SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 31 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God. [Ezekiel 31:9] Today’s words are a warning to the king of Egypt, using the glory and fall of Assyria as an example of what is coming. Assyria is compared to a tree in…
God’s power and purpose
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 30 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord. [Ezekiel 30:26] Sometimes I find it hard to connect the reading for the day to Jesus; today was one of those days, but eventually the Lord led me to see…
what about Egypt?
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…
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…
Camp David (Nathan on March Break)
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…
Update From Nathan
Our son Nathan is on a one year internship with Urban Promise, a ministry “that exists to proclaim the love of Jesus, and to express it through the spiritual, social and educational development of children, youth and families living in government housing.” April 20, 2011 Dear Friends, It has been far too long, and for this…
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…