Ezekiel 28:11

Ezekiel 28:11 says. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,  God had even more to say to the people of Tyrus.

Verse twelve adds, Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God;  Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.  Ezekiel was to say to the king of Tyrus that he had thought himself to be sealed up in power by his wisdom and good looks.  By the king, it could refer to the whole royal family and not just one man.  We do know that when Adam fell, he not only got himself kicked out of the garden of Eden, but by allowing sin to take root in the world, he got all other people who came after him kicked out of God's kingdom as well, until they accept God’s gift of salvation. 

Verse  thirteen continues, Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.  This verse refers to Adam and the garden of Eden.  He was placed in a place of perfection and yet he still turned away from God.  Likewise, the king of Tyrus may have thought everything in his life was nearly perfect, but he was also going to fall due to his sin.  No matter how perfect our life may seem, if we have not accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, one day everything will be taken away, and we will go away to everlasting punishment.  

Verse fourteen states, Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. God said that Adam looked like an incarnate angel in his glory and that he walked up and down the holy mountain of God on stones of fire, which Matthew Henry says refers to the precious stones that glittered.  No matter how ornate we may make our life today, it will one day all crumble away if we are not living under the authority of God.  

Verse fifteen adds, Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.  This could refer to the angel who rebelled against God, to Adam and Eve, or to the king of Tyrus when he was born or Matthew Henry says until he ascended to the throne.   I personally believe that that this could refer to all three, but in the case of the king of Tyrus, I believe that it refers to the time he was born until he was old enough to choose to rebel against God, just as I believe that every person is born perfect in God’s view and continue to be so until they choose to rebel against Him.  

Verse sixteen continues, By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.  Once more, this could have referred to the angels who fell or Adam and Eve, but since it speaks of being cast out in the present or future tense, it would refer to the king of Tyrus.  He was going to be judged for his sinful actions.  We are not going to be judged by the sins of anyone in the past but are going to be judged for our sins alone.  If we have profaned the things of God without confessing our sins and asking for God’s forgiveness, we will one dsy be cast out of His kingdom forever. 

Verse seventeen states, Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.  God said that the king of Tyrus was to be destroyed because of his self-pride and his failing to acknowledge God as the source of his power and wealth.  There are many people today who are so full of self-pride that they refuse to acknowledge God, but one day, like the king of Tyrus then, they will be brought down to the pits of hell if they do not repent and accept God's gift of salvation.  

Verse eighteen adds, Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.  God said that since the king of Tyrus had defiled his land with his self-glory that he was to lose it all.   No matter how rich and powerful a person may be in the world today, it will all be done away with one day if they do not acknowledge God as the source of all their riches.  It all belongs to Him to start with.  

Verse nineteen continues, All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.  God said that everyone who knew the king of Tyrus would be astonished at his fall.  Though it may not happen in this lifetime, one day everyone will be astonished at the rich and powerful people who have denied God that will be sent away to everlasting punishment.    

Ezekiel 28:6

Ezekiel 28:6 says, Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;  God gave them His sentence of judgment.  He said because they thought themselves to be like God, that He was going to send His judgment on them.  I believe there some people today who think of themselves as a god, but they will never be the true God. 

Verse seven adds, Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.  God said He was going to bring strangers who were a terrible nation to defeat them and destroy what they saw as the beauty of their wisdom and that it would lose its brightness.  One day, God is going to bring His judgment on all those who think that they are too wise and powerful to be defeated, and what they thought of as wisdom will lose its brightness in the pits of hell.  

Verse eight continues, They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.  As just stated, the people of Tyrus were going to be defeated and brought down to the pit just like those who had died in the sea when their boats sank.  They may have thought themselves to be safe on land, but there was nowhere that they would be safe from God’s judgment.  If lost people today see others die terrible deaths, they may think that it will never happen to them, but one day they will end up in the same place forever.   

Verse nine states, Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.  God asked the people of Tyrus when the slayer came, would they still think of themselves to be like God.  He answered by saying that they would realize that they were not God.  There are people today who think of themselves as being a god unto themselves, but one day they will find out that they are not God. 

Verse ten adds. Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.  God said that they would die just like the uncircumcised, or others who were not a part of His people.  We will all die either as someone saved by putting our faith in Jesus Christ or as every other lost person will, and our riches and worldly wisdom will not save us from everlasting punishment. 

Ezekiel 28:1

 Ezekiel 28:1 says, The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,  

Verse two adds, Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:  Ezekial was to warn the prince of Tyrus that he was not God even if he professed himself to be a god, even trying to take God’s throne.  There are nations today that profess that there is no God and demand that their citizens put their faith in the leaders of the nation as god or instead of God, but one day, they will fall.  Even if this doesn’t happen until Jesus Christ returns, it will happen.  

Verse three continues, Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:  God said that the prince of Tyrus thought of himself as being wiser than Daniel, who was noted for both his wisdom and his prudence.  No leader of a country today should be viewed as equal to or greater than Jesus Christ. 

Verse four states, With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: God’s message to the prince of Tyrus was that he was filled with self-pride thinking that he was responsible for all the riches that Tyrus had amassed and therefore should be worshipped as a god.  We should never worship anyone in the world as if they are a god, and we certainly shouldn’t even see them as equal to God.  

Verse five adds, By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:  God said that the people of Tyrus thought that their own wisdom and the traffic of goods through there were responsible for their riches, and they didn’t give God any credit for this.  They became full of self-pride instead.   Some people today if they become rich or powerful in the world may think that they are better than other people and never give God any credit for their success.  At times, it may be their own greed and mistreatment of others that brings riches to them, and God may not have anything to do with it, but like the people of Tyrus, one day all the riches they have will go away.