diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_38:17-23.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_38:17-23.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..49f2e93 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_38:17-23.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 38:17–23" +date = "2023-06-26" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel38.17-23) + +Ezekiel spends a lot of time talking about Gog and the things that will happen +to him, so when the Lord asks the question in verse 17, it is a bit confusing. +Nowhere else in the Old Testament is Gog mentioned, though there are some other +prophecies of enemies coming from the north. So then, _is_ Gog the one the Lord +spoke of through His prophets for years? Apparently not! There are not many +instances of the Lord being sarcastic, but I believe this is one of them. Gog +amasses a great army and thinks he's going to be this famous conquering invader +whose coming is foretold for a long time. + +Instead he's treated as a footnote. Ezekiel recorded more words for the +destruction of Tyre than Gog gets in the entire Bible. Furthermore, Gog's +accomplishments amount to only assembling an army and provoking the wrath of +the Lord. As this army marches against Israel, they are opposed and stopped by +only one Warrior. The Lord Himself rises to defend the land of His people, and +His presence is felt across the whole world. An earthquake sends mountains, +cliffs, and walls tumbling down; Gog's army begins fighting itself; rain, +hailstones, fire, and sulfur comed down in torrents upon them. The combined +might of the world are pitted against the holiness of Yahweh, and they are +outmatched. + +* * * + +There is no one like You in might, righteousness, and holiness.