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Consequences of Defying God: Lessons from Mount Seir - Ezekiel 35
April 16, 2025 · 11 min
Exploring Ezekiel 35, we delve into God's judgment on Edom and its implications for how nations treat Israel.
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Judgment on Edom: A Lesson in Divine Justice 0:10 Good morning. Welcome to stand on the word. Today, we are in Ezekiel 35 verse 13, and you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth and multiplied your words0:21 against me. I heard it. Now in this chapter, Ezekiel returns in greater detail to the judgment of Edom. Now we read about this back in chapter 25. There's just a few verses here. We have an entire chapter. Edom is0:33 considered a type, representing the world, so it is singled out, here as representing the enemies of God's people, and and here's the bottom line. If you pick on God's people, you pick a fight with0:45 God. The Edomites were descendants of Esau who hated Jacob and his descendants. Now the judgment pronounced upon them is the result of how they treated Israel. So we see this once again. According to0:57 the word of God, nations are and will be judged about according to how they respond to and treat Israel, the Jewish people. Verse 1, chapter 35. The word of the1:09 Lord came to me. Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it. Now set your face, that phrase is seen almost exclusively here in the book of Ezekiel. However,1:21 it's also found in Leviticus when the lord told Israel that if they rejected his way and his word that he would set his face against them, meaning he would turn against them. Instead of being for them, he1:33 would be against them. And the prophet was then told to declare this damning word against the Edomites. Verse 3, and say to it, thus says the lord god, behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will1:45 stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste. Now these are not words that anyone should want to hear. I am against you, says the lord. You You know, when the when the lord says vengeance1:55 is mine, I will repay, those are not idle words. They are promises that will be fulfilled. Verse 4, I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know2:07 that I am the lord. Now here again is that phrase, you shall know that I am the lord, but unfortunately for them, it would be too late as it will be for those who reject the grace of God found in Jesus Christ in the day2:19 of judgment. And it says every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, but if we don't do it voluntarily now, it'll be too late then. Alright. Next, in this chapter, we see the reason for the2:31 judgment, the indictment that God gives. And and, again, God is not arbitrary, and he is always very clear to lay out the why. Why is the judgment coming? Verse 5, because you cherished2:42 perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment. This ancient hatred going back2:54 to Esau and Jacob. Now let me just say, we we must put separation between us and the generational sins of our ancestors. How? How do we do that? 1, we3:06 repent. And and and and we we we find that repentance in humility. And as followers of Christ, we are a new creation. Behold, old things have passed away. All things3:18 have become new. We can break the what is coming through generationally in our families. We can break it. We have to take authority over it. And that includes these these ancient3:30 hatreds. It shouldn't be found in us as followers of Christ. We are new creations. Alright. Second is the shed blood of the children of Israel at the time of their calamity. Instead of3:42 coming to their aid, they cheered. Obadiah provides actually more insight into their actions. More than once, it appears Edom stood3:54 in the stands, and they cheered the attackers of Israel. In fact, Psalms, 1 37 7 records, they shouted, raise it, raise it, raise it.4:05 They didn't help them. In fact, they after they were attacked, they looted. They looted Jerusalem. They sought to enrich them themselves at the expense of Israel, licking their4:17 chops at the prime land that they could take from them. Most egregious of all was that they killed or turned in turned in the refugees seeking to4:29 escape the Chaldeans. Verse 6. Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you because you did not hate blood, said4:41 shed. Therefore, blood shall pursue you. You want blood? You're gonna get it. Drop down to verse 10. Because you said these 2 nations and4:52 these 2 countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them, although the Lord was there. Now this is a reference again to the land. Edom wanted what God had given to Israel. Now5:04 think about that for a moment. God had promised. This was a promise going all the way back to Abraham. It was a it was a a covenant, an eternal covenant. And they5:16 they were questioning the character of God in God's word just as Israel had done. And here's what would happen, though. They wanted what God had given to Israel,5:28 and the result would be they would actually lose what they had. Verse 11. Therefore, as I live, declares the lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against5:40 them, and I will make myself known among them when I judge you. Pick a fight with god's people, and, you're gonna have to deal with god. Scripture and history makes abundantly clear5:53 that if you try to take the land that God gave Israel, you're going to lose. It might might not be today, but it will be tomorrow. I mean, consider, for instance, the modern state of Israel.6:05 In 19 48, when the Arab nations, and that included Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, attacked the newly formed nation of Israel, guess what happened? Israel actually6:16 expanded its territory between, beyond the United Nations 19 47 partition plan. In 19 56, the Suez crisis, the Arab, Israeli6:28 war. Israel took the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip. Now later, Israel withdrew under the pressure from the US. But in 19 67, the 6 day war,6:40 there were major Arab losses. Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip. Jordan lost the so called West Bank, which is Judea and Samaria. Syria lost the Golan Heights. In 66:52 days, Israel tripled its size. Now we're we're we're seeing the same thing play out right now. In Fact, when I met with, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in March of, 207:03 24, shortly after the attack by Hamas, I reminded him, that attacking Israel almost always meant Israel was going to gain new real estate.7:16 Verse 12, and you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard all the rivalings I had that have uttered against the the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel,7:28 saying they are laid desolate. You are given us they are given us to devour, and you magnified yourself against me with your mouth and multiplied7:39 your words against me. I heard it. Pay close attention to this. You you you come against the people of God. You're coming up against God. Recall in second Kings7:51 chapter 18 when the the Assyrians had laid siege to Jerusalem, and Sennacherib's general challenged Hezekiah by calling into question the ability of God to deliver them from the hands of8:03 the Assyrians. They made the mistake, a huge mistake, about making it about God. And in a matter of hours, a hundred and 850008:15 Assyrian soldiers were dead by an act of God. Alright. Verse 14, thus says the Lord God, while the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. As you rejoiced over the inheritance8:27 of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will deal with you. You shall be desolate at Mount Seir, and I'll eat them all of it. Then you will know that I am the8:39 lord. You rejoiced when I made Israel desolate. I will make the world rejoice when you are made desolate, and then they notice it changes from you to8:51 they. They, that is the watching world, shall know that I am the Lord. Father, we thank you for your word. And, and, lord, I I do pray that9:02 we would see this pattern throughout scripture that you do in fact judge nations based upon how they treat and respond to your9:14 people. Now I believe, lord, that also is we see in this age of the church, the the the church. But, lord, it is very clear about how we treat the Jewish people and the nation of9:26 Israel. Doesn't mean we agree with everything that they do, but, Lord, we should be praying for them and and and walking with them and encouraging them. And and so, father, I pray that we would see that even in9:38 our policies as a nation and certainly, lord, as the church. May we stand in praying for, interceding for, and defending9:50 the Jewish people. And so, father, I thank you for that, and I thank you for your word. May our hearts be open to what the Holy Spirit is saying in this hour as we see your word unfolding,10:02 lord, in the day in which we live. We thank you, and we praise you in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright, folks. Thanks for joining me this morning. Until next time, keep standing on the word.10:16 Today's study comes from the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan available for free at frc dot org slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you10:28 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 Judgment on Edom: A Lesson in Divine Justice94K followers
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