From 32dd36ac3bda1d6f316b7bd44912435b46472a36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 10:00:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 32:17-32 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_32:17-32.md | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_32:17-32.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_32:17-32.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_32:17-32.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..74d9f7c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_32:17-32.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 32:17–32" +date = "2023-06-03" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel32.17-32) + +Two weeks after he was given the lament to sing over Pharaoh, Ezekiel receives +another prophecy concerning the people of Egypt. In short, the message is +that the multitudes of Egypt will be sent to the realm of the dead by way of +the sword. Usually, that would be the end of the message, but this time the +narrative follows the slain multitudes into Sheol (also called the pit or the +underworld) and describes those who are already present. + +Egypt joins the likes of Assyria, Elam, Meshech-Tubal, Edom, and Sidon. Each of +these nations' multitudes lie in their graves, consigned to this place because +of their iniquities and the terror they brought about to their neighbors while +they lived. This pit they reside in is not a place of honor like the one the +mighty men of old are presumed to dwell, but one of shame and misery. + +Over and over again in this passage, the people are said to lie in the place +of the uncircumcised. This is a shorthand to say they were not God's covenant +people. They were not living in the ways of their father Noah and as revealed +through Moses. They could have. Both Ruth and Rahab were foreigners who chose to +follow the Lord and these two women in particular became part of the Messianic +line of promise. + +It also seems good to point out that the Bible always describes a real, +experienced afterlife, whether it is a reward or punishment. Death isn't the +end of anyone; it is not oblivion that awaits us all. While there is still time +before we reach our final destinations, your trajectory is fixed once you die. +Do not delay in responding to the Lord's call for your soul. + +* * * + +All mankind passes before Your throne, and You judge every one of us.