Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
The command is to set the face against Mount Seir and prophesy judgment against it, standing as one part of the illustrations of dealings with the kingdoms on every side of Israel to show how pride has been brought down and the pride of those who remain will be brought down, after twenty-two years of pleading with Israel to turn to God. Mount Seir is Edom, and the prophecy against it is one example of prophesying against other nations even while prophesying for Israel, in contrast to Ezekiel 36:1 where the prophesying is for Israel in order to cause His people to triumph. The verse belongs to the closing part of Ezekiel and is to be read together with chapter 36, which holds what God would do for His children at that time if they returned to Him.
Chapter 35 has been appealed to for the return of the Jews, an earthly reign of Christ, and an earthly inheritance of the saints. That earthly application is denied, because at the second coming the saints are taken to heaven and the earth is left desolate. There is therefore no place for a special Jewish restoration on earth in the Christian dispensation.
The command is to set the face against Mount Seir and prophesy judgment against it, standing as one part of the illustrations of dealings with the kingdoms on every side of Israel to show how pride has been brought down and the pride of those who remain will be brought down, after twenty-two years of pleading with Israel to turn to God. Mount Seir is Edom, and the prophecy against it is one example of prophesying against other nations even while prophesying for Israel, in contrast to Ezekiel 36:1 where the prophesying is for Israel in order to cause His people to triumph. The verse belongs to the closing part of Ezekiel and is to be read together with chapter 36, which holds what God would do for His children at that time if they returned to Him.
Chapter 35 has been appealed to for the return of the Jews, an earthly reign of Christ, and an earthly inheritance of the saints. That earthly application is denied, because at the second coming the saints are taken to heaven and the earth is left desolate. There is therefore no place for a special Jewish restoration on earth in the Christian dispensation.