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. 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. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 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 (Ezekiel 28:13-16).
Proximity to God and the things of God are not a guarantee of goodness and holiness. These verses from Ezekiel concern and describe Satan. He was the highest and most beautiful of all the angels. He was present in the Garden of Eden; he knew the glory of God. And yet he rebelled against God, and all of humanity has suffered ever since. The lesson to us is that God is to be the center of our focus and we are to avoid anything and anyone that takes our focus off of the God that created us. We are to serve God.
Proximity to God and the things of God are not a guarantee of goodness and holiness. These verses from Ezekiel concern and describe Satan. He was the highest and most beautiful of all the angels. He was present in the Garden of Eden; he knew the glory of God. And yet he rebelled against God, and all of humanity has suffered ever since. The lesson to us is that God is to be the center of our focus and we are to avoid anything and anyone that takes our focus off of the God that created us. We are to serve God.
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