From c29d130769d42b65523d4db3d72e96e1d2425783 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:21:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 38:1-16 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_38:1-16.md | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ flake.nix | 2 +- justfile | 2 +- 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_38:1-16.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_38:1-16.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_38:1-16.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..678cc37 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_38:1-16.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 38:1–16" +date = "2023-06-24" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel38.1-16) + +Things are going to start getting weird now, as if they haven't been weird in +Ezekiel already. The word of the Lord to Ezekiel concerns a prophecy against +Gog, the prince of Magog, Meshech, and Tubal. Unfortunately, no one can really +figure out who Gog is or where Magog is. Meshech and Tubal are tribes of +Anatolia, located in modern-day Turkey, but that doesn't help much either. + +What we can tell from this prophecy about Gog is that he is an enemy of the +Lord. He leads a tremendously large army; a coalition of several nations: +Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer, and Beth-togarmah. Why has the Lord said He is +against Gog and his army? Because they are marching against Israel, after the +Lord had restored the people to their land. They come as an innumerable horde, +overshadowing the land with their multitude. + +When does this happen? The clue we are given is in verse 8: "after many +days" and "in the latter years". There are also similarities in chapter 39 +to events John describes in Revelation, not just the names Gog and Magog, +but we'll discuss those when we get there. Based on this, we can expect these +events to happen in the end times, even after the millenial reign of Christ +and His saints. I think this might explain, from our modern perspective, why +this great army is equipped with primitive weapons like swords and shields, +riding horses instead of automobiles. Not only would Ezekiel not have words +to describe a modern soldier, but after 1,000 years of world-wide peace, all +of the infrastructure to produce modern weapons would have been repurposed or +just never rebuilt after the judgements inflicted on the earth through most +of Revelation. + +The Lord tells us that there will come a day when Gog will devise an evil scheme +to go against the peaceful land of Israel to carry off plunder because they do +not have defensive walls. Sheba, Dedan, and Tarshish were famous merchants and +traders of Ezekiel's day, and they are used to show that the nations that aren't +part of the evil coalition directly are hoping to profit from the ill-gotten +gains that Gog hopes to acquire. + +However, Gog's plan is also part of the Lord's plan to vindicate His holy name, +and Gog will not accomplish anything but his own destruction. + +* * * + +You know all the thoughts of man and are sovereign over them. diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix index 586b196..1feba0f 100644 --- a/flake.nix +++ b/flake.nix @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ defaultPackage = self.packages.${system}.blog; devShell = mkShell { - packages = [ helix just zola ]; + packages = [ just zola ]; shellHook = '' ln -fsn "${hermit-zola}" "themes/${themeName}" ''; diff --git a/justfile b/justfile index ceb54bb..af6a634 100644 --- a/justfile +++ b/justfile @@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ create book chapter v1 v2: passage='{{book}}_{{chapter}}:{{v1}}-{{v2}}' cd content/bible_journal sed -e '/\$/{s/\$1/{{chapter}}/; s/\$2/{{v1}}/; s/\$3/{{v2}}/;}' -e "3s/{}/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)/" _template.txt > "${passage}.md" - hx "${passage}.md" + $EDITOR "${passage}.md"