1. Chapters 1 - 3
Primarily
Ezekiel’s call and commission.
2. Chapters 4 - 24
Prophecies before
the siege of Jerusalem. The first
invasion was in 606 B.C. The final one in 586 B.C.
Subjects in these chapters:
a. Babylonian
captivity.
b. Destruction of Jerusalem and the
Temple.
c. Scattering of the
Jews.
d. Suffering of the
Jews.
e. Desolation of the
land of Israel because of their sins.
f. The preservation
of the Jews.
Most of these prophecies have been fulfilled and are now part of
history.
But we insert a word illustrated by Jeremiah 31:15.
Jeremiah 31:15
(5) Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation,
[and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children
refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not.
During the Babylonian Captivity no doubt there was a fulfillment of
this weeping. However we know there was also a later
fulfillment as recorded in Matthew 2:18.
Matthew 2:18
(18) In Rama was there
a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping [for]
her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
This was something no one but God could foresee.
Therefore, some Scriptures, which we may now look upon as already being
fulfilled, MAY YET have greater fulfillment in the days that are ahead.
3. Chapters 25-34
Prophecies during
the siege of Jerusalem. Primarily judgments upon Israel’s enemies.
Chapter 25:1-2 upon
Ammonites.
Chapter 25:8 upon
Moab and Seir.
Chapter 25:12 upon
Edom.
Chapter 25:15 upon
the Philistines (coast dwellers).
Chapters 26-28 upon
Tyre.
Chapters 29-32 upon
Egypt.
Chapters 33-34 upon
Israel.
4. Chapters 35- 48:
Predictions after
the siege of Jerusalem.
Chapter
35 Trouble
in the Middle East.
Chapter
36 Restoration of the Land of Israel.
Chapter
37 Restoration of the People of Israel to their
land.
Chapter
38 Invasion
of the Land of Israel by armies from the North.
Chapter
39 The fall of the Invaders.
Chapters
40-42 The new Temple at
Jerusalem.
Chapters
43-44 The Second Coming of
Christ to Israel.
Chapters 45-46 Millennial worship.
Chapters 47-48 The new division of the Land of Israel.
Here there are some very exciting prophecies. Anything we are seeing or have seen is not yet
fulfillment but only a preview or foreshadowing of what is ahead.
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO
THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL
The following is a quote
from the writings of Charles L. Feinberg:
The
theme of Isaiah is the Salvation of
the Lord.
The theme of Jeremiah the Judgment of the Lord.
The theme of Daniel the Kingdom of the Lord.
The
theme of Ezekiel is the Glory of the
Lord.
Ezekiel 1:1
(1) Now it came to
pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the
month, as I [was] among the captives by the river of Chebar,
[that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
1.
Ezekiel 1:1 Ezekiel began his
ministry in his thirtieth year. As did
His Lord.
Ezekiel 1:2
(2) In the fifth [day]
of the month, which [was] the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's
captivity,
2 Kings 24:11-16
(11) And
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did
besiege it.
(12) And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of
Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his
officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
(13) And he carried
out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the
king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of
Israel had made in the temple of the
(14) And he carried
away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, [even] ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen
and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
(15) And he carried
away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother,
and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, [those]
carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon
(16) And all the men
of might, [even] seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all [that
were] strong [and] apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive
to Babylon.
2.
Ezekiel 1:2 This was the fifth
year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity by
Therefore, if Ezekiel was
taken captive with Jehoiachin, that would be about
the year 597 B.C. (cf. 2 Kings 24:11-16).
Ezekiel 1:3
(3) The word of the
LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi,
in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and
the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
Numbers 4:1-3
(1) And the LORD spake
unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
3. Ezekiel
1:3 Ezekiel was not only a prophet, he
was a priest (cf. Numbers 4:1-3). It was at the age of thirty that the duties
of the priests began.
Daniel 1:1-6
(1) In the third year
of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
(2) And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the
vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the
house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his
god.
(3) And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of
his eunuchs, that he should bring [certain] of the children of Israel, and of
the king's seed, and of the princes;
(4) Children in whom [was]
no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all
wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as [had]
ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the
learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
(5) And the king
appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he
drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand
before the king.
