OUR FATHER WHOSE JUDGEMENT BEGINS AMONG HIS OWN PEOPLE

The book of Ezekiel chapter 21 verses 10  - 11 says this;

“‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning!

“‘Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick.

“‘The sword is appointed to be olished, to be grasped with the hand; it is sharpened and polished, made ready for the hand of the slayer.

Chapter 21 of the book of Ezekiel captures the words of the Lord declaring judgement over Israel and warning of the arrival of the Babylonians to conquer them.

This particular passage speaks of the sword that is prepared for use against Israel which is a metaphor representing authorization of the use of military force to override the sovereign authority of Israel.

The carrier of the sword in this case is Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar and they were positioned to engulf the kingdom of Israel and to bring about the utter dissolution of the society because they had rejected the ordinances of God, profaned the Lord's Sabbaths and had persisted in their pursuit of idols.

Thus the sword was sharpened and polished to bring about judgement and the people of God were defeated by their enemies.

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