Ezekiel 14

"Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,' says the Lord God." v.14

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Noah, Daniel and Job.  They're named in the book of Ezekiel.  Out of all the righteous men from creation to this time of captivity, the Lord specifically names these three as an example of how far from them had the Israelites become and that even these three men and their faith could save or turn the Lord's wrath away from Israel.  These three men we know of their means of saving others in times of wickedness: Noah's whole family was spared during the flood; Daniel saved his companions by sharing God's vision with them (Daniel 2:17-18); Job's friends were spared from their ungodly counsel when Job made an offering for them (Job 42:7-8).  It's interesting to note that both Noah and Job were of the way past of Israel at this time but Daniel is a contemporary of Ezekiel; his book is even after the book of Ezekiel.  Yet chronologically Daniel had already been twelve years as one of Nebuchadnezzar's highest officials at this time, where Ezekiel was a captive among the captives.  So the Lord says to them that even if there is one like these righteous men they should not expect to be delivered from God's judgements for anyone else's sake.

Let us not think there are only righteous men of the past, but ones living among us now.  Let us look to them as an example of how to live for God and follow His truth.  How have you relied on the faith of others to save you then your own?