God Protects His City
Read Ezekiel 26 – 27
Ezek 26:3-6 therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea casting up its waves. 4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. 5 Out in the sea she will become a place to spread fishnets, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. She will become plunder for the nations, 6 and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
TYRE was a powerful trading city on the Mediterranean Sea coast. It still exists on the coast of Lebanon and is mainly a fishing and tourist village.
What happened to its power? God changed the city by the hand of Babylon. Even as he punished his people in Jerusalem, he would allow only Babylon to be their conqueror. He would not make Jerusalem an economic slave of other nations. He put a shield around his people to protect them for their future restoration.
To protect Jerusalem, God destroyed Tyre’s mainland city during Israel’s exile, and its island section remained until 322 B.C. when Alexander the Great reduced the city to bare rock. God is about his business to show how he protects his people from evil.
Yes the prophesies of the future are about God protecting those who trust his grace, his love and his promises. Trust God’s prophecies. And prepare for his eternal power and peace to reign. It’s forever.
Pause and Consider: God’s loving protection is always available to you.
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