Today, I am reading and commenting on  Ezekiel 32-33.

Ezekiel continues prophesying about the destruction of Egypt.  However, what he says in today’s passage extends beyond Egypt to include the other mighty powers of his lifetime.  For all of their apparent power at their peak, their mighty armies ended up slain by the sword.  Egypt was not different than the powers which went before her, and the mighty powers of our day will also suffer the same fate when God decides that their time has come to an end.

Ezekiel then goes on to give a more in depth explanation of his references to being a watchman.  Ezekiel was called to be a watchman to his people, to warn them of the trouble coming upon them because of their wicked actions.  Generally, when I read this I see it as a message for us to pass on God’s word to those whose wicked actions will lead to their suffering, and I still see it that way today.  However, I also see that we may be called to speak out to our society in general.  We must make sure that we pass on God’s message that if the wicked will repent of their evil and serve God, He will deliver them from the destruction which He sends upon the wicked.  We must also remember and pass on the corollary: if the righteous turn away from God and do evil, God will bring that same destruction upon them.  Let us be God’s watchmen to those around us and to our society.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.