Today, I am reading and commenting on  Ezekiel 29-31.

As I start to write my thoughts on today’s passage I am not sure how I will be able to say as much as I like out of them.  My wife always laughs when I start out this way because so often once I start writing it goes from one thing to another.    In any case, Ezekiel prophesies the downfall of Egypt.  He tells that the pride of Egypt’s rulers led to that downfall.  The Pharaoh had come to believe that he deserved credit for the Nile and the benefits it brought Egypt.  The people of Egypt had become proud and arrogant.  They had promised to support other peoples then when those peoples needed their support had failed to provide it.  All of this led to Egypt’s downfall.  And God said that when Egypt’s downfall happened, then they would know that He is Lord.  The people of Egypt saw tragedy and destruction because they thought that they need not listen to God.  If we do not freely acknowledge that God is our Lord, we will suffer terrible things so that we come to understand that He is.

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