Day 241 of My Second Bible Study Journey - 29 August reflections
Day 241, 29 August 2022
1)Ezekiel 37-39, 32:1-16
Ezekiel 37
The Valley of Dry Bones
1 (Eze 1:3; 8:3) The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He carried me out
in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the midst of the valley which
was full of bones,
2 and He caused me to pass among them all around. And there were very many
in the open valley. And they were very dry.
3 (1Sa 2:6; Dt 32:39) He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
And I answered, "O Lord God, You know."
4 (Jer 22:29; Eze 36:1) Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones
and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 (Ge 2:7; Ps 104:29-30) Thus says the Lord God to these bones:
I will cause breath to enter you so that you live.
6 (Eze 38:23; Joel 2:27) And I will lay sinews upon you and will grow back
flesh upon you and cover you with skin and put breath in you so that
you live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord."
7 (Jer 13:5-7) So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied,
there was a noise and a shaking. And the bones came together,
bone to its bone.
8 When I looked, the sinews and the flesh grew upon them,
and the skin covered them. But there was no breath in them.
9 Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man,
and say to the wind: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds,
O breath, and breathe upon these slain so that they live."
10 (Rev 11:11) So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came
into them, and they lived and stood up upon their feet,
an exceeding great army.
11 (Ps 141:7; Isa 49:14) Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones
are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up,
and our hope is lost. We are cut off completely.'
12 (Isa 26:19; Hos 13:14) Therefore prophesy and say to them,
Thus says the Lord God: Pay attention, O My people, I will open your graves
and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land
of Israel.
13 Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves,
O My people, and brought you up out of your graves.
14 (Eze 36:27; Joel 2:28-29) And I shall put My Spirit in you,
and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land.
Then you shall know that I the Lord have spoken and performed it,
says the Lord."
Israel and Judah Unite
15 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:
16 (2Ch 15:9; Nu 17:2-3) Moreover, son of man, take one stick and write on it:
"For Judah and for the sons of Israel his companions." Then take another stick
and write on it, "For Joseph the stick of Ephraim and for all the house
of Israel his companions."
17 (Isa 11:13; Jer 50:4) Then join them to one another into one stick
so that they become one in your hand.
18 (Eze 12:9; 24:19) When the sons of your people speak to you, saying,
"Will you not show us what you mean by these things?"
19 (Eze 37:16-17; Zec 10:6) say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim,
and the tribes of Israel his companions, and will put them with it,
with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick;
and they shall be one in My hand.
20 (Eze 12:3) The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand
before their eyes.
21 (Eze 36:24; Jer 29:14) Say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone
and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land.
22 (Jer 3:18; 50:4) And I will make them one nation in the land upon
the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all.
And they shall be two nations no more, nor shall they be divided
into two kingdoms anymore.
23 (Eze 36:28-29) Nor shall they defile themselves anymore with their idols,
nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions.
But I will save them out of all their dwelling places in which they have
sinned and will cleanse them. So they shall be My people, and I will be
their God.
24 (Isa 40:11; Hos 3:5) David My servant shall be king over them.
And they all shall have one shepherd. They shall also walk in My judgments,
and observe My statutes and do them.
25 (Eze 28:25; Am 9:15) They shall dwell in the land that I have given
to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived. And they shall dwell
in it, they and their sons and their son's sons forever. And My servant
David shall be their prince forever.
26 (Isa 55:3; Jer 30:19) Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them.
It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them
and multiply them and will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
27 (Eze 37:23; Jn 1:14) My tabernacle also shall be with them.
Indeed, I will be their God and they shall be My people.
28 (Eze 20:12; Ex 31:13) The nations shall know that I the Lord do sanctify
Israel when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.
[Future prophecy most likely a restored Kingdom of Israel post-tribulation]
[1] The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of
the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
[2] And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very
many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
[3] And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O
Lord GOD, thou knowest.
[4] Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O
ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to
enter into you, and ye shall live:
[6] And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and
cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall
know that I am the LORD.
[7] So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a
noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
[8] And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and
the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
[9] Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and
say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O
breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
[10] So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and
they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
[11] Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of
Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are
cut off for our parts.
[12] Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your
graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
[13] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O
my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
[14] And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place
you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it,
and performed it, saith the LORD.
[15] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[16] Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For
Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another
stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the
house of Israel his companions:
[17] And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one
in thine hand.
[18] And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt
thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
[19] Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick
of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his
fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make
them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
[20] And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before
their eyes.
[21] And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the
children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will
gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
[22] And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of
Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more
two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
[23] Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor
with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I
will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned,
and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
[24] And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have
one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes,
and do them.
[25] And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my
servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even
they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my
servant David shall be their prince for ever.
[26] Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them,
and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
[27] My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and
they shall be my people.
[28] And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my
sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Ezekiel 38
A Prophecy Against Gog
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Eze 39:1; Ge 10:2; Eze 27:13) Son of man, set your face against Gog
of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshek and Tubal,
[mostly likely Russia, Moscow and Tbilisi]
and prophesy against him,
3 (Eze 13:8) and say: Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Gog,
the prince of Rosh, Meshek and Tubal.
4 (Eze 29:4; 38:15) And I will turn you back and put hooks into your jaws,
and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses, and horsemen,
all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company
with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords.
[Please note, the mdern Russian army derived from the Soviet ERa
is still powerful]
5 (Eze 27:10; Ge 10:6; Eze 30:5) Persia, Ethiopia, and Put with them,
all of them with shield and helmet. [Iran, Libya and Ethopia will be part
this alliance]
6 (Ge 10:2-3; Eze 27:14) I will do so to Gomer and all its troops,
Beth Togarmah of the north quarters and all its troops,
and many peoples with you. [Eastern Europe or most likely the
old Khazer kingdom]
7 (Isa 8:9-10) Be prepared and prepare yourself, you and all your companies
that are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.
