Read: Ezekiel 29:1-30:26; Hebreews 11:32-12:13; Psalm 112:1-20a; Proverbs 27:17
In the tenth year of Israel’s exile, Ezekiel prophesied against the king of Egypt calling him a great monster of the sea. God pronounced 40 years of captivity for Egypt because of the harm they did to the children of Israel. Egypt would never be the great power in the earth that it had been.
In the 27th year on the first day of the year (Roshashana) God had Ezekiel prophesy about Babylon. God had used Babylon to defeat and punish Tyre and for its reward, God was going to give them Egypt. How amazing is that! God is so just God that he rewards the just and the unjust. On the day that he did this, God promised to start raising up his people. Many of them would die in the destruction of Egypt. Egypt would be sold to evil men and lay wasted. All its idols would be destroyed and all its temples with their images of their gods.
Hebrews starts out with a list of men God used to bring justice on the land. They conquered kingdoms, served justice and obtained the promise God had given them. These wonderful men and women that have gone before us - some having escaped and others having suffered to the point of death. These people are part of our cloud of witnesses that cheer us on to finish the work they started.
Lord, we are so grateful that you discipline us because it means that you love us and we are his children.
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