Today's Daily Lesson comes from Ezekiel chapter 34 verses 17 through 19:
17 As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats: 18Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture? When you drink of clear water, must you foul the rest with your feet? 19And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have fouled with your feet?
In today's Daily Lesson the prophet Ezekiel speaks of what we know today as environmental pollution and degradation. For these things, the nations shall be subject to judgment.
Note how the prophet ties Ezekiel environmental destruction to the harm of the most vulnerable and powerless. The water of the meek sheep is sullied by the goats and rams of the world.
We have to protect our planet because it's the only one we've got. And, we need to know that what we have done with and in our world and its effect on our neighbors will all be part of the judgment when the nations are gathered before God and we realize the things we've done and the things we've left undone.
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