(6) Now among these
were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
4. Daniel
1:1-6 Nebuchadnezzar made his first
siege of Jerusalem in 606 B.C . At that
time Daniel became a captive, that would be eight
years before Ezekiel.
Ezekiel 33:1
(1) Again the word of
the LORD came unto me, saying,
5 Ezekiel
33:1 Twelve years after Ezekiel’s captivity, Jerusalem and Solomon’s Temple
were destroyed by Babylon. The year 586 B.C. This story is in 2 Kings 25 and 2 Chronicles 36.
There is nothing fictional here.
The Tribes of Israel are very real.
The Land of Israel is a real Land.
The city of Jerusalem is very literal, and the Temple area remains to
this day.
In another class we shall consider Ezekiel’s Call and Commission.
However, before we do that, we want to consider Ezekiel Chapter one.
In Ezekiel 1:1, he tells us
that “he had visions of God.” This
chapter has been a cause of stumbling to many readers. We confess that we do not understand all that
is here, but we have reached some conclusions.
Ezekiel 1:15-21, 24
(15) Now as I beheld
the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures,
with his four faces.
(16) The appearance of
the wheels and their work [was] like unto the colour
of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work
was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
(17) When they went,
they went upon their four sides: [and] they turned not when they went.
(18) As for their
rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings [were] full
of eyes round about them four.
(19) And when the
living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures
were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
(20) Whithersoever the
spirit was to go, they went, thither [was their] spirit to go; and the wheels
were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in
the wheels.
(21) When those went, [these]
went; and when those stood, [these stood]; and when those were lifted up from
the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the
living creature [was] in the wheels.
(24) And when they
went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the
voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an
host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
Ezekiel 1:15-21, Ezekiel
describes “wheels within wheels.” Then
in verse 24 “the voice of the Almighty.” We have now concluded that these “wheels within
wheels” connected with the Cherubim and Almighty God, are but a picture of the
Providence of God.
How better to describe the ways of God than wheels turning with
other wheels, each being made of small cogs, all necessary for the planned
result. We repeat,
there are things in this first chapter beyond our understanding for who can
fully understand God or the ways of God?
To illustrate the wheels of
First, his father gave him a coat of many colours. This let his brothers know that Joseph was
the chosen heir of the father. The
choice had nothing to do with Joseph’s choice. It placed him in a position not his own
choosing. Joseph was sent to determine
the welfare of his brothers. But they
envied him and therefore hated him. Had
they carried out their first plan, they would have killed him. But here is an illustration of the truth of
Psalm 76:10 “Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.”
The wrath of Joseph’s brothers was used of God, but that does not excuse
them for their actions. Their wrath that
would have killed Joseph was restrained so rather than kill him they sold him -
sold to the Midianites who brought him to Egypt (Genesis
37:28).
Genesis 37:28
(28) Then there passed
by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites
for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
In Egypt the wife of Potiphar falsely accuses
Joseph and he is sent to prison. Yet,
even in this sad event the wheels of providence were turning. The
Job 33:14-15
(14) For God speaketh once, yea twice, [yet man] perceiveth
it not.
(15) In a dream, in a
vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon
men, in slumberings upon the bed;
God can speak by dreams. Job
33:14-15
Joseph is given the interpretation of the dreams. He tells the Butler he will be restored to
his position and asks that he not forget Joseph. The
Then Pharaoh had a dream, and the
Genesis 50:20
(20) But as for you,
ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it
is] this day, to save much people alive.
Genesis 45:5-9
(5) Now therefore be
not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send
me before you to preserve life.
(6) For these two
years [hath] the famine [been in] the land: and yet [there are] five years, in
the which [there shall] neither [be] earing nor
harvest.
(7) And God sent me
before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth,
and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
(8) So now [it was]
not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to
Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler
throughout all the land of Egypt.
(9) Haste ye, and go
up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt:
come down unto me, tarry not:
Genesis 50:20 “ Ye meant it for
evil but God meant it for good.”
See also Genesis 45:5 “God did send me to preserve life.”
Genesis 45:7 “God sent me to preserve
you..”
Genesis 45:8 “ not you, but God.”
Genesis 45:9 “God made me ruler….”
What a story to illustrate God’s providence.
