Woe to the Shepherds!

One of the most scathing rebukes found anywhere in the Bible is in Ezekiel 34.  It is a rebuke to the shepherds, or in today’s culture, the pastors.  The Prophet Ezekiel was not the least concerned with sparing anyone’s ‘feelings’ when he gave his politically incorrect rebuke in the 34th chapter.  He was concerned with saying what the Lord instructed him to say.  He didn’t water it down, and he didn’t consider how it might put him in social jeopardy.  He was not afraid of the shepherds, but he did have a healthy fear of God, something the modern Church seems to lack. Continue reading →