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BACKGROUND
• Ezekiel, Jeremiah & Daniel
• Written 6th Century BC from exile in Babylonia
• Ezekiel 37 “Dry Bones” images
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“And the word of the Lord came to me saying”
(Ez 22:23)
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“Son of man say to her (Israel), ‘You are a land that is not cleansed
or rained on in the day of my indignation” (24)
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“There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the
prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows
in the midst of her” (25)
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“Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane and they have not taught the difference between the clean and the unclean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths and I am
profaned among them.” (26)
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“Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey by shedding blood
and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.” (27)
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“Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining
lies for them saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God’ when the Lord has not spoken”
(28)
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The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery and
they have wronged the poor and the needy and have oppressed the sojourner
without justice.” (29)
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There are amazing parallels between this devastating critic of Israel and America’s public institutions today:• Politicians• Courts• Academicians• Church leaders• Main Stream Media• Unscrupulous financial and business
leaders
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PARALLELS
“devoured lives”…failing public schools
“taken treasure and precious things”…$16 trillion in debt
“made many widows”…Welfare rules that drive husband’s from the home
“priests have done violence to My laws”…ordaining homosexuals and blessing gay marriages
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PARALLELS“no distinction between holy and profane”…gender neutral Bibles
“tearing the prey and shedding blood for dishonest gain”…abortion
“smearing whitewash for them”…main stream media
“oppressed the sojourner”…broken immigration laws
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“I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the
gap before Me for the land so that I would not destroy it.” (30a)
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THE POWER OF ONE
• William Wilberforce• Elijah and the prophets of Baal (I Kings 18:17-40)• North Carolina Marriage Amendment• Jesus
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IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CHURCH TODAY
“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before
you life and death, blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live,
you and your descendents.” (Deut 30:19)
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Choose life…”by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice and by holding fast to Him…” (Deut 20:20a) and secure God’s
blessing for you and for generations to come.
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Like the children of God in Ezekiel’s day, today’s Church is: • Marginalized• Intimidated• Ineffectual• Complicit?
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“I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the
gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it…But I found no one
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What will God find in our church?
Are you willing to build up the wall and stand in the gap?
We face a choice Tuesday…and we must turn out and choose life and preserve God’s blessing for generations to come.
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BUT THERE’S MORE:Are you willing to build up the wall and stand in the gap daily:• In the marketplace?• At home?• With your friends and neighbors?
Christian, it is time to rise up… will you be the one