Monday, November 19, 2018

God is Lord of the whole world

Ezekiel 25:1-17
Prophecy against Ammon: Because you have clapped your handsand stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel, therefore I will stretch out my hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will wipe you out from among the nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you.
Prophecy against Moab: Because Moab and Seir said, "Look, the house of Judah has become like all the other nations, there I will expose the flank of Maob. I will give Maob along with the Ammonites  to the people of the East as a possession.
Prophecy against Edom: Because Edom took revenge on the house of Judah and became very guilty by doing so. I will stretch out my hand against Edom and kill its men and their animals, I will lay it waste, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
Prophecy against Philistia: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to destroy Judah. I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cur off the Kerethites and destroy those remaining along the coast.
Although the prophets concentrated mainly on Israel/Judah, all of them were very conscious that God was Lord of the whole world. There is no nation beyond the reach of his judgment: and what he condemns and punishes in his own people, he condemns and punishes  in other nations too. This collection of prophecies evocatively marks the break in Ezekiel's ministry before , and his ministry after, the fall of Jerusalem in 587BC.
These four nations were Israel's closest neighbours, and her oldest enemies. All took 
a vengeful delight in Israel's downfall, for which God will punish them, Shortly after this, Ammon, Moab and Edom were overrun by Nabataean tribesmen. The Philistines disappeared from history a century before the birth of Jesus.
Why?
God is the Lord of the world, he is the Lord of Israel and Judah, he is the Lord of other nations. God's judgment not only pour on his people, but also pour on other country's people.
My God is the sovereign Lord who is the God of whole world. and no one can escape from his judgment.
God doesn't like we do the revenge to our enemies for God who will judge all who against the Lord. God knows what his children suffering. So do not worry about the world and many social and political issues for the Lord knows, and God will do in his way.
How?
Honor name of the Lord and obey God's word, for God is my father, my way and my fortress, his love endures forever!





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