SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 15-19
15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.
19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 15-19
v. 15-17– We shouldn’t be attached or interested in anything of this world–we are not staying here!!!
18-19– We will see, and can see now through our spiritual eyes, how futile and pitifully short the things of this world are.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 20-25
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.
24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 20-25
. 20-23– God is speaking of Jesus. “I will clothe Him with thy robe ..” Jesus was clothed in our robe–in humanity–in sinfulness –and now we are clothed in His robe—in Righteousness, Power, Strength and Joy of God. In a blood covenant ceremony, the participants always exchange robes as a sign of exchanging everything of themselves–God used the blood covenant with Abraham to prove He will keep His promises to us, who are the Spiritual descendents of Abraham. This covenant is the most powerful and serious form of agreement ever established. It is absolutely unbreakable. And God exchanged all of His power and strength with all of our sinfulness and weakness! That is why we wear the full armor of Christ, because we have exchanged places in the Covenant Ceremony of Calvary!! The same idea is expressed in Jeremiah 43:10-13. Here the King of Babylon represents Christ, and in v. 12 it says “and He shall array himself with the land of Egypt •••” Christ arrays Himself with us –we have exchanged places with Him, and His power is ours, and our weakness was His, His body is clothed by us, and His body is us!
v. 24– The “offspring and the issue” refers to us–we are the offspring of God, Blood brothers of Jesus Christ. We are all different sizes and shapes, but all holding the same thing.
v. 25– The Hebrew word translated “cut down” also means “to cut the Covenant”. Jesus cut a new Covenant with us. We are His blood brothers and inherit all of God’s power through Him.
END OF CHAPTER 22