August 31
Ezekiel 21:1-16 & 2Thessalonians 2
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Ezekiel 21:1-16

Ezekiel 21:1-16

21:1The word of the Lord came to me again: 2"Son of man, turn your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel, 3and say to it: This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you. 4Since I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north. 5So all the people will know that I, Yahweh, have taken My sword from its sheath-it will not be sheathed again.
6"But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart right before their eyes. 7And when they ask you, 'Why are you groaning?' then say: Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will become weak. Every spirit will be discouraged, and every knee will turn to water. Yes, it is coming and it will happen." This is the declaration of the Lord God.
8The word of the Lord came to me: 9"Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim:
A sword! A sword is sharpened
and also polished.
10It is sharpened for slaughter,
polished to flash like lightning!
Should we rejoice?
The scepter of My son,
the sword despises every tree.
11The sword is given to be polished,
to be grasped in the hand.
It is sharpened, and it is polished,
to be put in the hand of the slayer.
12Cry out and wail, son of man,
for it is against My people.
It is against all the princes of Israel!
They are given over to the sword with My people.
Therefore strike your thigh in grief.
13Surely it will be a trial!
And what if the sword despises even the scepter?
The scepter will not continue.

This is the declaration of the Lord God.
14Therefore, son of man, prophesy
and clap your hands together.
Let the sword strike two times, even three.
It is a sword for massacre,
a sword for great massacre-
it surrounds them!
15I have appointed a sword for slaughter
at all their gates,
so that their hearts may melt
and many may stumble.
Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning;
it is drawn for slaughter.
16Slash to the right;
turn to the left-
wherever your blade is directed.

2Thessalonians 2

Chapter 2

2:1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him: We ask you, brothers, 2not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has come. 3Don't let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. 4He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God's sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God.
5Don't you remember that when I was still with you I told you about this? 6And you know what currently restrains him, so that he will be revealed in his time. 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way, 8and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming. 9The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan's working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders, 10and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved. 11For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false, 12so that all will be condemned-those who did not believe the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness.
13But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14He called you to this through our gospel, so that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions you were taught, either by our message or by our letter.
16May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace, 17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word.

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