice pieces of meat that boils until the water is all gone and everything is burned up. Though the people in Jerusalem think they are safe there as the prized possession of God, the LORD has seen their corruption and will cleanse them by burning everything completely. He will not spare this judgment. When Ezekiel’s wife dies, the LORD tells the prophet not to mourn as an opportunity to preach to the people their own reaction to Jerusalem’s fall. That day is coming, the LORD promises, and when Ezekiel receives that news, his mouth will be opened and he will begin to proclaim the LORD’s promise of restoration.
“The Faithful Watchman” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that goes through the book of Ezekiel. Just when Ezekiel should have begun his service as priest in the temple in Jerusalem, the LORD called him to be a prophet in exile in Babylon. Through fantastic visions and attention-grabbing action prophecies, the prophet Ezekiel is a faithful watchman who proclaims the word of the LORD to bring people to repentance over their sins and to faith in the coming Savior, Jesus Christ, the glory of the LORD made flesh.
