Sensual Enticements are Used to Chase the Spirit of Christ Out of His Sanctuary, Our Body.

Ezekiel 8

Click for a description of the mark of the beast.
Click for a description of the image of the beast.

As a consequence of serving the creature instead of the Creator, sensual and sexual desires consume the temple of God, which is our soul and spirit. Sensual/sexual urges are the very basic of carnal desires of human beings which cause people to walk in the flesh instead of the Spirit. By enflaming those basic desires, the door opens to welcoming the entity that gives people what to think, feel, say, and do.

As a result of living by the flesh and not the Spirit, “…they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.” Ezekiel 8:17b “Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain.” James 4:1-2

• Ezekiel sees the vision of the fiery loins of a man.
  • The vision relates to the leaders of the people.
  • The vision concerns the incitement of sensual and sexual behaviors.
• Ezekiel lifted between earth and heaven, sees the provocation of God’s jealousy in the inner sanctuary.
  • Lifted up between earth and heaven to see spiritual corruption.
  • Within the inner gate of the soul sits an image of jealousy that stirs up God’s jealousy.
  • Glory of God is seen according to Ezekiel’s vision.
• The detestable behavior at the altar of the soul chases God from His sanctuary, our spirit and soul.
  • At the gate of the altar sits the image of jealousy.
  • God leaves His sanctuary due to the behaviors done against Him.
  • More abominations against the temple of God are seen.
• The door hidden in the hole in the wall leads to serving the creature instead of the Creator.
  • At the door leading to the temple there is seen a hole in the wall.
  • There is a door buried in the hole of the wall.
  • The door in the hole of the wall reveals spiritually wicked behaviors.
  • The creature is served instead of the Creator.
• Devotion to the false god is given as spiritual darkness is embraced.
  • Incense goes up to the false god under the prevailing leadership.
  • Spiritual darkness is embraced saying God has forsaken the earth.
  • More detestable behaviors against God are about to be seen.
• Women mourn the death of the desire for sensual and sexual comfort.
• Backs are turned to the temple of God and faces turned towards the sun.
  • People turn their backs on the temple of God.
  • People turn their focus on the sun/global warming.
• The land is filled with violence and the judgment of God is coming.
  • Is it a trivial act to despise our soul as the home of the Holy Spirit?
  • The planet fills with violence and the wrath of God.
  • The Day of the Lord is coming with nothing to prevent this from occurring.

Ezekiel sees the vision of the fiery loins of a man.
The vision relates to the leaders of the people. “ And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.” Ezekiel 8:1

This verse refers to how much time the Israelites have been in captivity, “…in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month…” Ezekiel was a captive of Babylon under king Nebuchadnezzar, as was Daniel. Ezekiel had a grassroots ministry while Daniel was governing alongside king Nebuchadnezzar. King Jehoiachin is thought to be the governor over the Israelites during the time period in this verse. During this period of captivity, the hand of the Lord came on Ezekiel while he was sitting with the elders of Judah. God revealed something to Ezekiel about the spiritual corruption of the elders.

Ezekiel was sitting in his house, which was a house filled with faithfulness and reverence to the will of God and His word. In front of him sat the elders of Judah, who were spiritually corrupt, far from the will of God, and indulgent in sensual and sexual urges. In the presence of the spiritually wicked, the hand of God came upon Ezekiel to reveal a vision of their wickedness and the consequences.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we dedicate our home (our body) as the house of the Holy Spirit. When we are in the presence of spiritual wickedness, there is an overwhelming sense within us that the person is not living for Jesus Christ. The entity that governs through thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors is spiritual wickedness. This entity leads people to deny the existence of God and they cause conflict with the presence of the Holy Spirit. They love the darkness that hides their sin. Jesus Christ is the light shining in the dark, and His light lives in us. In Jesus, there is a vivid vision of the spiritual evil within them. Even for them, Jesus gave His life on the Cross for their redemption, if they believe in Him and confess that He is Lord.

