Oct 31, 2024
EZEKIEL 34-35:
In
Ezekiel yesterday, we heard of how Pharaoh was to be mocked in the
world of the dead. Then we heard of God’s justice, which he showed
by the illustration of Ezekiel as a watchman for a city.
ISAIAH 13:
Yesterday’s reading in Isaiah was a psalm of
praise including these poetic lines:
Is. 12:2b-4b NLT...
Oct 30, 2024
EZEKIEL 32-33:
Again, as seen in the messages to Tyre and to
Egypt, God was not just speaking to one king or about one kingdom,
but was also speaking against the kingdom/city of Man or the world
system under the rulership of Satan.
ISAIAH 12:
In
yesterday’s reading we again heard of the righteous Branch, a shoot
growing...
Oct 29, 2024
EZEKIEL 30-31:
As
the Lord was pronouncing doom upon the Prince of Tyre in Ezekiel
28, did you notice how the language shifted to talking about things
that the human prince could not have done. The spirit-world ruler
behind the prince of Tyre is really in mind— that is, Satan. The
tirade against the King of Egypt could...
Oct 28, 2024
EZEKIEL 28-29:
So
why were there two whole chapters against the city-state of Tyre in
yesterday’s reading, plus one more today?! I think we see the
answer in Revelation. Tyre is very like the picture of Babylon
(which in that book is a picture of Rome). All the way through the
Bible— starting with the Tower of Babel,...
Oct 27, 2024
EZEKIEL 26-27:
Yesterday we heard a second word picture of
Jerusalem as a cooking pot. This was not good news. Then Ezekiel
received word that his treasure— his wife, would die. And he was
commanded not to mourn as a sign of what the people would do when
they heard about the slaughter in Jerusalem. Then
there...