Daily Retreat 08/14/08
2008 Aug 14 Thu: Maximilian Mary Kolbe, p, mt M
Ez 12: 1-12/ Ps 77(78): 56-57. 58-59. 61-62/ Mt 18: 21 – 19: 1
From today’s readings: “Son of man, you live in the midst of a rebellious house; they have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.... They tempted and rebelled against God the Most High, and kept not His decrees .... I say to you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times!”
Pantomime Prophecy
Ironically, Ezekiel was already in exile himself when he was instructed by God to perform a “pantomime” prophecy for his fellow deportees to announce to them the future exile of the king and remaining citizens in Jerusalem.
The pantomime proved to be remarkably prognostic: when Jerusalem’s main defenses were penetrated by Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian army in 587BC, King Zedekiah and a handful of nobles furtively fled in the night through a back gate “hole in the wall,” but they were soon captured. In punishment, Zedekiah’s sons were killed in his sight, then he was blinded and, along with thousands of others, taken to Babylon as a captive.
God has actually been very clear in His Revelation, but too often, people have refused to listen to the Word of the Lord as proclaimed loud and clear. However, when they behold portents and symbolic actions (such as those of Ezekiel), at least some people, even if only out of curiosity, will take notice of such pantomime prophecy.
Ez 12: 1-12/ Ps 77(78): 56-57. 58-59. 61-62/ Mt 18: 21 – 19: 1
From today’s readings: “Son of man, you live in the midst of a rebellious house; they have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.... They tempted and rebelled against God the Most High, and kept not His decrees .... I say to you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times!”
Pantomime Prophecy
Ironically, Ezekiel was already in exile himself when he was instructed by God to perform a “pantomime” prophecy for his fellow deportees to announce to them the future exile of the king and remaining citizens in Jerusalem.
The pantomime proved to be remarkably prognostic: when Jerusalem’s main defenses were penetrated by Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian army in 587BC, King Zedekiah and a handful of nobles furtively fled in the night through a back gate “hole in the wall,” but they were soon captured. In punishment, Zedekiah’s sons were killed in his sight, then he was blinded and, along with thousands of others, taken to Babylon as a captive.
God has actually been very clear in His Revelation, but too often, people have refused to listen to the Word of the Lord as proclaimed loud and clear. However, when they behold portents and symbolic actions (such as those of Ezekiel), at least some people, even if only out of curiosity, will take notice of such pantomime prophecy.
posted by FrPitstick | 8/12/2008
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