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"We will possess them"

Text: Ezekiel 35:10-12

THE SECRET AMBITION OF EDOM

Edom had a secret ambition. It envied the two nations of Israel and Judah. Its desire was to conquer and possess them.

“‘Because you have said,
‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine,
and we will possess them,’ although the Lord was there,
therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God,
‘I will do according to your anger and according to
the envy which you showed in your hatred against them;
and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken
against the mountains of Israel, saying,
‘They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.””
Ezekiel 35:10-12

1. The Lord knows the heart of Edom.

a) How it looked at Israel and Judah.

b) How it nursed a desire to possess the both of them.

c) They had disregarded the fact that the Lord was there with both nations.

2. What Edom felt as revealed.

a) There was anger in the heart of Edom.

b) There was also envy.

c) There was deep hatred too.

d) These were all known to the Lord.

i) Edom cannot deny these words from the Lord.

ii) Edom was frustrated when it failed to conquer Israel and Judah.

3. The blasphemy of Edom.

a) Edom spoke blasphemous words against the mountains of Israel.

b) Edom declared that Israel and Judah would become desolate.

c) They were given to Edom to consume.

d) God had heard all that Edom had spoken.

4. God’s judgment would descend on Edom.

a) This was a forewarning.

b) This would prove to be true.

c) God would judge Edom.

d) Edom would become desolate.