The vision concerns the incitement of sensual and sexual behaviors. “Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of amber.” Ezekiel 8:2

This verse is the core of Ezekiel’s message in this chapter, which speaks against enflaming sexual or sensual indulgence against the will of God. The loins are the intimate region in the middle of the body, and Ezekiel saw this region as being very hot and inflamed from there upward and from there downward. The elders were indulging in and leading the Israelites into a burning sensual and sexual lifestyle from head to toe.

Today, the entity with power over physiology is able to enflame sensual and sexual feelings within people. This is the same entity that gives people their thoughts, words, behaviors, and feelings of all types. Its purpose is to enliven the image of the beast to live and speak through people and enflames sensual and sexual feelings to do so. When carnal desires are sparked, it leads us away from walking with Jesus Christ. People everywhere are seduced to conform to the global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. God does not operate in us to entice us to walk in the desires of the flesh, but in Jesus Christ we are led to walk in the Spirit.

Ezekiel’s vision in chapter one (seen almost 2600 years ago) is of the space shuttle, space station, and space satellites which relates to the false god in high places that is able to give people what to feel, think, say, and do. In this case, feelings are enflamed to incite sensual and sexual pleasure as people behave accordingly. This opens the whole can of worms of living for the standards and values of this world. What Ezekiel describes in the verse above, 8:2, is exactly what is described in Ezekiel 1:26-27 coming from entity in space, as described in the verses below,

“And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.” Ezekiel 1:26-27

These verses (1:26-27) describe a lot of detail about Ezekiel’s vision in chapter 1. The throne is above the firmament of the blue skies, which would be space. There in space is a throne that looks like a star (sapphire stone) which is what space and satellite equipment looks like from earth. Upon the “throne” is a “man”, and that “man” is not symbolic of God or Jesus Christ. This “man” is more like someone sitting in a space station or who sits in dominion over the space satellites and the whole space program. Ezekiel associates the vision in this chapter of the burning loins with the vision seen in Ezekiel 1 of the burning loins. The entity Ezekiel saw above the firmament (space) is responsible for inflaming the sensual and sexual feelings of people on this earth. God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit does not do that.

Jesus Christ rules from a place far above the space satellites, far above the darkness of space, and lives within our spirit and soul through the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ died on the Cross to atone for sin, was resurrected from the dead after three days in the grave, then was seated at the right hand of God in the heavenly places, “…far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.” Ephesians 1:21 Jesus Christ is coming back to bring us to live eternally with Him.

Ezekiel is lifted between earth and heaven and sees the provocation of God’s jealousy in the inner sanctuary.
Lifted up between earth and heaven to see spiritual corruption. “And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem…” Ezekiel 8:3a.

Ezekiel said a “form of a hand was put forth” and he was taken ‘‘by a lock of mine head” which refers to the physical realm. Ezekiel was then lifted up by the spirit “…between the earth and the heaven”. That is where God wanted Ezekiel to be to see the spiritual corruption within Israel. He was not involved in the earthly and carnal behaviors of the Israelites, but neither was he in the realm of Heaven. He was apart from the ways of the world around him but at the same time could see the spiritual wickedness all around him. Jesus Christ left His home in heaven to live on this earth among sinful humanity to bring sin to light and lead us to repentance.

Jesus Christ leaves us in this world and brings us home to Heaven at the end of all things. But Jesus doesn’t leave us without help, He has sent the Comforter (Holy Spirit) to sanctify us to set us apart from spiritual corruption. We are lifted up between earth and heaven. “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.” John 17:15-19

The entity with power over physiology mimics everything that God does because it wants to set itself up as God within the temple of God, our body. It is also lifted up between heaven and earth, as described here, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth: Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”; then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover over its mouth. Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.” Zachariah 5:6-9. Click for the full post on the woman in the basket.

