Read: Ezekiel 31:1-32:32; Hebrews 12;14-29; Psalms 113:1-114:8: Proverbs 27:18-20
Today we go back to the 11th year of Israel’s exile and read what God said about the king of Egypt. He compared him to Lucifer in the garden of Eden. He was the envy of all the trees in the garden of Eden in his beauty and majesty. He was lifted higher than any other and let pride consume him. The king of Egypt would be brought down just as Lucifer was.
A year and a half later, God sent Ezekiel to the king of Egypt to give him a rebuke. God compared him to a lion and a sea monster who muddied the water. But God was going to bring destruction and mapped out his downfall. He was going to make Egypt desolate and strip the land of everything in it, then everyone would know that God was the Lord.
In the 12th year of Israel’s exile, God spoke of Egypt’s destruction again and of Assyria’s. All of these prophecies are foreshadows of the end of the ages when it will happen again in the same places.
Hebrews tells us the importance of being sanctified - letting God purify you. Without it we will never see God. God begs us not to miss the grace he gives us to be pure. Grace is not the license to sin and be forgiven, it is the power not to sin. He gives us the example of Esau who chose the pleasures of this world over the things of God. The new covenant is so much better than the old. Jesus’ blood has so much more power than the blood of animals and the heavenly Mt. Zion is a much better place than the earthly Mt. Zion.
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