In a distinct dimension of time and space, founded on the sacred scriptures, there was a man, recognized as the son of man, faithful servant and chosen vessel of the Lord Jehovah. One day, the Lord told him to consume a roll he found and after he ate it, it was as sweet as honey in his mouth. The Lord gave him a mission. He was to journey back to the house of Israel and to relay the word of the Lord unto them. The Lord assured him that even though the message was not in a strange speech or a hard language, the house of Israel, known for their hard foreheads and stiff hearts, might not listen to him.

Despite the Lord’s forewarning, the son of man, empowered by the divine, went forth to carry out this daunting responsibility. His face was hardened against their faces, with an adamant resolve imbued by the Lord himself. He was not to fear them and was not to be intimidated by their rebellious nature.

This divinely appointed prophet was then commanded to take the words of Jehovah into his heart and also listen with his ears. The Lord prompted him to go to the children of his people, those who were exiled, and share with them the words of Jehovah, whether they hearken or choose to ignore.

Suddenly, he was lifted by the Spirit, transported to the dwellers by the river Chebar. Amidst them, he was overwhelmed and sat in silence for seven days. At the end of the week, a word from the Lord came unto him. Jehovah declared him a watchman for the house of Israel. He was entrusted with the duty of warning the wicked from their wicked ways. Failure to do so meant that the wicked would die in his iniquity, but their blood would be required from the son of man’s hands.

The righteous were not excluded from his warnings. If a righteous man turned from his righteousness and committed iniquity, he too was to be warned. If the warning fell on deaf ears, the righteous man would die in his sin and his righteous deeds forgotten; his blood would also be required from the hands of the son of man.

The Lord then spoke to him again, His hand heavy upon him, instructing him to go into the plain where he would encounter the divine presence. In the plain, he beheld the glory of Jehovah, which was reminiscent of the glory he had seen by the river Chebar. Overwhelmed, he fell on his face until the Spirit entered him and set him on his feet. The Lord reassured him with words of comfort even as he warned that he would be bound and made mute by the rebellious house. But the Lord Jehovah promised to provide him with the words to say. He was to simply declare, “Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.”