The source of power of the entity with power over physiology is described in Ezekiel 1 referring to the space shuttle, space station, and space satellites. This entity governs through thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors as it enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. They are lifted up between heaven and earth as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. The masses of the global culture live by the earthly realm of physiology but are lifted up above natural human capabilities. Jesus Christ calls them robbers and thieves who try to enter the Kingdom of God without coming to the Cross for the remission of sin.

The entity with power to lift people up above earthly human capabilities is doing so by working through physiology. That is done by empowering the people of the global culture with uncanny knowledge, heightened intuition, uncanny authority over others, extraordinary skills and talents, amazing physical abilities and accomplishments, a wide range of fabricated emotions, physical comforts, sensual pleasures, and sexual pleasures. In exchange for physiological empowerment, they have given their soul into the hand of Satan. Jesus Christ has said, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” Mark 8:36-37

When a person is lifted up above earthly human capabilities, they see the world from the eyes of the entity that gives them what to feel, think, say, and do. They see a world without a need for God, that tells Jesus Christ He is not needed, and locks the Holy Spirit in the outhouse. They see a world without God’s love, without the forgiveness of Jesus, and without the presence of the Holy Spirit. They proclaim, “What’s love got to do with it?” Jesus Christ answers, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” John 3:5

Within the inner gate of the soul sits an image of jealousy that stirs up God’s jealousy. “…to the door of the inner gate that looks toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.” Ezekiel 8:3b.

Ezekiel had a view into the inner gate, which is the view into the inner gate of the soul of people. The soul is created to be the temple of the Holy Spirit, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16.  Jesus Christ died on the Cross and God raised Him from the dead to atone for sin and to give us the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the only source of the Holy Spirit and He is the only one who can make us to be the home of the Holy Spirit.

Today, there is something else sitting within people. It is the “seat of the image of jealousy” that refers to the entity that sits in the thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors of people as if it is God. This is the false god of the high places “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click for a post on the “man of sin”. This provokes our Lord to jealousy, “If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:17

The entity that sits in the human body by giving people their thoughts and feelings enlivens the image of the beast to live and speak through people. God is jealous in the sense that He has created us to be faithful to the image of Christ to live within our spirit and soul.

Th entity that has power over physiology to form what we feel and think enflames the most basic of carnal desires, which are sensual and sexual. When people open themselves to the pleasures of the flesh, it draws people away from walking in the Spirit as they walk in the flesh. From there, they begin to serve the entity within them that governs through their thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors while crowding out Jesus Christ.

“Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Glory of God is seen according to Ezekiel’s vision. “And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.” Ezekiel 8:4

The vision that Ezekiel saw in the plain is the vision he saw in Ezekiel one of the space shuttle, space station, and space satellites. This is the false god in the high places that gives people their thoughts, behaviors, feelings, and words. “For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregations on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ Isaiah 14:13-14

The glory of God according to the vision in the plain is also mentioned in Ezekiel 3:23-26. Both times, it relates to the glory of God being present at the same time Ezekiel’s vision in chapter one is operating. The verse of this post contrasts the exposure to sensual and sexual desires within the temple of God (as we see in the coming verses) with the ability to resist indulging in lustful practices by the glory of God. In Ezekiel 3:23-26, the combination of the glory of God with the vision of Ezekiel in chapter 1 relates to coming apart from those who rebel against God. At the same time, the global culture that lives by the entity governing through their thoughts, words, behaviors, and feelings restricts the movement of those who spread the Gospel of Christ. Below are the verses from Ezekiel 3:23-26.

“So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face. Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: “Go, shut yourself inside your house. And you, O son of man, surely they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them. I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and not be one to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.” Ezekiel 3:23-26

The entity of this world, with power over physiology, is able to enflame our most intimate and impudent feelings to the point we do not feel worthy of God’s love. But by the grace, mercy, and love of God we are saved by Jesus Christ, not by our own righteousness. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.” John 6:47

No matter how sinful we are made to feel, keep on believing in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord. “…when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Titus 3:4-7

The detestable behavior at the altar of the soul chases God from His sanctuary, our spirit and soul.
At the gate of the altar sits the image of jealousy. “Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.” Ezekiel 8:5

Towards the north, in the high places above the clouds, is where Satan exalts himself above God, “For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregations on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ Isaiah 14:13-14 Ezekiel’s vision in chapter one is of the space shuttles, space station, and space satellites, which corresponds to the entity that gives people what to feel, do, think, and say. This is by the work of Satan.

