Background: Ezekiel is a priest who was taken into Babylon during the first wave of the captivity. He laments not being called as a priest and God sends him a massive vision. He is sent to warn the people that the second wave will be as bad as the first.
- Ezekiel 4:1–8 “Now, son of man, take a clay tablet...”
- Ezekiel 4:9-17 “You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human dung.”
- Acts 10:10-20 “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.”
Going Deeper group study questions:
- Read Ezekiel 4:1; Isaiah 20:2; Jeremiah 13:1; 18:2; 19:1
- Why do you think God ask the prophets to use physical illustrations when giving prophecy?
- Read Ezeekiel 4:14; Acts 10:10-20
- Compare this story to the one from Ezekiel
- What happens when we defile ourselves?
- How can we become clean?
- Is there anything you missed out on because you were not ready?