August 21, 2010 - The Future Of Egypt

Meditation on Ezekiel 29

Ezekiel's prophecies concerning the destruction of the neighboring countries of Israel have all been fulfilled literally in history. We do not find those countries any more. Now concerning Egypt in this chapter, it says, "Yet, thus says the Lord God: 'At the end of forty years I will father the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered. I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore.'" (v. 13-15 NKJV)

Egypt had been conquered by the Babylonians. Some Egyptians were brought out from their country around 568 B.C. But according to a Babylonian chronicle, forty years later, the Persians that conquered Babylon instituted a new policy so that the Egyptians as well as other captives could go home. Therefore Ezekiel's prophecy was fulfilled.

The remarkable thing is that the nation of Egypt today remains a very weak and poor nation like Ezekiel said. She is far from the glorious and dominant stature as she was before in world history. God's word again is true.

Do you trust and rely on God's word?