There will be no lessons next week. Therefore, we will resume our lessons on May 13th, God willing. Take care and embrace what God is doing in your life!
In this chapter, the Lord vows to pay back the people of Mount Seir and Edom for their hatred of His people. Here’s the chapter in its entirety: “Again a message came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, turn toward Mount Seir, and prophesy against its people. Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: I am your enemy, O Mount Seir, and I will raise my fist against you to destroy you completely. I will demolish your cities and make you desolate, and then you will know that I am the Lord. Your continual hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins. As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, since you show no distaste for blood, I will give you a bloodbath of your own. Your turn has come! I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return. I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your hills, your valleys, and your streams will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword. I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” (Wow! Don’t mess with us! We are God’s people!)
“For you said, ‘The lands of Israel and Judah will be ours. We will take possession of them. What do we care that the Lord is there!’ Therefore, as surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will pay back your angry deeds with mine. I will punish you for all your acts of anger, envy, and hatred. And I will bring honor to my name by what I do to you. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard every contemptuous word you spoke against the mountains of Israel. For you said, ‘They have been destroyed; they have been given to us as food to eat!’ In saying that, you boasted proudly against me, and I have heard it all!” (Wow! How bold can a people be….talking so foolishly?)
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The whole world will rejoice when I make you desolate. You rejoiced at the desolation of Israel’s inheritance. Now I will rejoice at yours! You will be wiped out, you people of Mount Seir and all who live in Edom! Then you will know that I am the Lord!” (Ezekiel 35)
Lord, thank you for your Word today! Thank you for being our protector and redeemer. Your love and protection allows us to, simply, be still, for the battle is never ours, but yours. Lord, thank you! We love you!
May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace.” (Numbers 6:24-26)
….AND MAY WE ALL PRACTICE THIS WITH ONE ANOTHER.
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