DAY 226 Read Ezekiel 4 through 7.
Today's reading: After Ezekiel received his commission as a prophet, the Lord began sending stern rebukes and solemn warnings--often to be acted out in symbolism--to the ease-loving inhabitants still in Jerusalem before its final overthrow.
Memory gem: "Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death" (Proverbs 11:4).
Thought for today:
With several friends, I was privileged to visit the "throne room" of one of the great banks of the world, but not in my own country. There I saw a blaze of riches in gold and precious stones almost beyond the dreams of avarice--crowns, scepters, and jewelry set with diamonds, rubies, and pearls worth millions and millions of dollars.
Is it safe in that guarded strong room below the surface of the earth? Is anything safe today except a soul that rests itself in God? During the last few years great revolutions have taken place. New hands took over the levers of the world. Possessors of riches became refugees. Wealth gathered through the ages was dissipated, lost, destroyed, or changed hands overnight.
There is a day coming when "they shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their sliver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls,...it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity" (Ezekiel 7:19).
No man can enter through the gates of the heavenly city burdened with things of this earth. One's love must not be on these things. Money is not a burden if it is dedicated to God to be used as He directs to be a blessing to humanity and to His cause. But if a man worships these things, if his love is upon them, then they are a burden that will destroy him at last.
Will you not today consecrate not only your heart, but all that you have to God? If you do this, you will never have to worry about a bank failure, for your treasure will be in the bank of heaven, which never fails.
NOTE: The prophetic periods of 390 and 40 days (prophetic years) of Ezekiel 4:5, 6 cannot be determined, because no clue is given as to the beginning point or points.
Today's reading: After Ezekiel received his commission as a prophet, the Lord began sending stern rebukes and solemn warnings--often to be acted out in symbolism--to the ease-loving inhabitants still in Jerusalem before its final overthrow.
Memory gem: "Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death" (Proverbs 11:4).
Thought for today:
With several friends, I was privileged to visit the "throne room" of one of the great banks of the world, but not in my own country. There I saw a blaze of riches in gold and precious stones almost beyond the dreams of avarice--crowns, scepters, and jewelry set with diamonds, rubies, and pearls worth millions and millions of dollars.
Is it safe in that guarded strong room below the surface of the earth? Is anything safe today except a soul that rests itself in God? During the last few years great revolutions have taken place. New hands took over the levers of the world. Possessors of riches became refugees. Wealth gathered through the ages was dissipated, lost, destroyed, or changed hands overnight.
There is a day coming when "they shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their sliver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls,...it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity" (Ezekiel 7:19).
No man can enter through the gates of the heavenly city burdened with things of this earth. One's love must not be on these things. Money is not a burden if it is dedicated to God to be used as He directs to be a blessing to humanity and to His cause. But if a man worships these things, if his love is upon them, then they are a burden that will destroy him at last.
Will you not today consecrate not only your heart, but all that you have to God? If you do this, you will never have to worry about a bank failure, for your treasure will be in the bank of heaven, which never fails.
NOTE: The prophetic periods of 390 and 40 days (prophetic years) of Ezekiel 4:5, 6 cannot be determined, because no clue is given as to the beginning point or points.
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