8 (Isa 24:22; Eze 38:16) After many days you shall be called. In the latter
years you shall come into the land that is restored from the sword,
whose inhabitants have been gathered out of many peoples,
against the mountains of Israel which had been always a waste.
But its people were brought out of the nations, and they, all of them,
are dwelling safely.
9 (Isa 28:2; Jer 4:13) You shall ascend and come like a storm;
you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your troops,
and many peoples with you.
10 (Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1) Thus says the Lord God: It shall come to pass
on that day that things shall come into your mind and you shall think
an evil thought,
11 (Zec 2:4-5) and you shall say, "I will go up against the land
of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest,
that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls
and having neither bars nor gates,"
12 (Isa 10:6; Eze 29:19) to take spoil and to seize prey,
to turn your hand against the desolate places that are now inhabited,
and against the people who are gathered out of the nations,
who have obtained livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst
of the world.
13 (Eze 27:15; 27:12) Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish
with all its villages shall say to you, "Have you come to take spoil?
Have you gathered your company to seize prey, to carry away silver
and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great spoil?"
14 (Eze 38:8; 38:11) Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog:
Thus says the Lord God: On that day when My people of Israel dwell safely,
shall you not know it?
15 (Eze 39:2; 38:6) And you shall come from your place out of the north parts,
you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company
and a mighty army.
16 (Eze 38:23; 36:23) And you shall come up against My people of Israel
as a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the latter days
that I will bring you against My land so that the nations
may know Me when I shall be sanctified in you, O Gog, before their eyes.
Judgment on Gog
17 (Isa 34:1-6; 63:1-6) Thus says the Lord God: Are you he of whom
I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel,
who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring
you against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog comes against
the land of Israel, says the Lord God, that My fury shall come up in My anger.
19 (Hag 2:6-7; Eze 5:13) For in My jealousy and in the fire
of My wrath I have spoken: Surely in that day there shall be
a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
20 ( Hos 4:3; Na 1:4-6) The fish of the sea and the fowl of the heavens
and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the earth
and all the men who are upon the face of the earth shall shake at My presence,
and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall,
and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 (Jdg 7:22; 1Sa 14:20) I will call for a sword
against him on all My mountains,
says the Lord God. Every man's sword shall be against his brother.
22 (Ps 11:6; Isa 66:16) I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence
and with blood. And I will rain upon him and upon his troops
and upon the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing rain and hailstones,
fire and brimstone.
23 (Eze 36:23; 37:28) Thus I will magnify Myself, and sanctify Myself,
and I will be known in the eyes of many nations.
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
[A nuclear punishment against Russia]
Ezekiel 38
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief
prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
[4] And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring
thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed
with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields,
all of them handling swords:
[5] Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and
helmet:
[6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters,
and all his bands: and many people with thee.
[7] Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company
that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
[8] After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt
come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out
of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always
waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell
safely all of them.
[9] Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to
cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same
time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
[11] And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I
will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling
without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
[12] To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the
desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are
gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell
in the midst of the land.
[13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young
lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou
gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take
away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
[14] Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not
know it?
[15] And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and
many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and
a mighty army:
[16] And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover
the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my
land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O
Gog, before their eyes.
[17] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time
by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many
years that I would bring thee against them?
[18] And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against
the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
[19] For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in
that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
[20] So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and
all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence,
and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall,
and every wall shall fall to the ground.
[21] And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains,
saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
[22] And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I
will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with
him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
[23] Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in
the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 39
The Destruction of Gog's Armies
1 (Eze 38:2-3) Moreover you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say:
Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Gog,
prince of Rosh, Meshek, and Tubal.
2 (Eze 38:15) And I will turn you back, drive you on, and take you up
the north parts and bring you against the mountains of Israel.
3 (Ps 76:3; Hos 1:5) And I will strike your bow out of your left hand
and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
4 (Eze 33:27; 39:17-20) You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel,
you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you.
I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts
of the field to be devoured.
5 You shall fall upon the open field. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.
6 (Eze 30:8; Jer 25:22) I will send a fire on Magog and among those who dwell
safely in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
7 (Eze 38:16; 38:23) So I will make My holy name known in the midst
of My people Israel. And I will not let them pollute My holy name anymore.
And the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
8 (Eze 38:17) It is coming and it shall be done, says the Lord God.
This is the day of which I have spoken.
9 (Ps 46:9; Jos 11:6) Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go
and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both the shields
and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs
and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire for seven years.
[ a long burn]
10 (Isa 33:1; 14:2) They shall take no wood out of the field,
or cut down any out of the forests, for they shall make fires
with the weapons. And they shall despoil those who despoiled them,
and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord God.
The Burial of Gog
11 It shall come to pass in that day that I will give to Gog a place
of graves there in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east
of the sea, and it shall stop the passengers. And there they shall bury Gog
and all his multitude, and they shall call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.
12 (Dt 21:23; Eze 39:14) For seven months the house of Israel shall be burying
them so that they may cleanse the land.
[If the elimination of the army is nuclear, it will a
big mess to clean up]
13 (Eze 28:22; Jer 33:9) Indeed, all the people of the land shall bury them.
And it shall be their renown on the day that I shall be glorified,
says the Lord God.
14 They shall separate men who continually pass through the land
to bury the passengers, even those who remain upon the face of the earth,
to cleanse it.
After the end of seven months they shall search.
15 As the passengers pass through the land and anyone sees a man's bone,
then he shall set up a sign by it until the buriers have buried it
in the Valley of Hamon Gog.
16 Also the name of the city shall be Hamonah.
Thus they shall cleanse the land.
17 (Zep 1:7; Jer 12:9; Eze 39:4) As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord
God: Speak to every kind of fowl and to every beast of the field:
Assemble and come. Gather on every side to My sacrifice that I sacrifice
for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that you may
eat flesh and drink blood.
