I’ve read in more than one place, about how when the enemy, the thief would bring up our past, that we should remind him of his future. Perhaps, we also ought to respond in similar manner when he attempts to intimidate us about the future – We should bring us his past.
Actually, even if we find ourselves unstable in the present due to the non-stop assaults of lies, temptation, and intimidation, we ought to remind ourselves that the enemy of our souls is already a fallen enemy… just as the Prince of Tyre was brought low, in Ezekiel 28:1-19:
Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre
1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god—3 you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you; 4 by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries; 5 by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth—
The prince was wise, and by his wisdom he was able to increase wealth. But we see here that it’s because of his wealth, that his heart has become proud, and he makes his heart like ‘the heart of a god’ – in fact, his heart becomes so proud that he proclaims, I imagine, while looking over the city of Tyre – That he is a god, that he sits in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas.
6 therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
Because you make your heart like the heart of a god, 7 therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor. 8 They shall thrust you down into the pit, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you?
10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”
To this heart made proud by wealth, to this heart that he makes like the heart of a god, no less than the LORD, the God above all gods, responds: He will be confronted with swords, against the beauty of his ‘wisdom’. His splendor will be defiled. He will be thrust down into the pit, and he shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas. He shall die the death of the uncircumcised.
All this has happened against his nerve and composure, his reputation and display, his standing and his life… and it will not be by his hand, nor by his peoples’ hand, but by the most ruthless of foreigners, who know as God knows – the prince is not a god, but a man, and woe to him should he say and insist that he is still a god!
For his arrogance to call himself a god, though he is a man; For his making his heart as the heart of a god – our enemy dies a humiliating death at the hands of ruthless foreigners.
A Lament over the King of Tyre
11 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me: 12 “Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD:
“You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings.
On the day that you were created they were prepared. 14 You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
And I just noticed this now – this was for the King of Tyre, while verses 1-10 were for the Prince of Tyre. I propose that the beast was prophesied against, and now it’s the ancient serpent that God calls out.
It just fits. This ‘king’ was an anointed guardian cherub who was in Eden, but also placed by God on His holy mountain, walking in the midst of the stones of fire; We read that he was the signet of perfection, full of wisdom,and perfect in beauty. When he was created, God also prepared his coverings in every precious stone, and his settings and engravings, crafted in gold.
15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.
First, take note that the word used was ‘blameless in your ways’; ‘blameless,’ implying that though he was beautiful and adorned with beauty, he was, at most, without blame or error. While righteousness is ‘right standing with God’, I don’t see ‘blameless’ as exactly the same; it’s more of ‘not wrong standing with God’. They aren’t the same.
And God mentioned that he was blameless ‘in (his) ways’, implying that his actions were the basis of his blamelessness. With that said I see a sort of parallel between this king’s ways towards blamelessness, and the prince of Tyre’s ‘wisdom’ resulting in wealth (resulting in pride).
Indeed, he was blameless, ’till unrighteousness was found in (him)’. More on this as we proceed.
16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you.
19 All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.”
He was blameless, but we’ve established that this is different from being righteous…. and now, we see that unrighteousness was found in him.
The Lord adds more details to this – he was filled with violence ‘in (his) midst’; and, as the prince, so his heart was also made proud, but primarily because of his beauty (which God gave).
The unrighteousness found in him was violent and proud (finding boast from creation: wealth and/or beauty), and he sinned – a multitude of iniquities. He corrupted his wisdom for the sake of his ‘splendor’, and he profaned his sanctuaries.
…and this is the most important part, because it’s what we declare:
The Lord destroyed this king of Tyre, this guardian cherub. He cast him from His mountain, and from the midst of the stones of fire. He cast him to the ground. He brought fire out of his midst, and this fire consumed him, turning him to ashes on the earth…
The Lord exposed him before kings, to feast their eyes on him; and all who know him among the peoples have been appalled at him.
By the Lord, this king of Tyre, this guardian cherub, the enemy of our souls has come to (1) a dreadful end, and he (2) shall be no more, forever.
Both his works and his being have ceased.
And as it was in the past, so it will be in his future, and it shall be absolute at the end of time and the transition of our entire beings into eternity.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.John 10:10
We also declare, in the wake of our realizing the absolute defeat of our enemy, our own victory – CHRIST’S victory.
For, simply put, if we know that our enemy shall be no more forever, we can also celebrate that we have everlasting life – yes, not just endless existence, but everlasting life.
If we know that his ways have come to an end, we can also celebrate that we do not merely have eternal life, but we have it abundantly.
That’s right, not an ‘abundant life’ as we love to pass around as ear candy, but, more importantly, we have life abundantly – when we have nothing else in abundance, we STILL have life abundantly… and, I venture to say, that because we abound in life, so our ways are also abounding in life…
While the enemy’s ways cease, God causes all we do to work for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.
On this day, transitioning from the end of October to the beginning of November, we declare that satan’s shall be no more, and his ways come to an end. We declare this, even when he attempts to attack (steal from, kill, and/or destroy) us with condemnation for our past, hopelessness for our future, and discontent in our present.
We declare that satan shall be no more, and his ways come to an end.
We proclaim that Christ is Lord, and the He rose from the dead, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father.
To Him be all the glory and praise, now and forever!
I was working out and reading the Bible in between, and I couldn’t help but stop everything, to write about this, especially during this time. In the midst of the confusion and everything that’s trying to take away our life and focus, let’s double down and declare: Jesus Christ is Lord!
Until the next post, I pray that our Lord continues to minister to us, in a mighty way. Amen and amen.
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