tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955447054878003107.post8238696067232263403..comments2010-08-22T13:20:39.459-07:00Comments on My One Year Bible Blog: August SeventeenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443723091812569074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955447054878003107.post-86095810330912429682010-08-18T09:52:14.955-07:002010-08-18T09:52:14.955-07:00Thanks Mindy!!
WOW you write very well!
Helped alo...Thanks Mindy!!<br />WOW you write very well!<br />Helped alot!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443723091812569074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955447054878003107.post-60408532948653815282010-08-17T08:19:01.403-07:002010-08-17T08:19:01.403-07:00Hey Kathye,
I finally made it to your blog. :)
Fir...Hey Kathye,<br />I finally made it to your blog. :)<br />First, let me suggest that you get yourself a good commentary or two. I really enjoy the MacArthur Study Bible because he helps to answer a lot of the questions that you are asking here. He would help you clear up a lot of your confusion. <br />Many wiser people have studied this stuff for years and their insight would truly help you.<br />Anyway, I think that to help you clear up your confusion with these chapters today, you have to understand that a lot of Ezekiel is written using symbolism to explain what is going to happen to Israel in the future when they are invaded by Babylon as punishment for rejecting God.To answer your first question, yes, Ezekiel did actually cut his own hair (as I understand it), but he did it to symbolize what God was going to do to the Israelites.<br />I am a little confused by your question "aren't children always saved." NO, definitely not. Children are born sinners and need to come to repentance in order to be saved. Vs. 10 is telling that the Israelites will be suffering so much that they will be reduced to cannibalism.<br />Your question about the glory of God...I don't think it is something tangible. It is a vision that Ezekiel is having. Comparing the fact that God was there with the Israelites, but they still chose to reject Him and follow idols instead.<br />Your next question, you are taking this part too literally as well. This part is a vision that God is giving Ezekiel showing how He will choose the ones who will die by the judgment of God as a result of their sin. Those with the mark are the ones who are God's elect. MacArthur says that it is Christ Himself who chooses them. This is not the same as the mark of the beast in Revelation.<br />As to how to teach your children about a loving God versus a wrathful, jealous God...they need to understand both!! So do we as adults! If I were teaching this to children, I would explain that God HATES sin and unfaithfulness to Him so much that He must punish it. Yes, He loves His people Israel. He gave them plenty of opportunity, but their sin was even greater than the sin of the pagan countries because they knew the truth and still chose to disobey! Children esp need to understand that there is a reason that we need a Savior. We need Him because God is a jealous God. He punishes sin because He cannot have sin in His presence. But He chose to love. He chose to have a solution for our sin, His Son Jesus.I think children need to learn that God is jealous and wrathful as much as He is loving and kind. We need to understand the God of the whole Bible - not just a few verses here and there. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734097667194933620noreply@blogger.com