Growing with the Lord

9/5/26 Ezekiel 25–28 and Revelation 10 operate on fundamentally different theological and temporal registers—one addressing historical judgment against specific nations, the other depicting the eschatological completion of God’s plan. Judgment against particular nations versus universal consummation: Ezekiel pronounces judgment against Ammon for rejoicing over Israel’s desolation and the sanctuary’s desecration ( Ezek 25:1–28:26 ), and similar charges structure oracles against Moab and Edom. God promises to stretch out His hand against these nations, give them as plunder, cut them off from the peoples, and eliminate them from the countries ( Ezek 25:7 ). These judgments target identifiable geopolitical entities with concrete consequences: territorial dispossession and political annihilation. By contrast, Revelation 10 depicts an angel swearing that there will no longer be an interval of time, and that when the seventh angel sounds his trumpet, God’s hidden plan will be completed as ...