Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
The word is spoken against Seir, which is Edom. It stands within chapters 33 to 48 of Ezekiel, the portion dealing chiefly with consolation and promise. It belongs to a twenty-two-year plea for Israel to turn to God.
Making Mount Seir most desolate and cutting off from it him that passes out and him that returns is one illustration drawn from the kingdoms on every side of Israel, showing how God has dealt with them in bringing down their pride and will bring down the pride of those that still remain. Read together with chapters 35 to 37, it teaches the hope of the resurrection.
Chapter 35 is appealed to for the reign of Christ on earth, the inheritance of the saints on earth, and the return of the Jews, but it must be explained in harmony with the whole Bible. The Bible shows that the saints go to heaven at the second coming of Christ when the earth is desolated. Admitting that desolation overthrows the theory of the return of the Jews and the earthly theories connected with it. There is no special work among the Jews in the Christian dispensation.
The word is spoken against Seir, which is Edom. It stands within chapters 33 to 48 of Ezekiel, the portion dealing chiefly with consolation and promise. It belongs to a twenty-two-year plea for Israel to turn to God.
Making Mount Seir most desolate and cutting off from it him that passes out and him that returns is one illustration drawn from the kingdoms on every side of Israel, showing how God has dealt with them in bringing down their pride and will bring down the pride of those that still remain. Read together with chapters 35 to 37, it teaches the hope of the resurrection.
Chapter 35 is appealed to for the reign of Christ on earth, the inheritance of the saints on earth, and the return of the Jews, but it must be explained in harmony with the whole Bible. The Bible shows that the saints go to heaven at the second coming of Christ when the earth is desolated. Admitting that desolation overthrows the theory of the return of the Jews and the earthly theories connected with it. There is no special work among the Jews in the Christian dispensation.