Ezekiel 32
McGeeEzekiel 32:2
“Thou art as a whale in the seas” is better translated “thou art like a monster, the crocodile.” The Egyptians worshiped both the lion and the crocodile. “Thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.” You see, back there they had an ecology problem. Old Pharaoh was muddying the water.
Ezekiel 32:3
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee"“just as you put nets in the Nile River to get fish, that’s the way I am going to catch you, you monster of the Nile River, you crocodile!” It is as if God is saying, “I am going to pull you out and move you to a place where you won’t live in a palace. You will find yourself on the same plane with your subjects.” Death surely does level out humanity, does it not?
Ezekiel 32:11
The king of Babylon will take Egypt.
Ezekiel 32:18
Now Pharaoh will find that the other rulers are down there in sheol
Ezekiel 32:22
“Asshur” is Assyria. And he finds somebody else is there
Ezekiel 32:24
“There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave.” You see, the body was put in the grave, but they have gone to another place, to sheol, the unseen world. Our Lord Jesus called it the place of torment for those who are lost. The saved are in the section which He called Abraham’s Bosom; then later to the repentant thief on the cross He called it paradise: “Today thou shalt be with me in paradise.” Here are others Pharaoh finds in sheol
Ezekiel 32:26
And Edom is there also
Ezekiel 32:29
Now listen to this
Ezekiel 32:32
Ezekiel only gives us a glimpse of that unseen world called sheol. Remember, we see only a fleeting view of this place. Don’t try to build a skyscraper, or a merchandise center, or a mall, or a shopping area, on a place that only has a foundation big enough for a tool shed! In other words, you can’t build a theology on this, because all we have had is a little peek into the unseen world. And it is all God intended for us to see.