So you just read this passage and closed the Bible. You have two options. One, forget about it so you don't stay depressed. Or two, think hard and ask the Holy Spirit why God has revealed and preserved this for you. I mean, this is one of those passages where it's better to not even look at the subheadings which are found in most Bibles. Mine read: "The Siege of Jerusalem," "Ezekiel's Wife Dies," "Prophecy Against Ammon, "Prophecy Against Moab and Seir," "Prophecy Agianst Edom," "Prophecy Against Philistia," "Prophecy Against Tyre," "Lament For Tyre." You may even wonder to yourself, "Where is Jesus Christ in all of this?"
Well think about it this way. These were all once mighty cities. They were driven by world's system of the age: prosperity and pleasure. Sound familiar? And to quote the eerily honest cry of a popular Rock band "in the end it didn't even matter."
When your waters came from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with your abundant wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.
Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your crew in your midst have sunk with you. Ezekiel 27:33,34
This is one of the hundred passages in the Old Testament which remind us over and over again of this truth: You need something more! Living for anything under this sun other than God is ultimately going to lead to failure and pain.
The only way we get to God is through His Son Jesus Christ. The only way we can get past this whole dreaded cycle of doom the lost find themselves in is to look to Christ the author and finisher of our faith.
Holy, holy holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Worthy are you , our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created. Revelation 4
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