18 (Ps 22:12; Jer 51:40) You shall eat the flesh of the mighty
and drink the blood of the officials of the earth as though of rams,
of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 You shall eat fat until you are full and drink blood until you are drunk
from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 (Rev 19:18; Ps 76:5-6) Thus you shall be filled at My table with horses
and chariots, with mighty men, and with all the men of war, says the Lord God.
21 (Ex 9:16; Isa 37:20) I will set My glory among the nations,
and all the nations shall see My judgment that I have executed,
and My hand that I have laid upon them.
22 (Jer 24:7; Eze 39:28) So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord
their God from that day and forward.
23 (Isa 1:15; 59:2) The nations shall know that the house of Israel
went into captivity for their iniquity because they trespassed against Me,
and I hid My face from them. And I gave them into the hand of their enemies,
and all of them fell by the sword.
24 (Jer 2:17; 2:19) According to their uncleanness and according
to their transgressions, I have done to them and hid My face from them.
The Restoration of Israel
25 (Isa 27:12-13; Eze 34:13) Therefore thus says the Lord God:
Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy
on the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for My holy name.
26 (1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4) They shall forget their shame and all their trespasses
by which they have trespassed against Me when they lived safely in their land
and no one made them afraid.
27 (Eze 36:23-24; 38:16) When I have brought them back from the peoples
and gathered them out of the lands of their enemies, then I shall be
sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
28 (Eze 39:22) Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God
who caused them to be led into captivity among the nations,
and then gathered them again to their own land and have left none of them
there anymore.
29 (Joel 2:28; Isa 32:15) Nor will I hide My face from them anymore.
For I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,
says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 39
[1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal:
[2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and
will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon
the mountains of Israel:
[3] And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine
arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
[4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,
and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds
of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
[5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord
GOD.
[6] And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in
the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[7] So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and
I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall
know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
[8] Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day
whereof I have spoken.
[9] And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall
set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the
bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn
them with fire seven years:
[10] So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any
out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they
shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith
the Lord GOD.
[11] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a
place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of
the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they
bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of
Hamon-gog.
[12] And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that
they may cleanse the land.
[13] Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to
them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
[14] And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through
the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the
earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
[15] And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's
bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in
the valley of Hamon-gog.
[16] And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse
the land.
[17] And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every
feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and
come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice
for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may
eat flesh, and drink blood.
[18] Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the
princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of
them fatlings of Bashan.
[19] And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be
drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
[20] Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with
mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
[21] And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall
see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
[22] So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from
that day and forward.
[23] And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity
for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my
face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they
all by the sword.
[24] According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions
have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
[25] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity
of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous
for my holy name;
[26] After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses
whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their
land, and none made them afraid.
[27] When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out
of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many
nations;
[28] Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which cause them to
be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto
their
own land, and have left none of them any more there.
[29] Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out
my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 32
A Lament for Pharaoh and Egypt
1 (Eze 30:20; 32:17) In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month,
on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Eze 29:3; 27:2) Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king
of Egypt and say to him:
You likened yourself to a young lion of the nations,
but you are as the monster in the seas;
and you burst forth in your rivers,
and muddied the waters with your feet,
and made foul their rivers.
3 (Eze 12:13) Thus says the Lord God:
I will therefore spread out My net over you
with a company of many peoples,
and they shall bring you up in My net.
4 (Isa 18:6; Eze 29:5) Then I will leave you upon the land;
I will cast you out on the open field,
and I will cause all the fowl of the heavens to remain upon you.
And I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with you.
5 (Eze 31:12) I will lay your flesh upon the mountains,
and fill the valleys with your refuse.
6 (Isa 34:3; Ex 7:17) I will also water the land with your blood,
as far as the mountains;
and the rivers shall be full of you.
7 (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:31) When I put you out, I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.
8 (Ge 1:14) All the bright lights in the heavens
I will make dark over you,
and set darkness upon your land,
says the Lord God.
9 (Rev 18:10-15) I will also vex the hearts of many peoples when I bring
your destruction among the nations, into the countries
which you have not known.
10 (Eze 26:16; 27:35) Indeed, I will make many peoples amazed at you,
and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you when I brandish My sword
before them. And they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own
life, on the day of your fall.
11 For thus says the Lord God:
The sword of the king of Babylon
shall come upon you.
12 (Eze 28:7; 29:19) By the swords of the mighty,
I will cause your multitude to fall.
All of them are tyrants of the nations;
they shall destroy the pride of Egypt,
and all its multitude shall be destroyed.
13 (Eze 29:11; 29:8) I also will destroy all the beasts
from beside many waters;
nor shall the foot of man muddy them anymore,
nor the hoofs of beasts muddy them.
14 Then I will make their waters settle,
and cause their rivers to run like oil,
says the Lord God.
15 (Ex 7:5; Eze 6:7) When I make the land of Egypt desolate,
and the country is destitute of that by which it was full,
when I smite all those who dwell in it,
then shall they know that I am the Lord.
16 (2Sa 1:17; 2Ch 35:25) This is the lamentation, and they shall chant it.
The daughters of the nations shall chant it. They shall chant it over Egypt
and over all her multitude, says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 32
[1] And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the
first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say
unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a
whale
in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the
waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
[3] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee
with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
[4] Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the
open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee,
and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
[5] And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with
thy height.
[6] I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest,
even to
the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
[7] And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall
not give her light.
[8] All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set
darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
[9] I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not
known.
[10] Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be
horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and
they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day
of thy fall.
[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall
come upon thee.
[12] By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the
terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of
Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
[13] I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great
waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs
of beasts trouble them.
[14] Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like
oil, saith the Lord GOD.
[15] When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be
destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that
dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
[16] This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters
of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt,
and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
2) Our Daily Bread for 29 August 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/29/seeds-of-time
Entitled "Seeds of Time"
Mark 4:13-20
The Parable of the Sower Explained
Mt 13:18-23; Lk 8:11-15
13 Then He said to them, "Do you not understand this parable?
How then will you understand all the parables?
