This chapter (summer of 586 BC) devoted itself to the prophesy that the Lord spoke against Tyre. Tyre was a commercial powerhouse of a city (as was Sidon) and was so proud that God compared their king to Satan. How? The deception and the pride that they possessed and were happy of their success and of Jerusalem's fate. God would send Nebuchadnezzar against them with his Babylonian armies to lay waste their pride and their possessions. God would prevail over them as He does Satan (v 19-21). While in v 11, it seems like it is just the Babylonians that would attack, some commentaries believe that Persia and Greece would also take part in this as well.
Pride does come before the fall. It happened then and it happens today - so many instances that men have abused their station only to see their "empires" fall - AS, the head of the IMF just to name a few. The travesty is that we have become immune to the fact that we all are human and have fallen short of His Name and glory! The main topic of conversation was the 5/21 day that Harold Camping is proporting is the end of the world. Somehow 1994 seems like a distant memory doesn't it? Still, it's the blitz of the message and the scoffing that the rapture is coming that makes me upset. While I don't subscribe to it, the fact still remains that we all need to "get right" with God since no one knows when our time is up.
Praiseful that GG's airline had a minor incident yesterday and no one was hurt. He wasn't involved but the FO was someone that he trained with. Really looking forward to seeing him this weekend as well as my niece's grad party from nursing school. It seems like every day something else fills my weekend calendar but hopefully I can play some golf this summer. Oh well....
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