Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"But I will spare a few"
Text: Ezekiel 12:16
SPARING A FEW
The LORD had warned Israel repeatedly of the consequences of idolatry. But the words of God through the prophets fell on deaf ears. Dispersion from their homeland would soon fall on the stubborn nation! But some would be spared from death.
“Then they shall know that I am the LORD,
when I scatter them among the nations
and disperse them throughout the countries.
But I will spare a few of their men from the sword,
from famine, and from pestilence,
that they may declare all their abominations
among the Gentiles wherever they go.
Then they shall know that I am the LORD.”
Ezekiel 12:15-16
1. Scattered among the nations.
a) This would happen when Judah fell.
b) The Temple would be destroyed.
c) The capital, Jerusalem, would be razed to the ground.
d) The citizens would become captives.
e) The royal family would also be punished.
f) They would be removed from their homeland and become prisoners and refugees in foreign lands.
2. What Israel would have to experience.
a) The sword of war that would see man slain.
b) Famine in their homeland.
c) Pestilence as a result of war.
d) The consequences of sin would be terrible as forewarned.
3. But some would be spared.
a) They would survive.
b) They would live to declare what they had seen and experienced.
c) They would be cured of their inclination towards idolatry once and for all.
d) They would testify to all.
i) The abomination of idolatry.
ii) The greatness of the LORD.
iii) They would know God in a fresh new way.
iv) At last, they would know the LORD as their one and only God.