“Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance on them, therefore thus says the Lord God, I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.” (Ezekiel 25:12-13)

In this selection, the Lord explains that He will pour out His wrath on Edom because of the way they treated Israel. The Lord does the same toward Ammon, Moab, Seir, and Philistia in this chapter. The point is that God judged the nations on how they treated Israel. That should not surprise us because God said he would bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel (Gen 12:3).

Notice that the modern world knows nothing about these nations. It doesn’t mean there are no people alive today who are descended from these nations. It means that no one likely knows they are descended from them, and certainly none of those people (assuming they exist) are trying to revive those nations as modern countries. Only one nation mentioned in this chapter is a nation today. Israel.

The political conservatives in the USA are currently divided over the topic of Israel. I want to be careful who I lock arms with because I don’t want to be in the bunch against whom God raises his hand. I don’t want to be the modern equivalent of Ammon, Moab, Seir, Edom, and Philistia.

Father, help me to believe your word as simply as it is given. Amen.