An image of jealous was revealed to Ezekiel at the entrance of the gate of the altar. The gate of the altar represents the doorway to our soul and spirit, where we choose to surrender our life to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior or to yield our soul to the entity that gives us our thoughts, feelings, words, and actions. The image of jealousy refers to the entity, that God detests, sitting in the temple of the Holy Spirit, our body. God is jealous and detests our body being given to the one “… who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

The image of jealousy also refers to the provocation of sensual and sexual jealousy of those who do not serve the entity that governs through physiology. This entity enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. By what they say and do, sensual and sexual desires are used to provoke those outside of their global culture. With external physical provocations appealing to what we see and hear, there is also an internal fire incited within the carnal nature by the entity giving people what to feel. This arouses the beastly side of human nature which incites violence and anti-social behaviors on many levels. This provocation of sensual and sexual jealousy is to damage the ability of people to enter through the gate into God’s presence by living for Jesus Christ.

“Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

God leaves His sanctuary due to the behaviors done against Him. “He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary?” Ezekiel 8:6a.

God occupies the spirit and soul when we believe in Jesus Christ who atones for sin…we are given the Holy Spirit and He draws near to us. God has gone far off from the Jewish people, and He is not found within the sanctuary of their soul. Where is Jesus Christ, the giver of the Holy Spirit, within Israel? They have thrown the Gospel of Jesus Christ far from them. They have thrown out the entire New Testament from their Bible and only live by the Old Testament. Jesus Christ promised them and all of us, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:12-13

The detestable behaviors done within the sanctuary of the soul and spirit is offensive to God who has created human beings to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. He goes far off from His sanctuary as Jesus Christ walks out of the temple, “Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple,” Matthew 24:1 Click here for a post on Jesus walking out of the Church.

When God and Jesus Christ leave the temple of the human spirit and soul, the Holy Spirit is taken out of this world. The Holy Spirit is He who restrains lawlessness and anti-social behavior from appearing on this planet, “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.” 2 Thessalonians 2:7 We can see that lawlessness comes through the provocation of jealousy relating to the carnal desires of the beastly human nature, “Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain.” James 4:1-2

Today, the churches are no longer a light shining with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They have joined the global culture in serving the false god in high places that gives them what to say, do, think, and feel. God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit have walked out and gone far from the churches. Government lawmakers no longer include the values of the Bible in policies. The educational system does not allow the teachings of the Bible in the classrooms. And Christianity is not welcomed in any sector of society.

More abominations against the temple of God are seen. “…but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.” Ezekiel 8:6b.

The following verses mention more detestable behavior against God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

The door hidden in the hole in the wall leads to serving the creature instead of the Creator.
At the door leading to the temple there is seen a hole in the wall. “And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.” Ezekiel 8:7

The “door of the court” opens passage into the inner sanctuary where God resides. This is the door of our spirit and soul that leads into the presence of God to make us the temple of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is that door and there is no other way into the presence of God except through Him, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.” John 10:9

Today, the door is not being used but instead there is a hole in the wall that people are climbing in through. Jesus Christ has been discarded along with a focus on the spirit and soul. Instead, the focus is put on the entity that makes its home within people by giving them their thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors. This entity bypasses the spirit, but the only way to God is through His Spirit, Jesus Christ says that “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24 

The door opens through the spirit and soul, but the hole in the wall is physiology. The human spirit is hardened against Jesus Christ to keep the door closed to the Holy Spirit. Entry into the human body is happening through physiology to give people what to feel and think, which is the hole in the wall. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.” John 10:1

