God is the only one that restores

 

Ezekiel 29:14-21

 

January 7, 2024

 

 

And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom.  It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations.  And it shall never again be the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”

In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against her.  Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off its wealth and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army.  I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored because they worked for me, declares the Lord God.

“On that day I will cause a horn to spring up for the house of Israel, and I will open your lips among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

 

God’s judgment against Egypt was to bring them back but never to the glory they once had.  Once more we see the Lord wanting Israel and I believe Egypt to understand, that He only was the Lord.

 

One must remember that God's ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are higher than ours.  So when He tells us that King Nebuchadnezzar worked for Him against Tyre and Egypt was his payment.  And once more it was so Israel would know that God was the Lord.

 

I wonder what it will take for the people of the United States of America to wake up to an understanding that Jesus Christ is the Lord.  Will we have to become like an Egypt?

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice