Ezekiel 30 and Hebrews 1
Ezekiel 30- Hebrews 1
The day of the Lord is a day of fear and trembling, power and might, doom and destruction
The son of the Lord is a man of radiance and glory, love and truth, grace and salvation
How do they match up?
In Ezekiel 30, it talks of God using Babylon to take down Egypt- evil to estinquish another evil.
In Hebrews 1, we hear about how Christ is better/more important/greater than the angels.
Bad to stop bad
Good over good
Of course, aren't they connected?
The death of Christ and the Doom by Babylon
The death of Christ was horrible, painful, ugly, evil and sin-wrought. But it killed an even greater enemy- Sin and Satan and Death itself.
The attack of Babylon was no doubt full of pain and wrought with death. But it destroyed another enemy- Egypt
We see Egypt as the symbol of sin, time and time again. So God uses evil to take us out of another evil? Yes. maybe so. ?
Maybe it shows how God can use the effects of our sin to kick us back out of the sin. Like how Jesus took on the punishment so that the actual "thing" would be gone. Of course, it's all to get rid of a greater enemy. God uses pain, guilt, hurt, stress, etc. to get at the core problem- and destroy it.
We have to see through the bad stuff and see that He's doing it for greater Good. Because He is. He is.
And to bring in Hebrews 1... if I can... *gulp*
Just as there is a Bad badder than the bad, there is a Good gooder than the good.
There are many things in the Christian faith that we cling to- The Word, Prayer, Worship, Missions, Asceticism, Tithing, the Church, even Faith, Hope, Love, Joy...
and so we hold hands with them, keep them as our friends that help us know our Friend... but we must not let go of the sight of our Friend. Christ, the visible God we can know. He is our Good. He is the One to which all these goods point. We must follow their pointed fingers and come to Him, "the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being".
God, keep our eyes on the Good. Help us see it in the bad and through the good. Rid us of the Bad, and bring us to the Good.
The day of the Lord is a day of fear and trembling, power and might, doom and destruction
The son of the Lord is a man of radiance and glory, love and truth, grace and salvation
How do they match up?
In Ezekiel 30, it talks of God using Babylon to take down Egypt- evil to estinquish another evil.
In Hebrews 1, we hear about how Christ is better/more important/greater than the angels.
Bad to stop bad
Good over good
Of course, aren't they connected?
The death of Christ and the Doom by Babylon
The death of Christ was horrible, painful, ugly, evil and sin-wrought. But it killed an even greater enemy- Sin and Satan and Death itself.
The attack of Babylon was no doubt full of pain and wrought with death. But it destroyed another enemy- Egypt
We see Egypt as the symbol of sin, time and time again. So God uses evil to take us out of another evil? Yes. maybe so. ?
Maybe it shows how God can use the effects of our sin to kick us back out of the sin. Like how Jesus took on the punishment so that the actual "thing" would be gone. Of course, it's all to get rid of a greater enemy. God uses pain, guilt, hurt, stress, etc. to get at the core problem- and destroy it.
We have to see through the bad stuff and see that He's doing it for greater Good. Because He is. He is.
And to bring in Hebrews 1... if I can... *gulp*
Just as there is a Bad badder than the bad, there is a Good gooder than the good.
There are many things in the Christian faith that we cling to- The Word, Prayer, Worship, Missions, Asceticism, Tithing, the Church, even Faith, Hope, Love, Joy...
and so we hold hands with them, keep them as our friends that help us know our Friend... but we must not let go of the sight of our Friend. Christ, the visible God we can know. He is our Good. He is the One to which all these goods point. We must follow their pointed fingers and come to Him, "the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being".
God, keep our eyes on the Good. Help us see it in the bad and through the good. Rid us of the Bad, and bring us to the Good.
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