Sermon Tone Analysis

Ezek. 28:11-15

What do you make of the description of the king of Tyre?

Does this description remind you of anyone else?

Some interpreters see a connection to Adam in the description.

He was created perfectly.

He was wise and beautiful.

He was also in the Garden of Eden.

However, he was not a cherub and he certainly wasn’t a guardian/anointed cherub.

And yet, there was a point at which sin did enter him and through him it enters us (Rom.

5:12).

Other interpreters see a connection to Satan (cf.

Isa.

14:12ff).

Whatever the strict meaning, it seems pretty clear that this is a demonic/Satanic spirit at work; a spirit of pride (1 Tim.

3:6).

In Proverbs 16:18 we know that ,

Pride goes before destruction,

And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Was prepared for you on the day you were created.

This speaks to intentionality.

God had created Tyre for a special purpose and as they grew in wealth, power, and status they decided to elevate themselves (Ezek.

28:2, 5, 17) and become their own god.

In the Apocrypha, Sirach 10:12 states this about pride,

The precious stones are similar to the stones worn by Aaron in his breastplate and the stones that made up the wall of the new Jerusalem.

Ezek.

28:16-19

This is the second time that we are told why the heart of the king of Tyre was lifted up with pride.

First, it was because of riches (28:5).

Second, it was because of beauty (28:17).

Tyre was once a friend of Israel.

Later, Tyre took pleasure in the downfall of Jerusalem (Ezek.

26:2).

“For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever” (1 John 2:16-17).

Tyre in the Bible (What is the significance of the city of Tyre in the Bible?

| GotQuestions.org)

The same people who saw Tyre rise to prominence would watch it pulmmet to obscurity as it imploded (18).

Ezek.

28:25-26

God promises to bless Israel in such a profound way that all who looks upon its people will undoubtly declare that the God of the Jews is God indeed.

I believe this is equally the case in our lives and it is often lost upon us as a people, that the blessings, the gifts, whatsoever we may receive from God is done with the sole purpose of revealing God to a lost and dying world.