Ezekiel // Pastor Gene Pensiero
68 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVerse by verse studies through books of the Bible. In this series titled Hard To Heart we learn about the work God does in the lives of His people as well as the fate of our world, particularly Israel, in the future.
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Ezekiel 10:1-22 – The Departed
May 21, 2019 17:06 - 33 minutes - 12.5 MBIt takes nothing away from the deity or majesty of God to say He was reluctant. In fact, it magnifies His longsuffering and grace and mercy. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 9:1-11 – Elohim Has Left The Building
May 21, 2019 17:05 - 28 minutes - 10.7 MBIn chapter nine of Ezekiel God was leaving His building. His glory was departing from the holy of holies in the Temple at Jerusalem. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 8:1-18 – Local Prophet Hair-Lifted To Jerusalem
May 21, 2019 17:04 - 37 minutes - 13.9 MBEzekiel is taken on a kind of damage survey. In a vision he finds himself at the Temple in Jerusalem. In his case the damage to be surveyed was still in progress. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 7:20-27 – That’s The Sound Of God’s Man Workin’ On The Chain Gang
May 21, 2019 17:03 - 25 minutes - 9.76 MB“Make a chain.” With that directive from God Ezekiel would pursue the forging of a chain by which he would shackle himself. He would act-out before God’s people what awaited the residents of Jerusalem. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 7:1-19 – Spare The Rod, Spoil The Nation
May 21, 2019 17:02 - 24 minutes - 9.3 MBEzekiel refers to a “rod” in verses ten and eleven. After literally hundreds of years of warnings it was time for God to spank His backslidden people. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 6:1-14 – Mountain Do’s And Don’ts
May 21, 2019 17:01 - 28 minutes - 10.7 MBA family trip to the mountains is a common and wholesome occurrence here in the shadow of the beautiful Sierra range. It was common in sixth century Israel, too, but not wholesome. It was in the mountains, in the wilderness, that the Jews went to worship the gods of the Canaanites. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 5:1-17 – After Shave Loathsome
May 21, 2019 17:00 - 37 minutes - 13.7 MBEzekiel went through acts one, two, and three. From somewhere he produced a sword. With it he proceeded to shave his hair and beard. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 4:1-17 – Iron Chef Hebraica
May 21, 2019 16:59 - 27 minutes - 10.6 MBBeginning with chapter four and continuing through chapter twenty-four Ezekiel prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem. Four symbolic acts in chapters four and five serve as visual lessons. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 3:22-27 – It’s A Mute Point
May 20, 2019 19:18 - 34 minutes - 12.8 MBEzekiel was a selective mute, but it wasnʼt a genetic predisposition. It wasnʼt something he practiced on his own, either. It was a God thing. Weʼre going to see that God caused Ezekiel to be a selective mute. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 3:16-21 – Someone To Watchman Over Me
May 20, 2019 19:17 - 36 minutes - 13.4 MBSince we are called to “watch” perhaps we can learn a thing or two from Ezekiel as Israelʼs sixth century watchman. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 3:12-15 – Up!
May 20, 2019 19:16 - 27 minutes - 10.5 MBEzekiel was another Old Testament saint who experienced sudden transport. Letʼs see what we can glean from his experience. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 3:4-11 – The Fantastic Fore-Head
May 20, 2019 19:15 - 34 minutes - 12.7 MBEzekiel faced a language barrier of a different kind: It was a spiritual language barrier. It was the result of hardened hearts. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 2:8-3:3 – How To Eat A Sweet Scroll
May 20, 2019 19:14 - 31 minutes - 11.9 MBThree of Godʼs prophets were commanded to take the metaphor of Godʼs Word as food literally. They each were commanded to eat Godʼs Word. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 2:1-7 – Rebels Without A Conscience
May 20, 2019 19:12 - 33 minutes - 12.4 MBYou know what happens when a Christian acts like a rebel in his or her walk with Jesus? They conform to the world! Theyʼre not rebels in a romantic sense. Theyʼre rebels in a pathetic sense. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 1:22-28 – Rider On The Storm
May 20, 2019 19:11 - 31 minutes - 11.7 MBEzekiel sees the heavens open and a storm approaching. In the storm he sees four living creatures who he will later identify as cherubim. They are special beings, probably angels, that are associated with the presence of God and His throne. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 1:15-21 – Sweet Chariot Swings Low
May 20, 2019 19:10 - 30 minutes - 11.6 MBEzekiel sees the heavens open and a storm approaching. But there is something in the storm. There are four cherubim – of the type that minister constantly around the throne of God. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 1:4-14 – Weird-Faced Scenario
May 20, 2019 19:09 - 25 minutes - 9.66 MBWas Ezekiel a primitive man doing his best to put an alien encounter on papyrus? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)
Ezekiel 1:1-3 – Thirty Something
May 20, 2019 19:08 - 24 minutes - 9.29 MBWhile itʼs great to dream and to plan everything must be subordinated to the understanding, “nevertheless not my will but Godʼs will be done.” Had Ezekiel been born a few years earlier he would have enjoyed life serving as a priest during a time of great revival. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)