February 9, 2023
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Reading along with us in Ezekiel? Here’s today’s reading:
Ezekiel 31 (NIV)
Pharaoh as a Felled Cedar of Lebanon
1 In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:
“ ‘Who can be compared with you in majesty?
3 Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon,
with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
So Ezekiel shares this comparison of Assyria as represented by this mighty tree that was so beautiful and had a strong resource of water to try to teach Egypt it’s own lesson. As much as people witnessed the fall of Assyria and mourned for the once great nation that had fallen so far from it’s former glory to show Egypt that this will soon be their fate as well.
It made me think that when we read these accounts we should take them to heart in the same way. No matter how successful, strong, or fortified we feel as a nation if we are full of evil doers and have strayed so far from God in our morals and values, we too as a nation can meet this same destruction.
We may not have Ezekiel’s walking from town to town but we have His words to read and realize that it is history repeating itself, falling victim to the same greed, pride, and arrogance of these past nations. God is the same today, yesterday, and tomorrow and so the same fate may come us if we don’t repent and turn back to God!
Amen, Kelly!
Thanks for the commentary Kelly.
Ezekiel 31
Ezekiel 31
It is interesting because I just started watching the docuseries Unnatural Selection which documents where we are now in the field of Genetic Engineering. This passage is closely related to what I am seeing:humans taking pride at achieving things without acknowledgment of God. God will keep humbling our society the way it is described in this passage..
I have noticed this too, Jill. There is a whole “Transhumanism” movement, a cult you might call it. Man is trying to control man by “hacking” man with genetics and technology.
Ezekiel 31
God uses Assyria as an object lesson for Pharaoh and Egypt. In the same way Assyria was a beautiful tree and many came to it for various provisions (it’s beauty even compared to trees in Eden) and once again, no one imagined that it would ever be toppled, Egypt is in the same stature. But in the same way Assyria was taken down and humbled by God, so will Egypt be. It is sad when we and others don’t get the lessons that God gives.
Liked what Kelly and Pastors take and explanation of Ezekiel 31. I have nothing to add except to have a better understanding of the chapter.
As God did to Assyria, God uses as an example of what He will do to Egypt.
Even though he doesn’t comment, Steve and I are reading and discussing the daily readings almost every day. I am so thankful that the little “Life of Jesus” booklet established this daily habit!
A good pattern for others to follow? Hopefully it will lead to husbands following their wives….
Like the fall of Assyria, with its towering cedars, Egypt will go down along with its majestic beauty and proud ways.