SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/14/2015
4:09 PM
My Worship Time Focus: Divine Mercy
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ezekiel
29:13-16
Message of the
verses: “13 ’For thus says the Lord
GOD, "At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the
peoples among whom they were scattered. 14 “I will turn the fortunes of Egypt
and make them return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there
they will be a lowly kingdom. 15 “It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself
up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not
rule over the nations. 16 “And it will never again be the confidence of the house of
Israel, bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned to Egypt. Then they will know that I am
the Lord GOD."’"”
We now look at the last sub-section under the main
section entitled “The Monster Slain,” which speaks of the judgment that God
would bring upon the nation of Egypt.
We see two things that will happen to Egypt after the
judgment comes from God by the Babylonians.
First they will return back to their land after forty years, and I must
say that this has not been the case of the other countries that Ezekiel has
written about. Second when they did
return they would only be a base nation, not a real player among the
nations. We also see in this section the
Jews would finally realize that they cannot trust the nation of Egypt,
something they had fallen prey to since their founder Abraham went down to
Egypt without being sent there by God and in case you don’t remember what
happened there when Abraham went there was that he picked up a hand-maid for
his wife named Hagar and ended up fathering a child by her due to their lack of
faith. The child Ishmael would be the
father to the twelve tribes of the Arab nations and they would be a great deal
for Israel even up to this day.
We see the words “they will know that I am the Lord God”
three times in this section, in verse six, nine, and now in sixteen. Dr. Wiersbe writes “The statement is one of
the key affirmations in the Book of Ezekiel and is used some sixty times. The Lord reveals His attributes through His
judgments just as much as He does thorough His blessings, and sometimes His
judgments get our attention much more quickly.” I think I would rather see His attributes
through His blessings.
3/14/2015 4:24 PM
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