14 (Mt 13:37; Mk 2:2) The sower sows the word.
15 (1Pe 5:8; Rev 20:2-3) These are those beside the path,
where the word is sown. But when they hear, Satan comes immediately
and takes away the word which is sown in their hearts.
16 (Eze 33:31-32; Mk 6:20) Others, likewise, are seed sown on rocky ground,
who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness,
17 (Mt 11:6) but have no root in themselves, and so endure for a time.
Afterward, when affliction or persecution rises for the word's sake,
immediately they fall away.
18 And others are seed sown among thorns, the ones who hear the word.
19 (1Ti 6:9-10; 6:17) But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness
of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word,
and it proves unfruitful.
20 (Mk 4:8; Jn 15:4-5) Still others are seed sown on good ground,
those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit: thirty,
sixty, or a hundred times as much."
[13] And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye
know all parables?
[14] The sower soweth the word.
[15] And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when
they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was
sown in their hearts.
[16] And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when
they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
[17] And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time:
afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake,
immediately they are offended.
[18] And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
[19] And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the
lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
[20] And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the
word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty,
and some an hundred.
In 1879, people watching William Beal would likely think he was loony. They'd
see the professor of botany filling twenty bottles with various seeds, then
burying them in deep soil. What they didn't know was that Beal was conducting
a seed viability experiment that would span centuries. Every twenty years a
bottle would be dug up to plant its seeds and see which seeds would germinate.
Jesus talked a lot about seed planting, often likening the sowing of seed to
the spreading of "the word" (Mark 4:15). He taught that some seeds are
snatched by Satan, others have no foundation and don't take root, and yet
others are hampered by the life around them and are choked out (vv. 15-19).
As we spread the good news, it's not up to us which seeds will survive.
Our job is simply to sow the gospel-to tell others about Jesus: "Go into all
the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation" (16:15 esv).
In 2021, another of Beal's bottles was dug up. The seeds were planted by
researchers and some sprouted, having survived more than 142 years.
As God works through us and we share our faith with others, we never know
if the word we share will take root or when. But we're to be encouraged that
our sowing of the good news might, even after many years, be received by
someone who will "accept it, and produce a crop" (4:20).
By: Kenneth Petersen
Reflect & Pray
Consider an example of how you shared the good news with someone.
How did that person respond? How are you praying for that person today?
Dear God, please give me courage to share Jesus with friends and colleagues.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 2 - Earning Death
Romans 6:23
23 (Ro 5:12; Ge 2:17; Ro 2:7) For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
"I only want my rights," declares the belligerent Big Ghost, one of the
characters in C. S. Lewis's classic, The Great Divorce. "I'm not asking
for anybody's bleeding charity."
"Then do. At once," his angelic friend Len urges. "Ask for the Bleeding
Charity. Everything is here for the asking and nothing can be bought."
Often we are much like the Ghost in Lewis's tale of heaven and hell.
We want "What we deserve," and being blind to our own sin, we think
we deserve praise, or al least mercy. But Paul is very clear on what
we have coming: "The wages of sin is death".
We work for our wages - we've earned our paycheque, and we deserve it.
We don't have to thank anyone for paying us - it's our due, not a gift.
Similarly, the paycheque issued to us in renumeration for our sin is
what we deserve: death.
Yet, if we are willing to lay aside our pride and accept God's gift,
we can live. "The gift of God is eternal life." Nothing we can do or say
can make us worthy of the gift of life. We are sinners by nature and we
rebel against God in our choices. Yet God, in Christ, offers grace to us,
freedom from sin, liberty from the burden of trying to earn his favour.
Ironically, freedom and peace in the Christian life come not through
justifying ourselves and making ourselves look good, but through
acknowledging the depth of our sin ad our ability to do anything about it.
When we realise that we are trapped in out sinful selves and only
Christ can free us, then we are ready to journey toward grace and freedom.
Application
a) In what way's have I tried to "earn" the gift of eternal life?
b) What can I do to focus on God's grace and realise
that I cannot accomplish my own salvation?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 12:21
21 "So is he who stores up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God."
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Impatient
James 5:7-11
Patience and Prayer
7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth
and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,
for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.
9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned.
Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord,
as an example of suffering and patience.
11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.
You have heard of the patience of Job
and have seen the purpose of the Lord,
that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold,
the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long
patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord
draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:
behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord,
for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience
of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful,
and of tender mercy.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 29 of the Month
a) Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care
to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true
integrity and compassion (
Ps 139:13-16
13 You brought my inner parts into being;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;
marvelous are Your works,
and You know me completely.
15 My frame was not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw me unformed,
yet in Your book
all my days were written,
before any of them came into being.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins:
Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee,
When I was made in secret, and curiously wrought
in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;
And in thy book all my members were written,
Which in continuance were fashioned,
When as yet there was none of them.
)
b) Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor
and compassionately respond to their plight (
Gal 2:10
10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,
which I also was eager to do.
10 Only they would that we should remember the poor;
the same which I also was forward to do.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord for His Word wil not return void.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please give me courage to share Jesus with
friends and colleagues."
Pray to the Lord and pray to confess your sins daily.
Pray to the Lord and pray to lay treasure in Heaven.
Pray to the Lord and pray for long patience.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care
to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true
integrity and compassion
Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor
and compassionately respond to their plight.
Pray that the faith of persecuted Christians in Yemen who are fored to leave
will not be shaken.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
1)Ezekiel 37-39, 32:1-16
Ezekiel 37
The Valley of Dry Bones
1 (Eze 1:3; 8:3) The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He carried me out
in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the midst of the valley which
was full of bones,
2 and He caused me to pass among them all around. And there were very many
in the open valley. And they were very dry.
3 (1Sa 2:6; Dt 32:39) He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
And I answered, "O Lord God, You know."
