April 29, 587 B.C.

On this date Ezekiel, having received a message from the Lord, declares that Babylon will destroy Egypt; that Egypt's idols will be smashed and destroyed; and that her people will be carried off into captivity. The year before this Pharoah Hophra had come to Zedekiah's aid when Babylon besieged Jerusalem. He had been soundly defeated and went back to Egypt licking his wounds. After the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC, Nebuchadnezzar would invade Egypt and destroy her. So prophesied. So done. Egypt would never again be a prominent world power, to this day.

The point here, the faith lesson, is that God will do what he says he will do. Men are often stupid enough to mock God's promises because they have not all been fulfilled since the day they were made. This is a foolish position indeed. God doesn't feel the need to chain himself to man's expectations; this would be something akin to a lion responding to an ant; it is beyond the bounds of possibility. God holds his own council, but he accomplishes all he has promised. And by all, I mean all.