Do
you see the “wheels within the wheels”?
Now consider the story in the Book
of Esther.
Chapter 1. A drinking party results in Queen Vashti being banished from the throne. Can God use a drinking party?
Chapter 2. Esther, a Jewish girl becomes Queen in a
Chapter 3. Haman is promoted to office and seeks to
destroy the Jews.
Chapter 4. Mordecai asks Esther to intervene.
Chapter 5. Esther invites Haman to a dinner party (A
wheel within a wheel).
Chapter 6. That night the King could
not sleep, and so asked for the history books! Who would ever do such a thing on his own? What history is read? That Mordecai had saved his life.
Chapter 7. Rather than destroying the Jews, Haman is
destroyed.
Chapters 8 & 9. The Jews are saved.
Chapter 10. Mordecai the Jew is
exalted.
The whole story again, is “wheels within wheels,” one event making
possible another event and each making up the whole.
Thus we could look at the Book
of Job and many other stories in Bible history.
I look at my life as being but a mere cog in one of the wheels of God’s
providence. Not a big wheel, a very
small cog in a very small wheel.
My friend George Sheppard gave me a copy of a 1912 map of
A man by the name of James Fair is on that map. He was a homesteader and where is the hand of
At the same time a Mr. & Mrs. Eric Erickson came from the city of
Donald Erickson wrote: “My grandfather’s name was Eric Erickson. He
was, as a young man, a member of the palace guard in
I believe, they- my grandmother and grandfather- were saved in the
so-called “pietistic movement” in Sweden, and came to the U,S. at least partly
for spiritual reasons. Dad told me that
Grandpa was a stone mason.
My grandpa Erickson moved his family from
In 1915, two Methodist lady evangelists, with the help of others, were
moving a tent by wagon pulled by horses, through Norton Municipality, about six
miles south of the village of Pangman. The wagon broke down, and the tent was set up
and there in nowhere, numbers of people were saved. There is no doubt that Joe E. Erickson, son
of Eric Erickson was touched by the hand of God at that time, and he became a
great man of God and Bible teacher who was to influence my life.
My mother’s family moved from
LET
US NOW THINK ABOUT THE WAYS OF GOD.
Perhaps one could develop messages on:
“The ways of God with Nations”
“ The ways of God
with Churches”
“ The ways of God
with families”
“ The ways of God
with individuals”.
This subject became very real to me in 1988 when I had open heart
surgery. At that time I wrote: “My recent infirmity in the flesh has been,
for me, a learning experience. I am now
more interested in where I am going than in where I am at.” A few years ago, Christians were being taught
to take authority over every adverse circumstance. I heard correctly it was being said that God
is not
found in circumstances and God does not use circumstances. But
that is not my experience, nor does such teaching agree with recorded Bible
history. Take the story of Joseph. You can read that God talked to Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob. Never does it say He talked
to Joseph. But after all his trying
circumstances, Joseph could say to his brothers, “ye meant it for evil but God
meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20). As we
have seen, God was in each circumstance. The same could be said of Abraham, of Jacob,
of Moses, of Job, of Daniel, of all the Prophets and of the Apostles.
I quote from McDuff, page 61:
“Let us rejoice in the simple but sublime assurance that like them, all
that happens is ordered for us. If we
deny God’s hand in the minute events of daily life, we must, to be consistent,
eliminate His overruling power in the rise and fall of Empires. He who swept Babylon to destruction; Who
overthrew Pharaoh’s chariots in the Red Sea; He who raised up king Cyrus to deliver
Israel; He who led Eliezar to find Rebekah; He who led Jacob directly to Rachel - is
interested in all the affairs of our life too.” (end
quote).
We are told in Romans that “whatsoever things were written, have been
written for our learning.” And if we
don’t learn from the Bible, we won’t learn very much that is of lasting value. We humans must be careful that we do not set
up our human reasoning over against Divine Revelation.
