Ezekiel’s warning to us, the watchmen, is one of my favorites from this section of scripture. And I loved the visual picture of that I received in the Nazareth Village last year in Israel and I shared in last year’s post. So here it is:
On my trip to Israel earlier this year, we visited a Nazareth village which is set up to show us what Nazareth looked like when Jesus lived there.
A watchman was placed high on the hill overlooking the village and the land surrounding it.
Ezekiel explains the watchman’s duties in his 33rd chapter. He says the watchman needs to blow the trumpet to warn the people when he sees danger coming. If he blows the trumpet and the people don’t heed the warning, they are responsible for their own deaths.
BUT, if the watchman sees the danger coming and doesn’t blow the trumpet, the watchman is responsible for their deaths.
What does this mean for us today?
We don’t have watchmen……or, do we?
We definitely have danger all around us.
When I read this, God reminds me that I am a watchman for the people around me. I know the truth. And…
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