06/08/2026
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The lesson on June 7, 2026 was part 6 of the study in Ezekiel. Ezekiel Chapter 33 covers The Watchman’s Call, Individual Accountability, and the Bridge to Restoration. The key theme was Rightly dividing the Scriptures (especially Paul’s ministries) reveals completeness in Christ and frees believers from religious shadows/ordinances. Ezekiel 33 serves as a pivotal chapter emphasizing prophetic responsibility, personal repentance, and God’s justice/mercy toward Israel amid judgment. The main sections in this lesson are:
The Calling of the Watchman (Ezekiel 33:1–9): God appoints Ezekiel as watchman to the house of Israel. Warning the people of coming judgment (the “sword”) is critical. Hearers who ignore the trumpet bear their own blood; failure to warn makes the watchman accountable.
Individual Accountability and God’s Justice (Ezekiel 33:10–20): Addresses Israel’s despair (“we pine away in our sins”). God takes no pleasure in the wicked’s death but desires they turn and live. Strict justice: past righteousness doesn’t excuse future sin; past wickedness is forgotten upon genuine repentance and righteous action. The people complain God’s way is “not equal,” but He judges each according to their ways.
The Fall of Jerusalem Confirmed (Ezekiel 33:21–22): A survivor reports “the city is smitten,” fulfilling prophecy. Ezekiel’s mouth is opened, ending his period of being “dumb.”
Judgment on the Inhabitants of the Wastes (Ezekiel 33:23–29): Survivors arrogantly claim the land as inheritance (citing Abraham). God rebukes their ongoing idolatry, bloodshed, and abominations, promising further desolation.
In summary, we should distinguish Israel’s prophetic program (works/repentance in this context) from the Church’s completeness in Christ (Colossians 2, prison epistles). Avoid importing prison-age grace truths backward or forward inappropriately. Ezekiel 33 bridges judgment to future restoration promises (chs. 34–48: new heart, temple, etc.), pointing to a repentant remnant and “all Israel shall be saved” (Romans 11). The lesson urges believers to embrace right division for clarity, freedom, and effective witness in a deceptive age, while highlighting God’s desire for life over death.
The scripture reading was from Ezekiel 33:1-10 KJV “1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand. 7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?”
The lesson on June 7, 2026 was part 6 of the study in Ezekiel. Ezekiel Chapter 33 covers The Watchman’s Call, Individual Accountability, and the Bridge to Restoration. The key theme was Rightly dividing the Scriptures (especially Paul’s ministries) reveals completeness in Christ and frees believ...
