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Tough Love in the Holy Land
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As parents of young children recognize, after sternly correcting and disciplining a son or a daughter, it is important to then provide a warm hug—literally, figuratively, or both—and the assurance of love, with a strong dose of encouragement. This is the essence of “tough love.”
The sixth century B.C. Old Testament prophet Ezekiel—a truly stout-hearted man of true grit—pulled no punches in addressing his own Jewish people with the message of divine discipline, but following it up with encouraging words as assurance of God’s everlasting love for them.
In this third installment of the series, “True Grit, Great Glory—Studies in the Book of Ezekiel,” we consider the prophet’s message to the Jews of the Southern Kingdom of Israel at a very discouraging time in an episode we call, “Tough Love in the Holy Land.”
So, with a Bible open to Ezekiel, chapter thirty-six, let’s carefully consider these “ancient words” and their “modern message.”
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