4 (Jer 22:29; Eze 36:1) Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones
and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 (Ge 2:7; Ps 104:29-30) Thus says the Lord God to these bones:
I will cause breath to enter you so that you live.
6 (Eze 38:23; Joel 2:27) And I will lay sinews upon you and will grow back
flesh upon you and cover you with skin and put breath in you so that
you live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord."
7 (Jer 13:5-7) So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied,
there was a noise and a shaking. And the bones came together,
bone to its bone.
8 When I looked, the sinews and the flesh grew upon them,
and the skin covered them. But there was no breath in them.
9 Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man,
and say to the wind: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds,
O breath, and breathe upon these slain so that they live."
10 (Rev 11:11) So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came
into them, and they lived and stood up upon their feet,
an exceeding great army.
11 (Ps 141:7; Isa 49:14) Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones
are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up,
and our hope is lost. We are cut off completely.'
12 (Isa 26:19; Hos 13:14) Therefore prophesy and say to them,
Thus says the Lord God: Pay attention, O My people, I will open your graves
and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land
of Israel.
13 Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves,
O My people, and brought you up out of your graves.
14 (Eze 36:27; Joel 2:28-29) And I shall put My Spirit in you,
and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land.
Then you shall know that I the Lord have spoken and performed it,
says the Lord."
Israel and Judah Unite
15 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:
16 (2Ch 15:9; Nu 17:2-3) Moreover, son of man, take one stick and write on it:
"For Judah and for the sons of Israel his companions." Then take another stick
and write on it, "For Joseph the stick of Ephraim and for all the house
of Israel his companions."
17 (Isa 11:13; Jer 50:4) Then join them to one another into one stick
so that they become one in your hand.
18 (Eze 12:9; 24:19) When the sons of your people speak to you, saying,
"Will you not show us what you mean by these things?"
19 (Eze 37:16-17; Zec 10:6) say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim,
and the tribes of Israel his companions, and will put them with it,
with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick;
and they shall be one in My hand.
20 (Eze 12:3) The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand
before their eyes.
21 (Eze 36:24; Jer 29:14) Say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone
and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land.
22 (Jer 3:18; 50:4) And I will make them one nation in the land upon
the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all.
And they shall be two nations no more, nor shall they be divided
into two kingdoms anymore.
23 (Eze 36:28-29) Nor shall they defile themselves anymore with their idols,
nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions.
But I will save them out of all their dwelling places in which they have
sinned and will cleanse them. So they shall be My people, and I will be
their God.
24 (Isa 40:11; Hos 3:5) David My servant shall be king over them.
And they all shall have one shepherd. They shall also walk in My judgments,
and observe My statutes and do them.
25 (Eze 28:25; Am 9:15) They shall dwell in the land that I have given
to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived. And they shall dwell
in it, they and their sons and their son's sons forever. And My servant
David shall be their prince forever.
26 (Isa 55:3; Jer 30:19) Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them.
It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them
and multiply them and will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
27 (Eze 37:23; Jn 1:14) My tabernacle also shall be with them.
Indeed, I will be their God and they shall be My people.
28 (Eze 20:12; Ex 31:13) The nations shall know that I the Lord do sanctify
Israel when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.
[Future prophecy most likely a restored Kingdom of Israel post-tribulation]
[1] The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of
the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
[2] And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very
many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
[3] And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O
Lord GOD, thou knowest.
[4] Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O
ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to
enter into you, and ye shall live:
[6] And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and
cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall
know that I am the LORD.
[7] So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a
noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
[8] And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and
the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
[9] Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and
say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O
breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
[10] So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and
they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
[11] Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of
Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are
cut off for our parts.
[12] Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your
graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
[13] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O
my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
[14] And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place
you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it,
and performed it, saith the LORD.
[15] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[16] Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For
Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another
stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the
house of Israel his companions:
[17] And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one
in thine hand.
[18] And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt
thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
[19] Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick
of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his
fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make
them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
[20] And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before
their eyes.
[21] And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the
children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will
gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
[22] And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of
Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more
two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
[23] Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor
with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I
will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned,
and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
[24] And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have
one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes,
and do them.
[25] And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my
servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even
they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my
servant David shall be their prince for ever.
[26] Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them,
and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
[27] My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and
they shall be my people.
[28] And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my
sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Ezekiel 38
A Prophecy Against Gog
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Eze 39:1; Ge 10:2; Eze 27:13) Son of man, set your face against Gog
of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshek and Tubal,
[mostly likely Russia, Moscow and Tbilisi]
and prophesy against him,
3 (Eze 13:8) and say: Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Gog,
the prince of Rosh, Meshek and Tubal.
4 (Eze 29:4; 38:15) And I will turn you back and put hooks into your jaws,
and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses, and horsemen,
all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company
with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords.
[Please note, the mdern Russian army derived from the Soviet ERa
is still powerful]
5 (Eze 27:10; Ge 10:6; Eze 30:5) Persia, Ethiopia, and Put with them,
all of them with shield and helmet. [Iran, Libya and Ethopia will be part
this alliance]
6 (Ge 10:2-3; Eze 27:14) I will do so to Gomer and all its troops,
Beth Togarmah of the north quarters and all its troops,
and many peoples with you. [Eastern Europe or most likely the
old Khazer kingdom]
7 (Isa 8:9-10) Be prepared and prepare yourself, you and all your companies
that are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.
8 (Isa 24:22; Eze 38:16) After many days you shall be called. In the latter
years you shall come into the land that is restored from the sword,
whose inhabitants have been gathered out of many peoples,
against the mountains of Israel which had been always a waste.
But its people were brought out of the nations, and they, all of them,
are dwelling safely.
9 (Isa 28:2; Jer 4:13) You shall ascend and come like a storm;
you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your troops,
and many peoples with you.
