Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though you are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
Ezekiel 28:9
These words were said by God through Ezekiel to the king of Tyre. This Phoenician despot had grown proud and had believed the original lie that Satan tried to sell to Eve... that human beings could be gods. The king of Tyre claimed deity and mocked the God of Israel. But Yahweh will not be replaced by any mere mortal. God decreed that human armies would invade Tyre, capture the delusional king, and kill him. The “god” would die at the hands of soldiers.
A lot can be learned about the dangers of self-deifying. No human can be like God. We are not in control of our universe. When we think we are, God will intervene with a humbling event. He will make Himself known. His power will prevail. None of us is godlike. Even the pinnacle of human power is pathetically weak before God’s sovereign control. The king of Tyre learned this in death. Any human’s boasting will be demolished in the grave.
But there is One Who has conquered death... Whom no grave could hold. There is One Who is the Lord of life. Jesus is my God and Savior. He is my only boast. He is life that defeats death so that even in death, my God prevails. My own pride will not give me life... but God does in His Son!
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