This post created in MS Word – no internet connection at Nance’s house.
Happy Thanksgiving, friends.
Reading for November 14
Ezekiel 29:1 – 30:26
So as Ezekiel continues to call out each nation that will be punished by God, he gets to Egypt. Now based on my feeble understanding of history, Egypt was about as powerful then as the US is now. Additionally, Egypt were allies to Israel in many battles – so Ezekiel calling them out is a pretty ballsy move. But apparently when the Babylonians executed their attack that ultimately destroyed Jerusalem, the Egyptian army was nowhere to be seen. So I’m not sure if that’s why Egypt is being punished or if its because of their worship of other gods, but if its because of them not showing up, that’s somewhat unfair because God planned for that to happen in just that way. Again using the little kid analogy, it would be like a parent specifically not inviting Billy to their son’s birthday party and then calling Billy’s parents to ask why he didn’t show up.
Hebrews 11:32-12:13
Speaking of punishment, Paul here talks about the idea of why we should consider Godly punishment to be a good thing:
Endure hardships as discipline; God is treating you as sons…No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
That’s sort of how I’ve justified God’s anger and punishment since the beginning, I’m not sure if that’s valid or not in my mind…
Psalm 112:1-10
“Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.”
Proverbs 27:17
Apparently I copied the wrong verse selection here and I’m too tired to go back and fix it…goodnight.
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