And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. –Isaiah 35:8 Isaiah 35 begins in a desert wilderness where there is rejoicing. Deserts and […]

Meditation Text: Genesis 3:16 & 20 Suggested Reading: Ephesians 5:22–33 After speaking first to the devil-possessed serpent and cursing him, the Lord goes on to address the woman about her sin. He will get to the man in a moment, but in the same order in which the perpetrators of the rebellion acted, so the […]

Modern interpreters have fascinated themselves with Ezekiel’s psychological state. Beginning in the late 1800s, scholars began to interpret Ezekiel’s behavior in this section as signs of psychosis or trauma. David Halperin’s 1993 book, Seeking Ezekiel: Text and Psychology, even viewed these chapters as Ezekiel reenactment of being neglected during infancy, something Halperin concocted from a […]