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 The Nile Is Mine

In today’s world, marked by arrogant, self-promoting, and dictatorial political leaders, what God spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, remains strikingly relevant.  In Ezekiel 29:3 and 4, God declared:

"I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
you great monster lying among your streams.
You say, 'The Nile belongs to me; I made it for myself.'"

God opposed Pharaoh because he said "the Nile  belongs to me".  Even more troubling, Pharaoh asserted that he had made it for himself.  Maybe he even considered renaming the Nile  after himself.  By making these outrageous claims he elevated himself to the status of being divine, a political pattern seen throughout history and which still exists today.

God's response is revealed in Ezekiel 29:8 and 9:

"Because you said, 'The Nile is mine; I made it,' therefore I am against you … I will make the land  of Egypt a ruin and a desolate waste …"

Just as in Ezekiel's time, God opposes an arrogant, self-promoting dictatorial leader today.  Sooner or later, he will be held accountable for his self-imagined God-like disposition.  So, although Ezekiel 29 was not written directly to us, it serves as a powerful warning to us.

I know I'm being negative, but my negativity reflects the true nature of Old Testament prophets who were usually outnumbered by fake prophets.  These true prophets faithfully delivered God's judgments to an arrogant, self-promoting dictatorial politician.  Like the fake prophets of old, today's fake prophets promote deceptive prophecies that portray an arrogant, self-promoting dictatorial politician as being Messiah-like, destined to save his nation and even the world.  Such Messianic claims are not only misleading, they are blasphemous.  The God who opposed Pharaoh and his regime can and will oppose an arrogant, self-promoting dictator today, regardless of his political alignment as being far right, far left, or anywhere in between.

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