10 (Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1) Thus says the Lord God: It shall come to pass
on that day that things shall come into your mind and you shall think
an evil thought,
11 (Zec 2:4-5) and you shall say, "I will go up against the land
of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest,
that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls
and having neither bars nor gates,"
12 (Isa 10:6; Eze 29:19) to take spoil and to seize prey,
to turn your hand against the desolate places that are now inhabited,
and against the people who are gathered out of the nations,
who have obtained livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst
of the world.
13 (Eze 27:15; 27:12) Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish
with all its villages shall say to you, "Have you come to take spoil?
Have you gathered your company to seize prey, to carry away silver
and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great spoil?"
14 (Eze 38:8; 38:11) Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog:
Thus says the Lord God: On that day when My people of Israel dwell safely,
shall you not know it?
15 (Eze 39:2; 38:6) And you shall come from your place out of the north parts,
you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company
and a mighty army.
16 (Eze 38:23; 36:23) And you shall come up against My people of Israel
as a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the latter days
that I will bring you against My land so that the nations
may know Me when I shall be sanctified in you, O Gog, before their eyes.
Judgment on Gog
17 (Isa 34:1-6; 63:1-6) Thus says the Lord God: Are you he of whom
I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel,
who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring
you against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog comes against
the land of Israel, says the Lord God, that My fury shall come up in My anger.
19 (Hag 2:6-7; Eze 5:13) For in My jealousy and in the fire
of My wrath I have spoken: Surely in that day there shall be
a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
20 ( Hos 4:3; Na 1:4-6) The fish of the sea and the fowl of the heavens
and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the earth
and all the men who are upon the face of the earth shall shake at My presence,
and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall,
and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 (Jdg 7:22; 1Sa 14:20) I will call for a sword
against him on all My mountains,
says the Lord God. Every man's sword shall be against his brother.
22 (Ps 11:6; Isa 66:16) I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence
and with blood. And I will rain upon him and upon his troops
and upon the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing rain and hailstones,
fire and brimstone.
23 (Eze 36:23; 37:28) Thus I will magnify Myself, and sanctify Myself,
and I will be known in the eyes of many nations.
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
[A nuclear punishment against Russia]
Ezekiel 38
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief
prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
[4] And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring
thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed
with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields,
all of them handling swords:
[5] Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and
helmet:
[6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters,
and all his bands: and many people with thee.
[7] Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company
that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
[8] After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt
come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out
of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always
waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell
safely all of them.
[9] Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to
cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same
time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
[11] And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I
will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling
without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
[12] To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the
desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are
gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell
in the midst of the land.
[13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young
lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou
gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take
away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
[14] Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not
know it?
[15] And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and
many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and
a mighty army:
[16] And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover
the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my
land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O
Gog, before their eyes.
[17] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time
by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many
years that I would bring thee against them?
[18] And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against
the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
[19] For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in
that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
[20] So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and
all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence,
and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall,
and every wall shall fall to the ground.
[21] And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains,
saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
[22] And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I
will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with
him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
[23] Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in
the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 39
The Destruction of Gog's Armies
1 (Eze 38:2-3) Moreover you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say:
Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Gog,
prince of Rosh, Meshek, and Tubal.
2 (Eze 38:15) And I will turn you back, drive you on, and take you up
the north parts and bring you against the mountains of Israel.
3 (Ps 76:3; Hos 1:5) And I will strike your bow out of your left hand
and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
4 (Eze 33:27; 39:17-20) You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel,
you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you.
I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts
of the field to be devoured.
5 You shall fall upon the open field. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.
6 (Eze 30:8; Jer 25:22) I will send a fire on Magog and among those who dwell
safely in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
7 (Eze 38:16; 38:23) So I will make My holy name known in the midst
of My people Israel. And I will not let them pollute My holy name anymore.
And the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
8 (Eze 38:17) It is coming and it shall be done, says the Lord God.
This is the day of which I have spoken.
9 (Ps 46:9; Jos 11:6) Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go
and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both the shields
and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs
and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire for seven years.
[ a long burn]
10 (Isa 33:1; 14:2) They shall take no wood out of the field,
or cut down any out of the forests, for they shall make fires
with the weapons. And they shall despoil those who despoiled them,
and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord God.
The Burial of Gog
11 It shall come to pass in that day that I will give to Gog a place
of graves there in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east
of the sea, and it shall stop the passengers. And there they shall bury Gog
and all his multitude, and they shall call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.
12 (Dt 21:23; Eze 39:14) For seven months the house of Israel shall be burying
them so that they may cleanse the land.
[If the elimination of the army is nuclear, it will a
big mess to clean up]
13 (Eze 28:22; Jer 33:9) Indeed, all the people of the land shall bury them.
And it shall be their renown on the day that I shall be glorified,
says the Lord God.
14 They shall separate men who continually pass through the land
to bury the passengers, even those who remain upon the face of the earth,
to cleanse it.
After the end of seven months they shall search.
15 As the passengers pass through the land and anyone sees a man's bone,
then he shall set up a sign by it until the buriers have buried it
in the Valley of Hamon Gog.
16 Also the name of the city shall be Hamonah.
Thus they shall cleanse the land.
17 (Zep 1:7; Jer 12:9; Eze 39:4) As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord
God: Speak to every kind of fowl and to every beast of the field:
Assemble and come. Gather on every side to My sacrifice that I sacrifice
for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that you may
eat flesh and drink blood.
18 (Ps 22:12; Jer 51:40) You shall eat the flesh of the mighty
and drink the blood of the officials of the earth as though of rams,
of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 You shall eat fat until you are full and drink blood until you are drunk
from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 (Rev 19:18; Ps 76:5-6) Thus you shall be filled at My table with horses
and chariots, with mighty men, and with all the men of war, says the Lord God.
21 (Ex 9:16; Isa 37:20) I will set My glory among the nations,
and all the nations shall see My judgment that I have executed,
and My hand that I have laid upon them.