Eric Sauer wrote (King of the Earth, page 104):
“From the intellectual standpoint man is small, in spite of all his
progress in science and art. Even today,
we must admit that we do not know what “matter” or “life” or “death” is. Apart from Divine Revelation we do not know
the Origin of the Universe. Man is a
mysterious creature. He knows little
about himself. It is a well known fact,
says Professor Luthardt, that the more thorough an investigator is, the humbler and
more modest he becomes, for he realizes his limitations more. On the other hand, the more superficial he is
the prouder he tends to be. Said one
wise man; “Few know how much one has to know to know how little one knows.” Modesty is true wisdom. Pride is always stupidity.” (End quote).
It is human pride that rebels against Divine Revelation. To our little minds it seems that some people
have more than their share of trials and troubles. But in this matter, we must be careful that we
do not charge God foolishly. And I have
lifted that phrase from Job.1:22.
Job 1:22
(22) In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
2 Samuel 22:31(a) “As for God, his
way is perfect…”
Psalm 18: 30 “As for God, his
way is perfect...”
1 John 1:5
(5) This then is the
message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and
in him is no darkness at all.
James 1:17
(17) Every good gift
and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of
lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow
of turning.
IF God is perfect in
knowledge - and we believe that He is;
IF God is perfect
in wisdom, - and
who would question that?
IF, as 1 John 1:5
says, “God is light and in Him is no darkness at all”;
IF in God there is
no variableness, neither shadow of turning
(James 1:17);
then it follows, God’s way must be perfect.
God’s way must be perfect.
God’s way must be the best way.
God’s way must be the right way.
Since God is righteous, He is always right.
I have a book, purchased and read in 1972. I had underlined some words
in that book, shortly after being discharged from the hospital April 8, 1988. For a reason unknown to me, I opened J.R. McDuff’s book and read the following:
“In the hour of affliction we learn more of God’s word and God’s way,
than in a whole age of sunshine and prosperity. It is well to remember that Old
Testament prophecies were spoken first in the moment when
On pages 141-142: “The best,
fondest, most treasured names are written on grave-stones. Why is this? The vicious, the selfish, the false-hearted,
the unthankful, the useless, are often suffered to live on; pampered with
prosperity, the fabled horn of plenty pouring its contents into their lap. While the good, the kind, the true, the
loving, and beloved one, is either pre-maturely cut-down or go bowed with pain,
or with penury, or with blighted afflictions to the grave. The aged, the decrepit, the suffering, are
often left to drag on in an apparently useless existence! The careless, the indifferent herald of the
truth, the unfaithful watchman of souls, is left to slumber at his post and
trifle with his Master’s work, while the bold standard-bearer in the battle of
evil, toiling at home, the hero heart in the mission field abroad is cut down. We cannot understand or comprehend these
mysteries of life and death, these baffling mysteries in Divine Providence.” Yet we know God’s way is perfect!
Psalm 145:17
(17) The LORD [is]
righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
Psalm 145:17
“The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in
all
his works.”
Notice first, His ways followed by His works. His works are according to His ways..
In the natural realm, one can never understand the way another works
until one gets to know his ways.
My secretary in
But God is right in His ways. He is
always
right in His ways. He is always
right in all His ways. The Devil was the first one to question
the ways of God!
God is Holy in all His works. God always has a purpose in what He
does. God always has a purpose in what
He allows.
His works are sanctified works. If God is Holy then His works must be. If His works are holy, then His ways must be
right.
Psalm 119:128
(128) Therefore I
esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate
every false way.
Psalm 119:164
(164) Seven times a
day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalm 145:4
(4) One generation
shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Psalm 119: 128 “Therefore I esteem all thy precepts
concerning all things to be right...”
Psalm 119:164 “Seven times a day
do I praise Thee because of Thy righteous (right) judgments”
Psalm 145:4 “One generation
shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts”.
“Faith refuses to doubt when reason fails. I dare not say I understand what the Lord is
doing- but I will not doubt” G.C. Morgan
Psalm 103:7
(7) He made known his
ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
Psalm 103:7 “He (God) made
known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.” Who knew God better? Who knew God best? There are two ways of getting to know a
person: 1) by his/her ways; 2) by his
/her acts.
Young girls fall for prince charming. He comes to see her with his hair brushed, his
shoes polished, so neatly dressed, so clean, why he even brushed his teeth! But after the wedding! What a sudden change. He never brushes his hair. He never brushes his teeth! He is anything but
tidy. When he leaves the room you would
think the Rapture had taken place: his socks here, his trousers there, his
shoes somewhere else. Nothing is left in
order. You see, before the wedding he
was known by his acts, afterwards he was being known by his ways.
