Read: Ezekiel 27:1-28:26; Hebrews 11:17-31; Psalm 111:1-10; Proverbs 27:15-16
In Ezekiel 27, Tyre is depicted as a merchant ship that is built of the finest materials and equipped with the finest of goods. It trades with all the countries and brings back the best the world has to offer. It was used to enrich the whole world and they would see it crash and be shattered by the sea and look upon its destruction with horror and fear. Tyre means “distress” which is suffering, agony and anguish. These synonyms describe Satan’s plan very well.
In Chapter 28, the king of Tyre is addressed as a type of the anti-christ to come. We see in him the picture of Satan and his pride before his fall from heaven. He will also die on the seas as he will be thrown into the lake of fire. We learn that Satan was created blameless but chose wickedness. He was a guardian cherub but his pride over his own beauty and splendor caused him to become corrupted in his wisdom. He was thrown to the earth and made a spectacle before kings (which are us). The horrible things he does to the earth will come back on him and he will have a bad end.
Ezekiel also prophesied against Sidon which means “hunting”. They were Israel’s malicious neighbors who were like painful briers and sharp thorns. God was going to make himself known to them in judgment.
In Hebrews, Abraham was the picture of God who gave his only son to die and be raised again. By faith, Isaac could see the future promise given to Jacob and Esau and when Jacob was dying, he spoke the future over his sons. When Joseph was about to die, he spoke the future over his whole family, the children of Israel. He said that they would come out of Egypt and when they did, they were to bring his bones with them and bury them in the promised land. Moses’ parents saw the future plan God had for Moses and hid him so he could live. Moses believed what they saw and gave up the world’s throne and position to become what God chose for his life. He was able to do this because he saw the one who was invisible - God. By faith, Moses observed the Passover and believed that God would kill the first born if he didn’t apply the blood. He believed that if he would lift up his staff, God would make a way through the Red Sea. He believed that God would give him Jericho if he just did what God told him to do. Even Rahab, a Canaanite, believed God by faith which led to her salvation. Faith is the currency of the Kingdom of God.
Lord, your works are faithful and just; all your precepts are trustworthy and steadfast for ever and ever.
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