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Chapter 20: Keep and Restore the Lord's Sabbath
1. defiling the Sabbath
Verse 1, "the tenth day of the fifth month of the seventh year," is thought to be in July-August of 591 BC. Some elders came to Ezekiel. They wanted to hear God's will about what was to come. So Ezekiel delivers the Word of God. It is a review of the history of Israel's disobedience (vv. 5-32). He says that throughout the Exodus (vv. 5-9), the wilderness (vv. 10-26), the settlement of Canaan (vv. 27-29), and Ezekiel's time (vv. 30-32), Israel has been in idolatry and rebellion against God.
What is remarkable about this rebellion is the repetition of "defiling the Sabbath" (vv. 13, 16, 21). God says, "I have also given them My Sabbaths as a sign between Me and them," and "keep the Sabbath day holy." In reality, however, they were punished for not heeding the Word of God delivered through Moses, and for trying to gather manna on the Sabbath as they had done in Egypt (Exodus 16). Keeping the Sabbath as a Sabbath was a sign and a testimony of a people who trusted in God. It should be said that they underwent 40 years of wilderness training before their new way of life became a sign to the nations.
In that sense, I wonder if the Sabbath is also a sign to non-Christians today. How well are they recognized as a worshipping people who rush to church on Sundays, Bible and hymns in hand? In my 30+ years of pastoral ministry, I have seen many different attitudes of the faithful toward worship. Some people say, "I'm busy today, so I'll skip it or join online. Sometimes I think it's understandable that these people don't share the gospel with their friends and family as much as they would like to. From the family's point of view, they are not putting their faith first, they are putting it second. It is impossible to ask them to be interested in such a faith.
I want to draw attention to the repeated words: vv. 11, 13, 21, "If one does them, he lives by them. We should pay attention to the Word of God. Keep the Sabbath day as a Sabbath, as God has commanded. Live there, and by doing so, the people around you recognize that this is a people who worship God and cherish living in His righteousness. I believe that this is missionary work.
2. for my name's sake
Israel's history, they say, was not a sign to those around them that they believed in the true God. During the time of Canaanite settlement, they followed the religion and practices of the pagan Canaanites and lost their uniqueness as God's people. So the new generation that came after the Exodus did not go beyond the generation that did not listen to Moses and go looking for the manna on the Sabbath, which they were not allowed to do on the Sabbath. Rather, they actively followed the local customs (vv. 27-29). And furthermore, the people of Ezekiel's time did not go beyond the steps of their ancestors (vv. 30-32).
Nevertheless, God foretells a second exodus, the return from the Babylonian captivity (vv. 35-36). And yet, He still shows His zeal to raise up His own people who will recognize Him as Lord (v. 38).
It is important to note that God will not judge "your evil lives or your corrupt deeds. Rather, he says, "for my name's sake" (v. 44), to show that there is a God who does what is right in the world. In other words, God is not just like the police, punishing people with a foul ticket and that is the end of it. Rather, it is for the sake of education, for there is a righteous God in the world, and righteousness is valued. That is why we say that God continues to love and relate to the Israelites who stubbornly repeat the same mistakes generation after generation, and that He is trying to raise them up.
In this case, we should acknowledge God's presence and cherish the blessing of God's rest. The corona is over and the time of grace in which we are allowed to gather together has resumed. While we accept the convenience of online as a convenience, we want to put a period on the way we view worship. And let us end our participation in fellowship that replaces church. Let us love and cherish the church that God has given us, and let us go to our churches and have a time of worship where we rejoice in the Lord's rest together. I pray that you will have a good day today.
<Quiz Corner
First, yesterday's quiz. When is the most frequent season for hot winds, also called sirocco winds or easterly winds? (1) January to April, (2) May to October, and (3) November to December. The answer was (2) May to October. Sirocco winds are dry, hot winds that blow from the east, south-southeast, and sometimes south-southwest across the Arabian Desert, with temperatures as high as 15-20 degrees in a matter of hours. Now for today's Bible quiz. Where is the northern tip of the Negev region? (1) The line from Gaza through Beersheba to the Dead Sea, (2) the line from the Egyptian river to Elate, (3) the line from the Kishon River to the Jordan River, and the answer will be given tomorrow. Well, I wish you a good day today.