It seems that God's people have always been tempted to put their hopes in politics and political leaders. In Ezekiel's day, they were having a difficult time listening to God because they trusted that their leader, a "son of David", must be God's chosen. Instead, God was going to take away the crown until one appeared who was not only a son of David, but the Son of God.

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The people had trouble believing Ezekiel partly because they thought they knew what God had to say. Their king was God's chosen, wasn't he?

- In what ways is politics sometimes like a religion for some, then and now? ...