The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Ezekiel 39:7-8,
"I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel. It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord. This is the day I have spoken of."
In the midst of this fascinating prophecy of the future destruction of the hordes of Gog and Magog that come against Israel, the Lord lays out the purpose of his judgment: to make his name known among Israel and the nations as the "Holy One in Israel". He will make it so. In the long run the Lord will not allow his name, his stature, his position as the Creator of the cosmos, God Almighty, to be impugned, besmirched or discredited in any way. He will be revered and feared, held in awe and worshipped.
This theme reminds me of a couple of passages. Psalm 2:1-6, "Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One. 'Let us break their chains,' they say, 'and throw off their fetters.' The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, 'I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill.'"
Also Isaiah 45:23-24, "By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. They will say of me, 'In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength.' All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame."
In the midst of this fascinating prophecy of the future destruction of the hordes of Gog and Magog that come against Israel, the Lord lays out the purpose of his judgment: to make his name known among Israel and the nations as the "Holy One in Israel". He will make it so. In the long run the Lord will not allow his name, his stature, his position as the Creator of the cosmos, God Almighty, to be impugned, besmirched or discredited in any way. He will be revered and feared, held in awe and worshipped.
This theme reminds me of a couple of passages. Psalm 2:1-6, "Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One. 'Let us break their chains,' they say, 'and throw off their fetters.' The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, 'I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill.'"
Also Isaiah 45:23-24, "By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. They will say of me, 'In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength.' All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame."
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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