22 (Jer 24:7; Eze 39:28) So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord
their God from that day and forward.
23 (Isa 1:15; 59:2) The nations shall know that the house of Israel
went into captivity for their iniquity because they trespassed against Me,
and I hid My face from them. And I gave them into the hand of their enemies,
and all of them fell by the sword.
24 (Jer 2:17; 2:19) According to their uncleanness and according
to their transgressions, I have done to them and hid My face from them.
The Restoration of Israel
25 (Isa 27:12-13; Eze 34:13) Therefore thus says the Lord God:
Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy
on the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for My holy name.
26 (1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4) They shall forget their shame and all their trespasses
by which they have trespassed against Me when they lived safely in their land
and no one made them afraid.
27 (Eze 36:23-24; 38:16) When I have brought them back from the peoples
and gathered them out of the lands of their enemies, then I shall be
sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
28 (Eze 39:22) Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God
who caused them to be led into captivity among the nations,
and then gathered them again to their own land and have left none of them
there anymore.
29 (Joel 2:28; Isa 32:15) Nor will I hide My face from them anymore.
For I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,
says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 39
[1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal:
[2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and
will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon
the mountains of Israel:
[3] And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine
arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
[4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,
and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds
of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
[5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord
GOD.
[6] And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in
the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[7] So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and
I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall
know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
[8] Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day
whereof I have spoken.
[9] And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall
set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the
bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn
them with fire seven years:
[10] So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any
out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they
shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith
the Lord GOD.
[11] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a
place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of
the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they
bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of
Hamon-gog.
[12] And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that
they may cleanse the land.
[13] Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to
them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
[14] And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through
the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the
earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
[15] And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's
bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in
the valley of Hamon-gog.
[16] And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse
the land.
[17] And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every
feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and
come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice
for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may
eat flesh, and drink blood.
[18] Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the
princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of
them fatlings of Bashan.
[19] And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be
drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
[20] Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with
mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
[21] And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall
see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
[22] So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from
that day and forward.
[23] And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity
for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my
face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they
all by the sword.
[24] According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions
have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
[25] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity
of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous
for my holy name;
[26] After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses
whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their
land, and none made them afraid.
[27] When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out
of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many
nations;
[28] Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which cause them to
be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto
their
own land, and have left none of them any more there.
[29] Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out
my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 32
A Lament for Pharaoh and Egypt
1 (Eze 30:20; 32:17) In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month,
on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 (Eze 29:3; 27:2) Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king
of Egypt and say to him:
You likened yourself to a young lion of the nations,
but you are as the monster in the seas;
and you burst forth in your rivers,
and muddied the waters with your feet,
and made foul their rivers.
3 (Eze 12:13) Thus says the Lord God:
I will therefore spread out My net over you
with a company of many peoples,
and they shall bring you up in My net.
4 (Isa 18:6; Eze 29:5) Then I will leave you upon the land;
I will cast you out on the open field,
and I will cause all the fowl of the heavens to remain upon you.
And I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with you.
5 (Eze 31:12) I will lay your flesh upon the mountains,
and fill the valleys with your refuse.
6 (Isa 34:3; Ex 7:17) I will also water the land with your blood,
as far as the mountains;
and the rivers shall be full of you.
7 (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:31) When I put you out, I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.
8 (Ge 1:14) All the bright lights in the heavens
I will make dark over you,
and set darkness upon your land,
says the Lord God.
9 (Rev 18:10-15) I will also vex the hearts of many peoples when I bring
your destruction among the nations, into the countries
which you have not known.
10 (Eze 26:16; 27:35) Indeed, I will make many peoples amazed at you,
and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you when I brandish My sword
before them. And they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own
life, on the day of your fall.
11 For thus says the Lord God:
The sword of the king of Babylon
shall come upon you.
12 (Eze 28:7; 29:19) By the swords of the mighty,
I will cause your multitude to fall.
All of them are tyrants of the nations;
they shall destroy the pride of Egypt,
and all its multitude shall be destroyed.
13 (Eze 29:11; 29:8) I also will destroy all the beasts
from beside many waters;
nor shall the foot of man muddy them anymore,
nor the hoofs of beasts muddy them.
14 Then I will make their waters settle,
and cause their rivers to run like oil,
says the Lord God.
15 (Ex 7:5; Eze 6:7) When I make the land of Egypt desolate,
and the country is destitute of that by which it was full,
when I smite all those who dwell in it,
then shall they know that I am the Lord.
16 (2Sa 1:17; 2Ch 35:25) This is the lamentation, and they shall chant it.
The daughters of the nations shall chant it. They shall chant it over Egypt
and over all her multitude, says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 32
[1] And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the
first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say
unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a
whale
in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the
waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
[3] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee
with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
[4] Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the
open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee,
and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
[5] And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with
thy height.
[6] I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest,
even to
the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
[7] And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall
not give her light.
[8] All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set
darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
[9] I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not
known.
[10] Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be
horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and
they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day
of thy fall.
[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall
come upon thee.
[12] By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the
terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of
Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
[13] I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great
waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs
of beasts trouble them.
[14] Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like
oil, saith the Lord GOD.
[15] When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be
destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that
dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
[16] This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters
of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt,
and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
2) Our Daily Bread for 29 August 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/29/seeds-of-time
Entitled "Seeds of Time"
Mark 4:13-20
The Parable of the Sower Explained
Mt 13:18-23; Lk 8:11-15
13 Then He said to them, "Do you not understand this parable?
How then will you understand all the parables?
14 (Mt 13:37; Mk 2:2) The sower sows the word.
15 (1Pe 5:8; Rev 20:2-3) These are those beside the path,
where the word is sown. But when they hear, Satan comes immediately
and takes away the word which is sown in their hearts.
