SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/1/2015
9:16 PM
My Worship Time Focus: Sailing the
Ship
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ezekiel
27:12-25
Message of the
verses: “12 “Tarshish was your
customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron,
tin and lead they paid for your wares. 13 “Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they were
your traders; with the lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your
merchandise. 14 “Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and war horses and mules
for your wares. 15 “The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were
your market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. 16 "Aram was your customer because of the
abundance of your goods; they paid for your wares with emeralds, purple,
embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. 17 “Judah and the land of Israel, they were your
traders; with the wheat of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil and balm they paid
for your merchandise. 18 “Damascus was your customer because of the abundance
of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the
wine of Helbon and white wool. 19 “Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from
Uzal; wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise. 20 “Dedan
traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 “Arabia and all the princes of
Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams and goats; for these they were
your customers. 22 “The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they
paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of
precious stones and gold. 23 “Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur
and Chilmad traded with you. 24 “They traded with you in choice garments, in
clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly
wound cords, which were among your merchandise. 25 “The ships of Tarshish were
the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious
In the heart of the seas.”
We see in these verses a very large list of countries
that were along the Mediterranean cost that Tyre did business with and we also
see a list of the products that they had or traded for or even after getting
raw materials had their manufacturers make different products to sell and to
trade. Now if you are looking for a
spiritual lesson in all of this I would say that it would be that Tyre had
nothing to do with the Lord, and perhaps one of the reasons is that Judah and
Israel were not following the things that the Lord wanted them to follow, like
tell others about God instead they fell into the worship of Idols so they were
not help to Tyre. It seems to me that
Tyre only cared about making money and not about perusing a relationship with
the One True God. In our next SD we will
see that their ship is about to sink as we look at the remaining verses in this
27th chapter of Ezekiel.
3/1/2015 9:30 PM
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