There is a door buried in the hole of the wall. “Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.” Ezekiel 8:8

Ezekiel dug within the hole in the wall, and he found a door. That door opens through human physiology. The entity of this world uses the door of physiology to enter into people by the power to form thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors. It even sets itself up as God within us as if it were God, “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

The door in the wall is a secret place working within physiology and the Holy Spirit says this about Satan’s deep secrets, “….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’” Revelation 2:24-25

The door in the hole of the wall reveals spiritually wicked behaviors. “And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.” Ezekiel 8:9

When our body is a door that opens up to something other than Jesus Christ, there is going to appear abominations. Jesus Christ brings life to the Spirit’s fruit, anything else brings life to the flesh, and we know the tree by the fruit. We can be a spiritual tree bringing the fruit of the Spirit, or we are a carnal tree bringing the fruit of the flesh. “Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.” Romans 1:22-23 We live in a world that serves the creature human being instead of God the Creator.

The entity that governs through thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors fills the world with abominable ways. It has polluted the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit and turned it into spiritual corruption. God’s love, grace, and mercy is offered to us, but this present world culture does not believe in God. Jesus Christ gave His life on the Cross to atone for sin, but this world does not acknowledge sin and discards the need to be born again by the Spirit. We are given the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ to live a life of Holiness, but today’s culture oppresses the appearance of His presence.

Today, the abominations against God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are seen in this world. The spiritual disease becomes worse as the days progress forward, and the world becomes “…a dwelling for demons and a
haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.” Revelation 18:2

As for me, Jesus Christ is my Lord, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” Romans 116-17

The creature is served instead of the Creator. “So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.” Ezekiel 8:10

Ezekiel enters into the secret door hidden in the hole in the wall and he sees a vision of the world we live in today.

The wall built against God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit is humanism, which serves people as the human beast instead of serving God as the divine Creator. Humanism is the fig leaf worn by the entity with power over physiology to form what people think, feel, do, and say. Humanism is “…an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.”

The requirement for entering the secret door in the wall is to denounce God and His Son Jesus Christ and then to accept that people are no different than any specie of beast or animal. Then, the entity with power over physiology will give the person what to say, do, feel, and think, which replaces the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the human conscience. This entity enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people by giving them what to think and feel. The masses of the global culture are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

“Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.” Romans 1:24-27

Devotion to the false god is given and spiritual darkness is embraced.
Incense goes up to the false god under the prevailing leadership. “And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.” Ezekiel 8:11

Incense symbolizes spiritual communication with God, similar to prayer. This expresses the spirit and soul’s devotion, praise, and reverence to God in the name of Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit. However, Jaazaniah was offering up adoration and praise to the false god and leading the 70 elders to do the same. In turn, these leaders of the church would teach those in their congregation to do the same. They were inciting the beastly carnal nature to indulge in sensual and sexual desires.

“Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.” Matthew 15:14 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.” Matthew 23:15

Today, the leaders of the churches seem to be giving praise, devotion, and reverence to God, but they ignore Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. They are not feeding the congregation with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They no longer offer up the communion of the spirit and soul in thankfulness for what Jesus Christ did for us on the Cross. He suffered, shed His blood, and died to atone for sin. The churches no longer express thankfulness to God for raising Jesus Christ from the dead after three days. Because He lives, we will live eternally with Him. The churches no longer lift up praise from the spirit and soul that Jesus Christ has ascended into Heaven where He intercedes for us. The churches are no longer devoting their spirit and soul to the Holy Spirit.

