God is a Mighty Fortress
Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Ezekiel 37-39 and Psalm 68. The theme--God routs the united enemies of Israel and shows Himself mighty! So, to begin today's word, we start at the end of Ezekiel 37, where God promises to unite Israel's two nations, which at that time were, simply put, the northern kingdom called Ephraim, and the southern kingdom of Judah. God promised to restore them into one country again and bless them, and "then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy, when My sanctuary is among them forever." Well, needless to say, this promise was fulfilled with the founding of the modern nation-state of Israel in 1948. Nearly a two thousand year old prophecy fulfilled! As we continue reading in Ezekiel 38, we see that just as Israel is to be united, so the enemies of Israel will come together to make an alliance against Israel. Well, that is obviously the time period we are in today. More specifically, in today'