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<p><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehighroadshow/3067S1101.mp3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Download</a></p> <!-- END 1290 Download Link --> <p>Ezekiel 24-26 We are in the Prophetic Stream reading from the Common English Bible. 7streamsmethod.com | @7StreamsMethod | @serenatravis | #7Streams | <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YPPA8XGTQ2YHU">Donate</a> #GivingTuesday - November 28, 2017</p> <!--more--> <blockquote> <div>Lord God, we join you and bless your children.  In worship, we indeed are glad to be counted among your children.  I pray we are productive and faithful to what you have called us to be and to do.  Amen.</div> </blockquote> <p>The Prophetic stream today has us at the end of the prophecy assuring that Jerusalem will fall [to the Babylonians] because of her sinfulness.  And it includes the start of Ezekiel's first chapters that assures the surrounding nations, that have been in contention with Judah, that they are going to fall too [so take pause before any of you celebrate the coming Hebrew tragedy]. The theme of those particular chapters continues through chapter 32, so we will be reading these in the Prophetic Stream during the next two weeks as well.</p> <div>24 - Jerusalem is like a worthless pot that is filled with all the fixings of a fine stew.  However that pot [Jerusalem] is corroded and so dirty that it pollutes the stew and alas the fire gets so hot that the metal pot glows red and melts. Consequently none get fed as all might have hoped to be. God's anger will not be quenched until Jerusalem is emptied of all its rebellious residents.  The remainder of the chapter, v. 15-27 is mysterious, yet knowing the timeline does help understanding.  Within a day of this scripture, Ezekiel's wife died. He is forbidden to mourn.  Remember, Ezekiel is already a captive in Babylon along with many other Judeans. That same day, the Babylonians broke into Jerusalem commencing their siege and slaughter.  However, back where Ezekiel is, no one knows Je