Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That, The Eagle You Picked Does Not Have Your Back (Ezekiel 17)

“Anywhere a believer finds him or herself this side of eternity is Babylon.

The Jerusalem Jews were supposed to submit to Babylon, even to exile, as an appropriate and deserved discipline. It was the LORD’s way of preserving them. They instead added oath breaking to their rebellion by seeking an alliance with Egypt.

Living in Babylon means being thrown into fiery furnaces and spending nights with lions, but also experiencing the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit.”