Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
Text: "Your altars shall be desolate"
THE DESTRUCTION OF IDOLATROUS ALTARS
Thousands flocked to the idolatrous altars to offer worship and to seek prosperity too. No good came out of all the effort put in to seek the protection of the deities.
“Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken,
and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols,
and I will scatter your bones all around your altars.”
Ezekiel 6:4-5
1. The altars were found:
a) In the mountains.
b) In the hills.
c) In the ravines.
d) In the valleys.
2. Incense altars
a) Incense was a big part of worship.
b) Those who promoted idolatry also sold incense.
c) The promotion of idolatry was big business:
i) To idol makers.
ii) To incense sellers.
3. Destruction forewarned.
a) The LORD would destroy all the altars.
b) The altars would be broken up.
4. They would also be desecrated.
a) The enemies of Israel would destroy these altars.
b) They would place corpses over the altars of incense.
c) The burning of corpses on an altar.
i) This would be insulting to the idolaters.
ii) These deities and worshippers would be severely mocked.
5. The children of Israel.
a) They would not be spared.
b) The idolatrous children of Israel would be slain on the very altars they adored.
c) The bones of the slain would desecrate these altars.