SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/24/2015
10:37 PM
My Worship Time Focus: Destruction of Tyre Lamented
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ezekiel
26:15-18
Message
of the verses: “15 Thus says the
Lord GOD to Tyre, "Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your
fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? 16 “Then
all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, remove their robes
and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with
trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at
you. 17 "They will
take up a lamentation over you and say to you, ’How you have perished, O
inhabited one, From the seas, O renowned city, Which was mighty on the sea, She
and her inhabitants, Who imposed her terror On all her inhabitants! 18 ’Now the
coastlands will tremble On the day of your fall; Yes, the coastlands which are
by the sea Will be terrified at your passing.’"”
Again I see a similar thing that
happens to Tyre that happens in the book of Revelation, but on a much smaller scale
here, for in the book of Revelation we see that the system of Babylon is
lamented over when it falls in one day according to Revelation chapter 18. In chapter 17 we see the destruction of religious
Babylon, and in chapter 18 the economical Babylon falls. Tyre was an economic capital of that part of
the world because they were on the sea and handled much merchandise for many
countries so it was natural for the nations around to lament over their
destruction. Dr. Wiersbe compares what
happened to Tyre with what is going on in our world today: “Our world today is united in a series of
electronic networks that can transfer information, money, and orders for
merchandise with such speed that it’s scarcely possible to register them. Imagine what would happen if the world’s economy
if all these electronic business connections in New York City alone were
dissolved. This reminds us that in the
end times, when the Antichrist has organized his great world network called ‘Babylon,’
the Lord will destroy the whole thing and leave the business people desolate
and in mourning (Rev). I guess it is
nice to have come up with a similar piece of information before I even read
what Dr. Wiersbe had to say. I guess
that great minds run in similar directions.
(Just kidding).
We will look at the final sub-point
in our next SD from the 26th chapter of Ezekiel.
2/24/2015
10:52 PM
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