Ezekiel~ a faithful watchmen on the wall for God

Ezekiel~ a faithful watchmen on the wall for God

Years of service: 606-536

The next picture that we see is that of Ezekiel. Ezekiel is the son of Buzi. Let us look at his faithfulness to God.

Up to this point in time, God had been sending  many watchmen on the wall to warn them of the coming curse that they would endure because of their rebellion, but they choose not to repent and come back to God. Now they were suffering for their lack of faith and obedience. This is when God choose to call Ezekiel to be a watchman and prophet for him during the time of king Jehoiachin's captivity and the Israelites' exile. His message was to the people of Judah. When he was called, he given a very interesting vision asked to eat a scroll of lamentations, mourning and woe. This symbolized what they were going through at the time.

 Then He was instructed to go to a rebellious nation to deliver a message in action. God had Ezekiel do this because they had not listened to the words of the past watchmen. Some of the messages in action went totally against the laws that had been given to the people. Like cooking bread over dung. But Ezekiel was faithful to God's instructions and did them. In doing so he delivered a powerful message that the people clearly understood.

Once these messages were delivered and understood. God has Ezekiel deliver messages of hope to the people. As he tells them of how God will punish those who have hurt them and will restore Jerusalem again.

Ezekiel's faithfulness helped God's people to move from depression to having a hope for the future. That is why he is in this great hall of faith!