Ezekiel 35:5

Ezekiel 35:5 says, Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:  God told the people of Moab why He was going to destroy them, and it was because they had shed the blood of the people of Israel after they had quit sinning, or had put their faith in God once more.  This is the same warning to those who persecute and even kill Christians today.   

Verse six adds, Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.  God said that since they had shed the blood of His people unjustly that He was going to shed their blood.  One day, everyone will be held accountable for their sins if they haven't put their faith in Jesus Christ, and they will be forever separated from Him and those who have put their faith in Jesus Christ.  I don’t believe that this means those who have put their faith in Jesus Christ are then free to sin because their sins have already been forgiven though.  Salvation will never grant us the right to sin.   

Verse seven continues, Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.  God said that He was going to cut off Mount Seir from everyone, those who had left and those who would try to return.  When God’s final judgment comes, everyone who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord will be cut off from the Promised Land forever, no matter where they may be in the world, and they will never be allowed in.   

Verse eight states, And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.  God said that no matter where the people of Mount Sier, or the people of Moab were, they were going to die by the sword.  Though those who refuse God’s gift of salvation may live highly successful lives in the eyes of the world, they are going to face the rest of their everlasting life suffering while separated from God, which is a much greater price to pay than just being killed physically.  

Verse nine adds, I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.   God said that when Moab fell that it would be forever.  They would never again be a nation, much less a powerful one.  When God’s judgment comes on the world, those who have not put their faith Jesus Christ will be forever separated from God.   He also said that then they would know that He is God, even though it would be too late.  This is true for all who do not accept His gift of salvation. 

Verse ten continues, Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there:  God said that this was going to happen because they had thought that they could possess the land of Israel and Judah.  God said these two nations would once again be His when the people there put their faith in Him once more.  We will never be saved from everlasting destruction based on anything other than our faith in Jesus Christ, and if we have put our faith in Him, no one can ever keep us from our everlasting life with Him. 

Ezekiel 35:1

Ezekiel 35:1 says, Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,  God’s word now was going to move to His prophecy against Moab, expanding on His earlier prophesy about their destruction because of their trying to destroy Israel.  God’s judgment has already been pronounced on all who will not accept His gift of salvation.    

Verse two adds, Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, This designates that this particular prophesy was to Seir, or the people of Moab.  Since God has already pronounced His judgement on all who will not accept His gift of salvation, there is no need to pronounce His judgment on individual nations today.   

Verse three continues, And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.  Ezekiel was to tell the people of Moab that God was against them, and He was going to make them most desolate.  As stated, God has already pronounced His judgment against all who will not put their faith in Jesus Christ but is still our responsibility as those who have to warn them of their coming destruction.  At times, this may put us in a dangerous situation, as it likely did for Ezekiel many times, but we are still to declare God’s word to them,  

Verse four concludes, I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.  As was many times the case, God said that after He laid their cities waste that they would know that He is God.  When everything that people have put their faith in other than God comes to an end, they will know that He is God too late. 

 

Ezekiel 34:25

Ezekiel 34:25 says, And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.  God said that He was going to remove all their enemies from the land.  This did not happen with the people of Israel then and will not happen with followers of Christ today in the world in which we live, but it will happen when Jesus Christ returns to claim those who are His. 

Verse twenty-six adds, And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.  God said that He was going to make the people of Isreal, His chosen people, to be a blessing to the world and that showers of blessings would pour down on them.  We know that this never was really true at any time during the days of the nation of Israel, and it won’t be true for Christians in the world today, but it will be true in the world to come.  

Verse twenty-seen continues, And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.  God said that He was going to cause the trees to yield their fruit and the people of Israel to be safe in their land, and that when He did this they would know that He is God.  Though there were times of peace and prosperity for Israel, it never lasted.  The peace and prosperity of the people of Israel then and of Christians today is not in this world, but in our heavenly home.   

Verse twenty-eight concludes, And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.  God said that when He delivered the people of Israel that they would never again be the prey of any nation or beast and that they would live without fear.  Once more, this refers to our heavenly home and not to any time here in the world today.   

Verse twenty-nine states, And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.  God said that He wa going to feed the people and that they would no longer need to fear the heathen, those who did not put their faith in Him.  No matter what happens in this lifetime, if we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, this will be true forever once He calls us home to glory.   

Verse thirty adds, Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God.  God said that when this happened that the people would know that He is God and that they were His people.  Though it references Israel, I believe it means all those who are set aside from the world because of their relationship with Jesus Christ.   

Verse thirty-one continues, And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.  God said His flock wasn’t sheep, but people, and those who were people of His kingdom by faith would know that He is God.   As Christians, this still applies to us today and it always will.