Not a fairy tale.

Not a fairy tale. real people, real places,

Ezekiel 20:1-3 NLT

On August 14, during the seventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, some of the leaders of Israel came to request a message from the Lord. They sat down in front of me to wait for his reply. Then this message came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, tell the leaders of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: How dare you come to ask me for a message? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord , I will tell you nothing!’

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The Bible is littered with times, places and people.

The Bible isn't self-congratulatory of God's people nor does it paint the picture of a man-made God. The gods of men usually are all sop or all bluster. Sugarcoated gods of self aggrandisement fill the pages of fiction in cultures around the world.

The one true God works in time and space although he exists beyond them.

So six days and nearly three thousand years before my birthday during the reign of an exiled Jewish king plotting a coup against the powerful Babylonians with Egypt, God's prophet spoke on God's behalf to His rebellious people.

See? Time, place, people are all represented. Although God is unknowable far beyond a mystery, He works within time and history!

And what does he say? This God says some unexpected things. And firstly this time he says he'll say nothing.

Real people, real places,
hurt feelings and downcast faces
The Bible records a tale of woe
And God's own people become his foe
Travel in time and you'd find them there Plotting schemers God will not spare
Trusting, humble hearts He does require
If they are to avoid the judgment fire