Ezekiel
32 – Egypt Headed to Sheol
The
Egyptians worshiped both the lion and the crocodile, and the Old Pharaoh was
muddying the water. God was basically telling the Pharaoh that He was going to
pull him out and move him to a place where he will no longer live in a palace. He
will find himself on the same level as his subjects.
Ezekiel
compares Egypt to all the other proud nations that struck fear into the
region’s population: Assyria, Elam, Meshach, and tubal Edom and the Sidonians.
All of them had gone down to defeat and now lay in the pit, the place of the
dead. (Isa. 18:6). Pharaoh will meet them there in Sheol. Jesus called it the
place of torment for those who are lost.
God
is the King and rules among the nations as He pleases. What He does has one
grand purpose: that the nations may know He is the Lord. When nations and
rulers start to think they are gods, God must remind them that He alone is the
God of all earth. Nebuchadnezzar himself had to learn that lesson (Daniel 4).
Ezekiel
33 Ezekiel the Watchman
God
had ordained Ezekiel to be a watchman, but now the people were to rodain their
own watchman in each territory. When you see the sword coming, blow the trupet
and warn the people; otherwise, their blood will be on your hands (Acts
20:26-27).
We
must plea for repentance, for God wants each of us to have a broken and
contrite heart (Ps. 51:17). We should not judge God but allow Him to judge us.
Heb. 10:11-18.
They
did not take God’s Word seriously; if they had, they would have obeyed it (James
1:21-27)
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