Ezekiel 8
Dear RTB’ers,
And He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.” (v. 6)
He said also to me, “You will see still greater abominations that they commit.” (v. 13)
Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? You will see still greater abominations than these.” (v. 15)
So I went in and saw. And there, engraved on the wall all around, was every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up. (vv. 10-11)
Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. (v. 14)
And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord … were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east. (v. 16b)
God did not bring Ezekiel back to Jerusalem to see the destruction that had been wrought upon the city and its inhabitants. Instead, God wanted to show him the greater abominations – their idolatry! God hates it when we put our idols before Him. Think on that today.
Blessings.
Fred