Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

QT 9/6/2023 Ezek 35:1-9, God's judgment has occurred and is coming

Ezekiel 35:1–9 (ESV) —

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste. 4 I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 5 Because you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment, 6 therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you. 7 I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go. 8 And I will fill its mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain with the sword shall fall. 9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

 

NOTE: This verse has already been fulfilled. Edom does not exist anymore. It is uninhabited. The capital, the rock city of Petra, is a world heritage site. Bedouin travel through the area. One site mentioned 30-50 families living in the caves (illegally). God describes their enmity as perpetual or cherished. They believed Israel's land was always theirs because Jacob had stolen Esau's birthright. Even though Jacob and Esau ultimately reconciled, apparently the people never did. They were happy to see Israel carried off and destroyed, but in the end, Israel is back in its land as a nation and Edom is gone. Its' caves will be a refuge for Israel in the end times. Edom's empty cities are a reminder of God's coming judgment on the enemies of his people.

 

PONDER:

  1. The days grow old, and the time grows near, what am I doing for the kingdom now?

 

PRAYER: Father, help me to use these days wisely. I pray that I would be about the tasks that you have given me. Help me to do as much as I can for the kingdom with my time.

 

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