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Ezekiel chapter 26, verse 21, I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more.

Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.

So these words are spoken by God to Tyre through the prophet Ezekiel.

It's basically a prophecy that Tyre will come to an end. And it's a reminder that every kingdom of this world

will come to a dreadful end, that the kingdoms of this world will all, all, all of them

come to an end. Only the kingdom of God will remain forever. So what's the takeaway here

for us? Don't put your trust in the kingdoms of this world. Don't put your trust in the powers of

this world. Don't hitch your life to the kingdoms of this world. They're going to come to a dreadful

end. They will be no more, though they will be sought for. They will never be found again. Don't put your trust in the

United States of America. Don't put your trust in England. Don't put your trust in China. Don't put

your trust in India. Don't put your trust in the leaders, the powers, the rulers, the

authorities of this world. They're all going to come to a dreadful

end. And God's kingdom alone is going to reign. Oh God, help us to live with this perspective

today. In every way, God, in a big picture way, help us not to trust in any kingdom of this world. Help us not

to live, ultimately to promote any kingdom of this world. Help us to live today, to promote your

kingdom, to share the good news of the King Jesus. Help us to live for King Jesus above all. And God,

we pray that you would help us not to fix our eyes on earthly things, which are all

passing away. Not even in just a big picture sense, kingdoms of this world, God, in a smaller

picture sense, God, in our lives today, as we look around at our possessions, as we look around

at what we're pursuing and what we're living for, what we're fixing our eyes on,

our attention on, our affections on.

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