Today: [Ezekiel 5] Ezekiel Gets a Haircut. In this chapter Ezekiel is instructed to cut his hair and beard to perform a prophetic act. Some of his hair is burned, some of it is further cut with a knife and some of it is cast to the wind. This all represents the fate of the people of Jerusalem in the aftermath of the Babylonian invasion. For us this is something more than sacred history. There is instruction for us that influences how we posture ourselves in the things of God to avoid experiencing like judgments as the hapless city of Jerusalem and the southern kingdom of Judea.