Jesus said to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ” Luke 19:46

The leaders of the churches are giving their praise, devotion, and reverence to the false god that gives them what to think, feel, say, and do. This entity enlivens the image of the beast to live and speak through people. By what they say and do, they harden the spirit and soul against Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. They have no devotion, praise, or reverence to offer up to God the Creator. People everywhere offer up their life to the global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

Spiritual darkness is embraced saying God has forsaken the earth. “Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.” Ezekiel 8:12

Today, the Jewish people are living in darkness because they reject Jesus Christ. Jesus is the light of this world who shines into dark places to reveal sin. Through Jesus Christ, we are able to see our need for the remission of sin and to receive the Holy Spirit. The Jewish people must feel abandoned by God, as if He does not see, but through Jesus Christ, and Him only, do we have the Comforter, the Holy Spirit. “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” John 14:16-18

We live in a world that loves the darkness more than light, a world that has no awareness that God sees, and the populations are led to believe this earth has been forsaken of the existence of a living God. They seduce the masses of people to live within their own chambers of imagery to live according to the will of the entity that governs through thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors.

“The phrase “…every man in the chambers of his imagery…” lets us know that each individual is given a role to fulfill within the global culture. These roles are accomplished as the image of the beast lives and speaks through individuals by the entity giving them what to say, do, feel, and think. By what they say and do, each person is given their place in society as they are groomed to the mark of the beast.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are not to live in the secret chambers of the image that opposes God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. “…to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’” Revelation 2:24-25 NIV

Those of the global culture do not want a light to shine in their secret chamber, they do not want their motives to be exposed. They are hostile against being exposed as people who serve the will of the beast as servants to the global government of the beast. Today, we can say about the leaders in the churches and of this world what Ezekiel said, “Then said He unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark,” They love the darkness more than the light, “And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.” John 3:19-20

Those who live for the false god in the high places wants us to believe that Jesus Christ is not coming back, and that God has forsaken the whole earth, “…for they say, the Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.” “…knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” 2 Peter 3:3-4

The scoffers do not deny that global warming is already here, but they have no idea that global warming is the Fourth Plague in Revelation 16:8-9, “The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire. They were seared by the intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.” Revelation 16:8-9 Global warming is instrumental in collapsing the power center of the beast (Fifth Plague) which renders the world government and its global culture powerless. In that powerlessness, the Battle of Armageddon arises in the Sixth Plague. The Day of the Lord comes, and Jesus Christ returns as promised.

More detestable behaviors against God are about to be seen. “He said also unto me, turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.” Ezekiel 8:13

More detestable behaviors against God are seen in the coming verses.

Women mourn the death of the desire for sensual and sexual desire. “Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.” Ezkiel 8:14

Tammuz was a god associated with fertility and new life, which inspired sensual and sexual passions among the worshippers. Every year, the Israelite women mourned the death of Tammuz in a ritual similar to how people visit the graves of their loved ones to grieve their loss. Ezekiel witnessed people mourning for the god of lust and pleasure at the entrance of the temple of the Lord.

Jesus Christ died on the Cross to atone for sin and make us the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Holy Spirit. He brings life to us in the Spirit and frees us from allowing the carnal desires of the human beast to rule over us. “Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?” 1 Corinthians 6:18-19

The entity that has power over physiology sees the arousal of sensual and sexual desires as a way to captivate the will of the person. As people feel enjoyment by living for the passions of the flesh, opposition is created against the Spirit. When people exalt carnal desires over the Spirit, the door opens to accepting the entity that gives people what to think, feel, do, and say. That’s because this entity opposes the Spirit and hardens the human spirit against Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit has this to say, “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh;” Galatians 5:16-17

As followers of Jesus Christ, we live for the Spirit and moderate life in the flesh. Those who govern and live for the entity giving people what to feel and do, weep when people die to the flesh and live to the Spirit. We die to drinking from the cup of demons and live by the food given to us through Jesus Christ, “You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He? All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.” 1 Corinthians 10:21-23

There is a gate within our spirit and soul that leads into the presence of the Spirit. At this gate we have to decide whether to live for Jesus Christ in the Spirit or to live by the will of the flesh. By choosing Jesus, we dedicate our body to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. If we choose the way of this world then we serve the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 He sits within people, the temple of God, through the entity giving them what to think, feel, do, and say. Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

