SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 29 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord. ” ‘You have been a staff of reed for the people of Israel. When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were…
Category: daily meditations
Satan is defeated!
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 28 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings. [Ezekiel 28:17] Ezekiel likens the wicked king of Tyre to Satan himself, You were in Eden, the garden of God……
the hope of resurrection
pride or humility?
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre. Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “‘You say, Tyre, “I am perfect in beauty.” [Ezekiel 27:1-3] Tyre (and its…
invasion
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 26 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through. [Ezekiel 26:10] When the people of Tyre saw the destruction of Jerusalem, they pounced; this was their opportunity to rape and pillage a crumbling…
are we getting the message?
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 25 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I will stretch out my hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will wipe you out from among the nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD. [Ezekiel 25:7] This chapter shows that while God is…
an extreme sign
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: And you, son of man, on the day I take away their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes, their heart’s desire, and their sons and daughters as well— on that day a fugitive will come to tell you the news. At that time your mouth will be opened;…
where lust leads
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted. They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. [Ezekiel 23:9-10] Ezekiel uses explicit language to describe how Samaria (capital city of the ten northern tribes of Israel) and Jerusalem…
God sees through whitewash
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 22 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says’—when the LORD has not spoken. The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice. [Ezekiel 22:28-29] This…
the one that deserves the crown
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low. A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come; to him I will give it.’ [Ezekiel 21:26-27] The…