Short Waiting Time
Greetings in the Lord~ Today's word comes from Ezekiel 12. It is a passage that tells us Ezekiel was commanded by God to act as though he was going into exile, including eating his food in fear, climbing through a hole in the wall to get out, and carrying away only what he could carry in his hands. The Lord was making him a sign to the Israelites who were watching him that they were indeed going to be overrun by their enemies and going into exile soon...very soon. Ezekiel had already told them this was going to happen and they refused to listen to him, even saying things like: "Time passes, and prophecies come to nothing," and, "He is talking about the distant future; his visions won't come to pass for a long, long time!" But to those comments the Lord gives His word: "The time has come for every prophecy to be fulfilled!" "There will be no more false visions and flattering predictions in Israel. For I am the Lord! If I say it, it will...