Ezekiel: God who travels Chapter 32

 

Trading... Ezekiel 28

Let’s imagine this: God and Satan in their heavenly realms. Upon learning God’s plan, Satan would inevitably rebel—because he would never want to be a lesser servant to beings that God loves so deeply. This is where God’s Son, Jesus, enters the story—both fully God and fully human. This truth is neither new nor secret, yet many today do not seek God as He desires.

Let’s expand on this idea of “trading.” Trading is the act of taking away, often without limit. Satan’s rebellion was essentially a trade—a taking away without boundary or regard, not even for God Himself, his Creator.

God sits on His throne, seeing all. He foresees two possible outcomes for humanity: good, chosen through obedience, and evil, chosen through disobedience.

God intended to teach these little children—humans—what is good and what is evil. But He did not teach this to the angels, whom He created first. Why is that? If God created the angels first, wouldn’t they already know good and evil? As it says in Job 38:4-7:

"On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?"

For those unsure, angels were created before humans, as confirmed in Job 38:4-7. What remains unclear is whether angels were taught the difference between good and evil.

Yet, to be an angel implies a certain knowledge of good and evil.

To be human means you must choose to know the difference between good and evil.

This highlights the essential difference: knowing versus choosing.

Angels know.

Humans choose to know.

Such differences. Such privileges.

To know good and evil means a continual, unending battle—this is the angelic experience.

To choose between good and evil means to understand and experience them fully—this is the human journey.

This is God’s will: whether humans choose good or evil, God has provided a solution for the choice of evil. This is the sad story—the story that must break God’s heart, that must hammer His bones, pierce His head, shed His blood, die, and taste death—in Jesus, His Son, who is both God and human.

Divine trading.

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