Ezekiel 6:1

Ezekiel 6:1 says, And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,  It would seem that this was a different prophesy than the following two, and I know that God continues to speak to us after we become a Christien, so we need to always be listening to Him.   

Verse two adds, Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,  Ezekiel was told to set his face towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.  Isreal here referred to all twelve tribes and not just the ten that were often referred to as Israel with the other two being referred to as Judah.  The mountains woold have been the highest points Ezekiel would have had any possibility of seeing from captivity, and they would have also been seen as unmovable, but God could shake them.  The people of Israel felt that since they were called God’s chosen people that they should be unshakeable, but God was letting them know that when they failed to obey Him that this was not true.  The same is true for those who profess to be Christians today but are so in name only.  

Verse three continues, And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.  God then proclaimed quite clearly that He was going to bring judgment on Israel with the sward of war and that He would destroy their high places, or places where they worshipped false gods.  God had been protecting and empowering them, and He was no longer going to do that.  If we as followers of Christ begin to turn away from doing His will, we should no longer expect Him to strengthen and empower us.   

Verse four states, And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.  Ezekiel said that God said that their altars would be desolate, their images or false gods would be broken, and He was going to cast their slain men down before their worthless idols.  If we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we should then cast down any idols that we may have worshipped before.  If we allow them to come back into our lives, we need to repent and ask God to help us cast them down once more.   

Verse five adds, And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.  God said that children were going to be killed as well as adults and this is often the case in war.  He then said He would lay their dead bodies around their altars to their idols.  The idols that they had looked to for help would be shown to be worthless, just as any idol that people put their faith in today will one day be shown to be worthless.   We need to pray that we come to understand this before we die and put our faith in Jesus Christ before it is too late.   

Verse six continues, In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.  God said that all their idols and dwelling places would be destroyed and become desolate.  Ever idol that we may have worshipped before coming to God by putting our faith in Jesus Christ must be destroyed and we must worship Him alone.   

Verse seven concludes, And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.  God said that when their slain fell in the midst of them that they would know that He was God. When we know that God is God, which happens by accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we must allow all the idols in our life to be slain and thrown down.