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Shalom! Shalom! 🌿📖 We come to one of the most fascinating—and, in many ways, mysterious—prophets in the Old Testament: Ezekiel . If Isaiah is the poet, Jeremiah the weeping prophet, then Ezekiel is the visionary . His book is filled with vivid images, symbolic actions, and some of the most unforgettable visions in the Bible. 👤 Who Was Ezekiel? Ezekiel was a priest as well as a prophet. His Hebrew name is Yeḥezqel (יְחֶזְקֵאל) , meaning: "God strengthens" or "May God strengthen." Unlike Amos (a shepherd) or Jeremiah (from a priestly family but called primarily as a prophet), Ezekiel actually served as a priest before becoming a prophet. This is important because his priestly background explains why his book contains so much detail about: the Temple, holiness, sacrifices, God's glory, and worship. 📅 When Did Ezekiel Live? Ezekiel lived during one of the darkest periods in Israel's history. A simplified timeline looks like thi...

Circumcision in the Philippines Circumcision in the Philippines is big deal. Every summer, all young men who turned 12 or thirteen or at any age before going to high school, seek a doctor for circumcision. Some organisations even conduct medical outreach pegged as "Operation Tuli" offering free circumcisions for men of any age especially in remote areas where doctors are scarce; thus preventing young men to approach non-medical practitioners who offer circumcision using traditional ethnical method. Filipinos view and accepted circumcision as both cultural and traditional that were passed since the Spaniards converted filipino ethnical gentiles to Christianity. In a way, early Spaniard Christians evangelised circumcision as religious and a sign of baptism for Christ. Should Christians Be Circumcised In Galatians, Paul viewed circumcision as unnecessary for Gentiles, strongly believing that converted Gentiles need not be a Jew in order to follow Christ. For the Jews, circumcis...