{"id":7221,"date":"2018-11-13T09:17:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=7221"},"modified":"2018-11-13T09:17:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:17:27","slug":"son-of-man-sing-this-funeral-song-for-the-king-of-tyre-give-him-this-message-from-the-sovereign-lord-ezekiel-2812-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/son-of-man-sing-this-funeral-song-for-the-king-of-tyre-give-him-this-message-from-the-sovereign-lord-ezekiel-2812-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord&#8221; (Ezekiel 28:12 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eonjd\" data-offset-key=\"9k1bm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9k1bm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9k1bm-0-0\">A FUNERAL DIRGE FOR A FALLEN KING <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eonjd\" data-offset-key=\"cbh8c-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cbh8c-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cbh8c-0-0\">The Lord gave the prophet Ezekiel the words for a dirge to be sung for the king of Tyre. Yet, the words to the funeral song seem to at times describe the state of Satan before he was cast down. The lyrics might be seen as portraying Satan assigning divine attributes and honors to himself through his influence over the earthly king of Tyre. In some ways, this description of the king of Tyre foreshadows the beast spoken of in Daniel and Revelation. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eonjd\" data-offset-key=\"cs7nq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cs7nq-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cs7nq-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eonjd\" data-offset-key=\"972b3-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"972b3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"972b3-0-0\">So, who is this lament for? As the Scripture says, it is for the king of Tyre. Yet, it pulls back the curtain on the spiritual world, revealing both the influences and dark forces at work behind the scenes and the sovereign power of God over such realms.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A FUNERAL DIRGE FOR A FALLEN KING<br \/>\nThe Lord gave the prophet Ezekiel the words for a dirge to be sung for the king of Tyre. Yet, the words to the funeral song seem to at times describe the state of Satan before he was cast down. The lyrics might be seen as portraying Satan assigning divine attributes and honors to himself through his influence over the earthly king of Tyre. In some ways, this description of the king of Tyre foreshadows the beast spoken of in Daniel and Revelation. <\/p>\n<p>So, who is this lament for? As the Scripture says, it is for the king of Tyre. Yet, it pulls back the curtain on the spiritual world, revealing both the influences and dark forces at work behind the scenes and the sovereign power of God over such realms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1293],"scripture-chapter":[1361],"oyb_day":[1844],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7221","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-ezekiel","scripture-chapter-1361","oyb_day-november-13"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7221"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7221"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7221"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7221"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}