Day 173: April 14, 2026 – Ezekiel 21-25 and Proverbs 30

I have to say that this section should be censored so that anyone underage doesn’t have a chance to read it. There are sections here in regards to sexual fecundity that makes me blush. Of course I understand the metaphor. The author describes two nations, he even names them and says who they are, and then describes how they have been not only unfaithful but to the degree that it has been made public to all who have eyes to see and ears to hear. How can we not read this and understand our own unfaithfulness in the midst of all of this.

The Christian church has always understood itself to be the new Israel, and yet is not willing to see itself in the same light as the disobedient Israel, which seems inevitably to happen. But what makes us think that we will avoid the disobedience and the unfaithfulness that the people of Israel, who saw the cloud by the day and the pillar of fire by night. We live in an era of skepticism and doubt which impacts our ability to believe and be faithful to that which is unseen and not always very clear. We would do well to listen to this warning even while trying to wade through the oppressively harsh words that are given.