Psalm 25:4, 9
(4) Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
(9) The meek will he
guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalm 25:4 “Show me thy ways
Oh Lord”.
Psalm 25:9 “The meek will He guide in
judgment: and the meek will he teach His ways..
Matthew 11:29
(29) Take my yoke upon
you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest
unto your souls.
Matthew 11:29
“Take my yoke upon
you and learn of me (for I am meek and lowly) and ye shall find rest unto your
souls.” We do not learn the ways
of God by His mighty acts. We learn His ways as
they are revealed in His Word. People
will go to
From His Word we learn to walk with Him, every day in every
circumstance.
Philippians 4:11-13
(11) Not that I speak
in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith]
to be content.
(12) I know both how
to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where
and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to
abound and to suffer need.
(13) I can do all
things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Philippians 4:11-13 “I have learned in whatsoever
state I am, therein to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how
to abound: every where and in all things (these kind
of things) I am instructed both to be full and to be empty, both to abound and
to suffer need. I can do all (these things, the tough things) through Christ
which strengtheneth me.” In other words, I can suffer because of His
strength!
Now if you only desire to know God by His mighty acts you will remain in
elementary school or will become carnal. You will never grow up in Him. Noah walked with God for at least 120 years
and nothing happened. God seemed to have
forsaken that generation. But Noah
walked with God learning God’s ways and when God began to act in judgment by
sending the rain, Noah was safely covered in the shelter of the ark. He was hiding in the shelter of the Rock of
Ages.
It
is by knowing God’s ways we will not cave-in when His acts are beyond our
understanding.
Isaiah 55:7-9
(7) Let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto
the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon.
(8) For my thoughts [are]
not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith
the LORD.
(9) For as the heavens
are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:7-9 “Let the wicked forake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways, saith
the LORD. For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts.”
God does not think as we think. God does not act as we act. His ways are above our ways. His thoughts are above our way of thinking.
The cross was placed on Golgotha - the place of a skull, for the cross,
the
way of God, stands above the human intellect. We have difficulty understanding the ways of
God because they are so far above our way of thinking.
Ezekiel 18:25, 29
(25) Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of
Israel; Is not my way equal? are
not your ways unequal?
(29) Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not
equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are
not your ways unequal?
Ezekiel 18:25, 29 “Yet ye say, The way of the
Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of
Israel; Is not my way equal? Are not your ways unequal?”
Verse 29 “Yet
saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not
equal. O house of
Israel said: “Things don’t add
up. And like Peter, they tried to
correct the Lord.
Hosea 14:9
(9) Who [is] wise, and
he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he
shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right,
and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Hosea 14:9 “Who is wise, and
he shall understand these things ? prudent, and he
shall know them? For the ways of the LORD are right,
and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.”
Only by knowing the story can one feel the words of the Prophet. He had
married Gomer. They had three children. Then she ran from home and became a
prostitute. When her body was broken, her
health gone, her beauty faded, he bought her for half the price of a slave. His heart had been broken but through it, he
had learned to love as God loves. And Hosea
was able to say regarding himself, regarding his wife, regarding
Genesis 18:23-25
(23) And Abraham drew
near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
(24) Peradventure
there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou
also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are]
therein?
(25) That be far from
thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that
the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the
Judge of all the earth do right?
Genesis 18:25 “Shall not the
Judge of all the earth do right?” If He
is righteous then He can only do that which is right!
Romans 11:33
(33) O the depth of
the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how
unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Romans 11:33 “O the depth of
the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out.”
see Psalm 25:4,9; Psalm 27:11; Psalm 86:11;
Psalm 95:10; cf Hebrews 3:9-10.
Psalm 25:4, 9
(4) Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
(9) The meek will he
guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalm 27:11
(11) Teach me thy way,
O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Psalm 86:11
(11) Teach me thy way,
O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
Psalm 95:10
(10) Forty years long
was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is]
a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Hebrews 3:9-10
(9) When your fathers
tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
(10) Wherefore I was
grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in [their] heart; and they have not known my ways.