Ezekiel 28

28 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

It must be known, this is one of a few passages in scripture, where I do not understand its full meaning. But, I think it will be paramount for identifying the Antichrist when he comes. So, let's say a prayer, and see if I can do it right.

2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

The Prince of Tyre, one of the Forerunners of Antichrist, one of the Abominations, believes he is God. He believes he sits on the throne of God. And so I've met a fellow like this, severely deluded, and awesome in earthly authority. So, thus, this is easy to identify. A man who claims to be God, and that he is a God.

3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

He is wiser than Daniel. Or in the original Hebrew it says, "His wisdom comes from Daniel" which would be a more literal translation, that he gets his wisdom from Daniel the Prophet. Which Ezekiel was one of the Captives of Israel, along with Daniel, and Daniel's fame would be great among this period. Perhaps this Prince steals Daniel's wisdom, or plagiarizes it. And this Prince, every secret of the world is laid bare to him. There is nothing that can be hid from him.

4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

With his wisdom and understanding, he is rich. And fabulously wealthy. So you will know him, that he gets riches into his storehouses, and treasures into his safes. He makes himself prosperous.

5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

With his great riches, and wisdom--by his traffick, so he will have some sort of logistical enterprise--he will make himself rich.

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

And he set his heart to be like God. He wishes to be God, like the King of Assyria. 

7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

And the terrible of the nations shall draw their swords against his wisdom. How this will happen, I don't know, but perhaps his wisdom will be fought against by the terrible of the nations, and hindered, and caused to fail at some point. Where he wishes to grow so great, mighty, and rich by his wisdom, the other nations--the terrible of them--will know how dangerous it truly is, and even they will have to stop him. Or, perhaps they fight against his treatises.

8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

And they will bring The Prince of Tyre down to the pit, and slay him. And shall cast him into the sea.

9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

And this Prince, while before his slayers, shall say, "I am God!" for he truly believes it himself, but he is but a man, and will be cast down to hell, and slain.

10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

And though circumcised, he shall be slain as if uncircumcised, with no mercy.

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

So the King of Tyre is a master builder. He seals up the sum--which is something I've studied long and hard--he gave out perfect decrees at his beginning, and he sealed the sum of his city buildings perfectly. He has perfected wisdom, and is full of great wisdom.

13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

And this person was in Eden. He had nine of the twelve ephod stones--so possibly he only has three quarters of the scripture, nine tribes, and nine disciples. And he was a skilled musician. Above all others in his craft, with his song and skill with the instruments.

14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

He was one of the Cherubim--so he is one of the Two Beasts, the Dragon and Beast, a fallen Cherubim, this one the Cherubim who guarded Eden. Which the other four guard the throne of God.

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

He is perfectly beautiful. He had no sin, and was a perfect man, until sin was found in him, and he was corrupted.

16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

By the King of Tyre's economic measures, the entire earth was filled with violence. Because he had sinned, thus he will be cast out of the Mountain of God--when he attends the Wedding Feast, he will be naked, and have no garment. And be cast to outer darkness.

17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Because he was beautiful, and because he shined brightly--his fame was a beacon and had him in good esteem by everyone everywhere--it caused him to sin. Thus, he will be cast to the ground.

18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

By enriching himself from the office of king, at the expense of his whole kingdom, and because he defiled the sanctuaries by his iniquity--he used the Clergy as a method to control the people, like Hitler did, and taught the preachers to preach prosperity instead of humility--and because of his traffick, which shows like the Prince of Tyre--the King of Tyre was also into logistics and commerce,--it will devour him, and he will be brought to ashes by all who behold him. As the LORD will breath upon Satan on the last day, and reduce him to ash. So, this is the Beast, of course, where Egypt is the Dragon.

19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

And all who know him shall be astonished at him. He shall be a terror, and never will be again. He will be completely destroyed, utterly.

21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

This particular part I am even more unsure of, but will do my best.

22 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

Zidon is a feminine beast--and the LORD shall execute judgment in her. And He shall be sanctified in her--like Nineveh, the LORD was sanctified when abominable filth was cast onto her, like such great disgusting dirt as the scum underneath toenails. Possibly the False Prophet.

23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

The LORD shall send against Nineveh pestilence and shall hedge her in by her enemies. She shall be greatly afflicted by Zechariah's plague, for being against God's elect. And she will be greatly terrified by it.

24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God.

And Zidon besets Israel round about, and hedges him in, and is a terror to him. She fights him at every turn, turning him perplexed, and causing him to be greatly ashamed. And she is a thorn against him, and ever plucking against him, and festering. And they despise Israel. But they shall know the LORD is Israel's God, when the LORD Rises up for Battle.

25 Thus saith the Lord God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

And the LORD shall gather Israel, and settle them in their land, and shall give them Beulah and Hephzibah. 

26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.

When the LORD has executed his fury on Zidon--when he has defiled her with the plagues, and has caused his curse to pass from Israel, and take the cup of trembling from his hand, and give it to his enemies--then shall the Earth know the LORD is our God, when the LORD has given us the desire of our hearts, and has given us the taste of His wedding supper. Then we will be a well planted tree, by great and abundant waters, and spread forth our roots, and extend, and be a covering for many.