Ezekiel 29:1-3
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2Mortal, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt; 3speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:
I love reading the prophets in the Hebrew scriptures, if only for the way that they recorded the ways in which the Lord spoke to them. It’s so detailed! Tenth year, tenth month, on the twelfth day. Don’t we all wish we could point to a day on the calendar when the word of the Lord came to us? Perhaps some of you can, maybe we all could if we thought about it.
But the other reason that I love reading the prophets is because the message that they were given was often difficult. Set your face against the king of Egypt and prophesy against him and all of Egypt. I probably would have run the other way (and we know how well that works, so maybe not). I don’t imagine that the prophets were especially well-liked; their messages were hard and strong – words that foretold destruction and ruin in powerful peoples’ lives. It’s not that I like reading the difficult messages, but instead I think we can gain strength from knowing that God has called prophets throughout the ages. In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day…
Peace,
Pastor Jenn
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