16 (Eze 33:31-32; Mk 6:20) Others, likewise, are seed sown on rocky ground,
who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness,
17 (Mt 11:6) but have no root in themselves, and so endure for a time.
Afterward, when affliction or persecution rises for the word's sake,
immediately they fall away.
18 And others are seed sown among thorns, the ones who hear the word.
19 (1Ti 6:9-10; 6:17) But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness
of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word,
and it proves unfruitful.
20 (Mk 4:8; Jn 15:4-5) Still others are seed sown on good ground,
those who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit: thirty,
sixty, or a hundred times as much."
[13] And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye
know all parables?
[14] The sower soweth the word.
[15] And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when
they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was
sown in their hearts.
[16] And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when
they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
[17] And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time:
afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake,
immediately they are offended.
[18] And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
[19] And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the
lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
[20] And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the
word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty,
and some an hundred.
In 1879, people watching William Beal would likely think he was loony. They'd
see the professor of botany filling twenty bottles with various seeds, then
burying them in deep soil. What they didn't know was that Beal was conducting
a seed viability experiment that would span centuries. Every twenty years a
bottle would be dug up to plant its seeds and see which seeds would germinate.
Jesus talked a lot about seed planting, often likening the sowing of seed to
the spreading of "the word" (Mark 4:15). He taught that some seeds are
snatched by Satan, others have no foundation and don't take root, and yet
others are hampered by the life around them and are choked out (vv. 15-19).
As we spread the good news, it's not up to us which seeds will survive.
Our job is simply to sow the gospel-to tell others about Jesus: "Go into all
the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation" (16:15 esv).
In 2021, another of Beal's bottles was dug up. The seeds were planted by
researchers and some sprouted, having survived more than 142 years.
As God works through us and we share our faith with others, we never know
if the word we share will take root or when. But we're to be encouraged that
our sowing of the good news might, even after many years, be received by
someone who will "accept it, and produce a crop" (4:20).
By: Kenneth Petersen
Reflect & Pray
Consider an example of how you shared the good news with someone.
How did that person respond? How are you praying for that person today?
Dear God, please give me courage to share Jesus with friends and colleagues.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 2 - Earning Death
Romans 6:23
23 (Ro 5:12; Ge 2:17; Ro 2:7) For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
"I only want my rights," declares the belligerent Big Ghost, one of the
characters in C. S. Lewis's classic, The Great Divorce. "I'm not asking
for anybody's bleeding charity."
"Then do. At once," his angelic friend Len urges. "Ask for the Bleeding
Charity. Everything is here for the asking and nothing can be bought."
Often we are much like the Ghost in Lewis's tale of heaven and hell.
We want "What we deserve," and being blind to our own sin, we think
we deserve praise, or al least mercy. But Paul is very clear on what
we have coming: "The wages of sin is death".
We work for our wages - we've earned our paycheque, and we deserve it.
We don't have to thank anyone for paying us - it's our due, not a gift.
Similarly, the paycheque issued to us in renumeration for our sin is
what we deserve: death.
Yet, if we are willing to lay aside our pride and accept God's gift,
we can live. "The gift of God is eternal life." Nothing we can do or say
can make us worthy of the gift of life. We are sinners by nature and we
rebel against God in our choices. Yet God, in Christ, offers grace to us,
freedom from sin, liberty from the burden of trying to earn his favour.
Ironically, freedom and peace in the Christian life come not through
justifying ourselves and making ourselves look good, but through
acknowledging the depth of our sin ad our ability to do anything about it.
When we realise that we are trapped in out sinful selves and only
Christ can free us, then we are ready to journey toward grace and freedom.
Application
a) In what way's have I tried to "earn" the gift of eternal life?
b) What can I do to focus on God's grace and realise
that I cannot accomplish my own salvation?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 12:21
21 "So is he who stores up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God."
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Impatient
James 5:7-11
Patience and Prayer
7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth
and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,
for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.
9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned.
Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord,
as an example of suffering and patience.
11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.
You have heard of the patience of Job
and have seen the purpose of the Lord,
that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold,
the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long
patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord
draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:
behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord,
for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience
of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful,
and of tender mercy.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
New Brunswick
Total population 753900
Muslim population (est.) 4543
Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim
population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist
church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton
also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship
getherings, and outreaches on campus.
Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the
campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,
and between 300 to 400 university students.
Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,
which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.
a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,
has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow
into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has
been primarily for university students moving into the area.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
And
Thank you for praying through the
5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.
"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,
I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to
cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.
Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians
and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the
love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.
One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by
light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.
As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and
confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution
to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.
Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.
Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father
to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.
I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.
God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through
the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom
and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."
13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
Day 29 of the Month
a) Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care
to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true
integrity and compassion (
Ps 139:13-16
13 You brought my inner parts into being;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder;
marvelous are Your works,
and You know me completely.
15 My frame was not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw me unformed,
yet in Your book
all my days were written,
before any of them came into being.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins:
Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee,
When I was made in secret, and curiously wrought
in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;
And in thy book all my members were written,
Which in continuance were fashioned,
When as yet there was none of them.
)
b) Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor
and compassionately respond to their plight (
Gal 2:10
10 (Ac 24:17) Only they requested that we should remember the poor,
which I also was eager to do.
10 Only they would that we should remember the poor;
the same which I also was forward to do.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to the Lord for His Word wil not return void.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, please give me courage to share Jesus with
friends and colleagues."
Pray to the Lord and pray to confess your sins daily.
Pray to the Lord and pray to lay treasure in Heaven.
Pray to the Lord and pray for long patience.
Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick
- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened
to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened
to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them
- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these
areas of concentration
- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,
and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray that God will enlighten those in medicine and health care
to acknowledge the sanctity of life and server with true
integrity and compassion
Pray that the Church in Canada will remember the poor
and compassionately respond to their plight.
Pray that the faith of persecuted Christians in Yemen who are fored to leave
will not be shaken.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.