After six years of working as a janitor in a church/Christian school (retired in 2020), I know how the heat of sensual and sexual allure is used. I’m not going to talk about the short shorts that the young women wear, nor the short shear skirts, nor the sweet seductive smiles, nor the wet t-shirt exposition that they call baptisms, nor the gentle brushes of their body against me, and the list goes on and on. The women are more in love with sensual fertility than they are with arousing interest in Jesus Christ. They corrupt the house of God. Their power for enticing others to accept the entity that gives people what to think, feel, do, and say (or to incite aggressively bad behaviors) rests in that fertility. If fertility dies, or they are ignored, then they mourn because they lose their power of enticement.

The whole purpose of sexual/sensual enticement is to lure people into allowing the image of the beast to live and speak through them through the entity giving them what to feel and think. They are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

More detestable behaviors against God are seen. “Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.” Ezekiel 8:15

Even more detestable behaviors are seen in the verses to come.

Backs are turned to the temple of God and faces turned towards the sun.
People turn their backs on the temple of God. “And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord…” Ezekiel 8:16a.

The location of “…between the porch and the altar…” is easily described by thinking of the safe distance between a porch of a house and a bar-b-que grill. The area between the porch and the bar-b-que grill is the location “...between the porch and the altar…” The porch is the place just before entering the door into the temple of the Lord. This symbolizes the place just before entering into the presence of the Lord within our soul and spirit. We are created to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. The altar is where animal sacrifices were burnt in the fire. The altar of the soul is where we offer ourselves to Jesus Christ who gave Himself as a sacrifice, the Lamb of God, to atone for sin.

The “twenty-five men”, were between the porch and the altar, and represent the ministers of the churches responsible for escorting people into the temple through the preaching and teaching of the Gospel of Christ. The ministers of today’s churches have their backs turned to the temple of the Lord, meaning they refuse to serve God by bringing people to Jesus Christ for the remission of sin. People are not being led to dedicate their body as the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Today, the Israelis and Jewish people all around the world have turned their backs on the temple of God by rejecting Jesus Christ who gives the Holy Spirit by the remission of sin. Jesus said this, “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.” Matthew 23:13

The entity giving people what to feel, think, say, and do has its back turned towards the temple of God to prohibit anyone from entering. This entity is hostile to the human body being the temple of the Holy Spirit. It enflames feelings against the spirit of Holiness, browbeats thoughts focused on Jesus Christ, forms words against the word of God, and manipulates behaviors contrary to the will of God. The purpose of this entity is to enliven the image of the beast to live and speak through people. People everywhere conform to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

People turn their focus on the sun/global warming. “…and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.” Ezekiel 8:16b.

Church leaders and people on all levels of government leadership have turned their backs on God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. They turn the focus of the people on the sun and most urgently stress the devasting effects of global warming. To appease their sun god, they say that collective action of every person in every city around the world is required. For them, global warming is an opportunity to unify the global culture under the United Nations. The UN is progressing forward in being the one world government.

While people in every city around the world turn their faces towards the sun, they refuse to acknowledge that global warming is the Fourth Plague mentioned in Revelation 16:8-9. “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” Revelation 16:8-9

With their faces turned toward the sun, the masses of people around the world are prevented from dedicating their body as the home of the Holy Spirit. Everyone is required to live for the anti-Christian entity that governs through thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors. Global warming and the global government are progressing hand-in-hand. The stronger the United Nations becomes as the one world government the stronger and more intense global warming becomes.

Jesus Christ is coming back, and He tells us signs will appear in the sky before He does. Global warming is definitely a sign in the sky, and so is the space station and space satellites that are in the stars, as Ezekiel described in chapter 1. Things on earth become painful and sorrowful as people turn their face toward the sun and away from Jesus Christ.

The hand of God is still working in the world, Jesus is alive, and we must keep our focus on Him. “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” Luke 21:25-28

The land is filled with violence and the judgment of God is coming.
Is it a trivial act to despise our soul as the home of the Holy Spirit? “Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here?” Ezekiel 8:17a.

