Oct 31, 2020
EZEKIEL 36-37:
In
chapter 34, we heard the passage that many Jews would have thought
of when they heard Jesus say, “I am the good shepherd. I give my
life for the sheep.” In Ezekiel 34, God promised to take away
corrupt shepherds, saying that He would replace them with only one
shepherd— namely David's descendant...
Oct 30, 2020
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. 12:2 NLT The...
Oct 29, 2020
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 28, 2020
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 27, 2020
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,...