Today’s passage: Ezekiel 35
Helpful thoughts:
- Chapters 35 and 36 go together. First, a judgment on Edom (Mt. Seir) and second to Israel (The mountains of Israel).
- The descendants of Esau (Edom) watched the demise of Israel and Judah with eager expectation and had ambition to go and take the land. They would instead suffer the same demise as that of Israel and Judah.
- When the Edomites spoke against the people of Israel, they were speaking against God Himself (Verse 13).
Questions to consider:
- How is the sin of Edom described in this chapter? What did they do? What would have been the right thing(s) to do?
- In what way does reviling God’s people amount to reviling God Himself? What assurance can that give to the church as “The body of Christ?” How does our union with Christ give us purpose and hope in this life, including during times of opposition?
- Is there anything that God does not hear and know (End of Verse 13)? What will God’s omniscience (God knows all things eternally), and the fact that all our sin is first sin against Him personally teach us about the judgment? How do these truths help us to think more accurately (And thankfully) about all that Christ suffered for us when He took our judgment on Himself at the cross?