Today, the State of Israel has committed obvious abominations to the Lord. Foremost, they have barred Jesus Christ from entering into their culture. They live by the Old Testament and have thrown the Gospel of Christ, the entire New Testament, far from them. Only through Jesus Christ is there remission of sin and eternal life in the New Jerusalem. Today, the Israelis have the most liberal abortion rights laws in the world, they embrace the promotion of LGBQT lifestyles, have been in 18 wars since 1948, and the list goes on. Also, the Israelis embrace the global culture as they join with them in protesting against the government of Israel to demand conformity to the will of the United Nations. Is it a light thing for the Jewish people everywhere and the Israelis to commit those abominations against God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit?

Did you know the Bible puts the Jewish people in the same category of the governing authorities and unbelievers? What is written in the following verse is true today as it was when the Apostle Peter spoke these words, “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.” Acts 4:27-28 Jesus Christ was crucified and put to death by them. God is not defeated, what they meant as evil towards Jesus Christ turned out for the good of humanity. By His death on the Cross, the atonement for our sin was made, God raised Him to life from the grave after three days, and because He lives, whoever believes will live eternally with him.

Today, the world government and its global culture commit abominations by desolating the temple of the Holy Spirit, our body. There is an entity in this world that gives people what to think, feel, do, and say so that it can sit within us as if it is God. This entity enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. Is it a light thing to the people of this world that they commit the abominations which they commit against God, Jesus, and the holy Spirit?”

Jesus Christ came to redeem us as the temple of the Holy Spirit, and the word of God speaks these words to us, “If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:17

The planet fills with violence and the wrath of God. “…for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.” Ezekiel 8:17b.

In the previous verse of the previous post, the question was asked, “Is it a light thing to commit abominations against God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit?” Certainly it is not, as the fury of the Lord is aroused, and this planet fills with violence.

What is happening within the State of Israel is a preview of what is going to happen to the world government and its global culture. The land of Israel is filled with violence, being in 18 wars since 1948, and even a war in that year. There really hasn’t been a time of peace for Israel since the day they were declared a state. To put the “branch to the nose” is a practice used in worshipping a false god, nothing to do with worshipping the living God of Jesus Christ.

When this world system follows the will of the entity that governs through their thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors, it grieves the Holy Spirit, sears the conscience, and provokes the anger of the Lord. “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron”. 1 Timothy 4:1-2

The human spirit and conscience are replaced by the entity giving people what to think and feel, which builds a wall against the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ who gives peace, life and Salvation. The Holy Spirit is He who restrains lawlessness and anti-social behavior. When He is taken out of the way, this provokes the anger of the Lord as tribulation is unleashed. Click here for a post on the “lawless one”.

The Day of the Lord is coming with nothing to prevent this from occurring. “Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.” Ezekiel 8:18

The State of Israel is not being spared today and will not be spared as the members of the United Nations establishes themselves as the one world government. God’s judgment comes against Israel through the world government. “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.” Ezekiel 22:19-20

What is happening to Israel will happen to the world government and its global culture. There will be no pity and the fury of God will not be held back and their meaningless prayers and cries will not be heard. “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.” Matthew 12:31 “If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:17 The world is and continues to be “…a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.” Revelation 18:2

God’s hand is already working in this world through global warming to bring His fury against the world government of the beast and its global culture. Global warming is the Fourth Plague and is instrumental in bringing the destruction of the power center of the beast in the Fifth Plague. That renders the government of the beast powerless with no ability to work through physiology to give people what to think, feel, do, and say. That means there will be no more power to enable the image of the beast to live and speak through people. There will be no power to hold people to a specific station in life through the mark of the beast. In that powerlessness, arises the Battle of Armageddon of the Sixth Plague. Jesus Christ returns soon after that. Whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. Click here for a post on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Plague.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1