Ezekiel 26 Commentary
Tyre is mentioned in several places in the Bible as a commercial center – a major trading port. Like any other city, it was the center of activity and consequently, wickedness. In Luke 10 verses 13 and 14, the LORD Jesus Christ references Tyre’s sinfulness and the consequent fall of the city-state.
Ezekiel is reporting live from these times.
Jerusalem’s fall is good news to Tyre. One rival is gone; there will be no competition!
Tyre represents the thoughts of wicked men and women. I must sink the other ship for me to stay afloat. The economy of the devil is the very opposite of the economy of the kingdom of God. We are not surprised. After all, the devil is out to twist and upset God’s creation with his own versions of God’s elements and principles of creation.
Tyre is greedy.
Greediness and deception are the fuel that drives the world’s economy. Without this fuel, how does the saint get by? Clearly, the LORD’s fuel isn’t suitable for the cars out there. You lose a contract for being truthful. You don’t get your promotion for your purity. Actually, your integrity becomes a nuisance to the system.
There is class and status in Tyre. Cities tend to promote vanity to levels that discourage godliness. Ambitions are distorted. The aspirations and hopes of a people are twisted and wrongly directed. God becomes a distraction. And for those who still want to worship, God becomes an item on the agenda.
The saints must watch out!
But the LORD watched and came down strongly on Tyre. Wickedness isn’t a permanent fixture on life’s calendar. It all comes to an end at some point. And it will definitely come to an end when the LORD Jesus returns.
The prophecy against Tyre occupies 3 chapters! The judgment against Tyre is actually a judgment against Tyre’s god – the architect of wickedness behind the energy of the city-state. Saints must know that we dance to the devil’s song each time vanity takes us away from the affection of the LORD.
Vanity isn’t a need. We have the peace of the LORD. We have the love of the LORD. Joy overflows from a saved soul. It is a special gift resident within the saint. We probably don’t need the world’s fuel. We don’t need fuel to generate the energy that we don’t need! We are not in need. The LORD provides for His own. But Tyre isn’t anything close to this knowledge and so the LORD scatters Tyre. And Tyre remains an example of vanity and what happens to vanity.
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