Judgements against other nations

Ezekiel     Chapter  25

The Lord sent a message to Ezekiel in which he asked him to look toward the land of Ammon and to prophesy against its people. The Lord said the Ammonites scoffed at his Temple when it was destroyed and mocked Israel in her desolation and laughed at Judah as she went into exile. And so the Lord would send people to set up camps among the Ammonites and overrun their country and harvest all their fruit and steal their livestock. And the city of Rabbah will become a pasture for camels. And because the Ammonites laughed with glee at the destruction of the Lord's people, he would cut them off from being a nation and destroy them completely.

And the Lord also wiped out the people of Moab because they were just like all the other nations and thus he would bring his judgement down on them too.

And the people of Edom sinned greatly by avenging themselves against the people of Judah. So the Lord would pass judgment on the people of Edom and make their people and their land a wasteland.

And the people of Philistia, said the Lord, had acted against Judah out of revenge and contempt and so he would find judgement aginst them and wipe out the Kerethites and destroy the people who live by the sea.

HOW DOES THIS CHAPTER RELATE TO US TODAY? God kept track of the reasons these seven nations which surrounded Judah, would be wiped out. These were not just vengeful statements, but had reasons behind them and they failed to acknowledge the one true God. The Ammorites were judged because of their joy over the desecration of the Temple. the Moabites because they found pleasure in Judah's wickedness. The Edomites because of the racial hatred for the Jews. The Philistines because they sought revenge against Judah for defeating them in battle. These nations were all just as sinful as Judah.

I find it hard to compare this chapter with what happens in our world today. Except maybe some nations delight when other nations suffer failures. It is just as sinful to snicker over the color of the skin of a nation as it is to make fun of other peoples who do not have the updated technology that others have. Pray that we can all rise above the nit-pickey that is in all of us.

Yours in Christ,
Mary

Prayer Requests are needed for:


HEALTH:

Pray for my grandson Hunter who is lost and afraid and far away from home.

Pray for Garry and Steve my insurance men who have prostate cancer.

Pray for Arlene’s nephew David and for my neighbor Al who is nearing the end of his life.

Pray for Carolyn’s brother Ronald who has cancer and who recently underwent major surgery.

Pray for our friend Michelle who was diagnosed with a form of MS.

Update on Robert Sargent : cancer finally claimed him and he died last week.

Pray for Gary Summers, my friend from church, who has cancer.

Pray too for Charly’s husband Robert who has been undergoing chemo. Pray also for Charly who longs to be 100 percent again and walk without an aid.

Pray for James’s sister Cynthia whose chemo has lost its effect as the cancer grows powerful.

SPIRITUAL UPLIFTING: Gail, Mary

RESTORATION OF FAITH: Al, John

LOVE AND SUPPORT: Claire, Hunter, Brian

SUPPORT: Pray for our country’s leaders and our military people who die each day for our freedom. Pray for our farmers and those who raise livestock during this terrible drought. Pray for us consumers who will face higher grocery prices and the poor who won’t be able to adjust what little budget they have.