The State of Israel has been carried into captivity according to the word of God spoken in the Bible

Ezekiel 12

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• Ezekiel portrays an object lesson for the Israelites about their captivity.
  • Israel has eyes to see and ears to hear but they do not.
  • Ezekiel is told to prepare his belongings for captivity in the daylight as an object lesson.
  • Ezekiel is told to transfer to another place to begin his captivity as an object lesson.
  • Ezekiel is told to bring his belongings out by day and by night go like going into captivity.
  • Ezekiel is told to dig through the wall and carry his belongings through it.
  • Ezekiel is told to put his belongings on his shoulders and cover his face to not see the ground.
  • Ezekiel portrays the object lesson as the Lord told Him.
• The State of Israel is carried into captivity.
  • The Israelites wonder what Ezekiel is doing.
  • God’s word concerns the leader of Israel and all of the Israelis.
  • God’s word is a sign to Israel of them being carried into captivity.
  • Israel’s leader puts his belongings on his shoulder and goes out.
  • Israel’s people carry their belongings through the wall without being able to see the ground.
• The State of Israel dies in captivity with no one able to help.
  • The State of Israel is caught in the snare and dies in captivity.
  • The State of Israel has no effective help against the wrath coming against them.
  • The Israelis are scattered and dispersed among the nations.
  • A remnant of Israel will be spared to confess their sin to the Gentiles.
• The populations within the State of Israel are filled with anxiety and will be desolated.
  • Ezekiel is told to eat his bread and drink his water with trembling and anxiety, as an object lesson.
  • The populated cities of the State of Israel will be laid waste and made desolate.
• The fulfillment of Bible prophecy is here, and the Jewish version of the Old Testament is out.
  • The Israelis do not believe in the coming of their Messiah after thousands of years.
  • The day of Israel’s Messiah is already here, Jesus Christ has come.
  • The end of the Jewish people’s false presentation of Old Testament prophecy is here.
  • The word of God is true and is being revealed in the world today.
  • The prophecies are here today, not something happening in a far-off time.
  • The word of God is being done.

Ezekiel portrays an objective lesson for the Israelites about their captivity.
Israel has eyes to see and ears to hear but they do not. “Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for they are a rebellious house.” Ezekiel 12:1-2

The Jewish people have the Old Testament in their possession, so all of the prophecies of the Bible are there for them to see and to hear. The whole Old Testament flows with the “scarlet cord” pointing to Jesus as the Christ, which basically makes the Old Testament new by believing in Him. Also, the prophecies refer to the captivity of Israel, and the Jewish people do not see and hear that their captivity is not a thing of the past. How can the Israelis possibly believe that living in the State of Israel is the promised land with freedom of spirit and soul? They have been involved in 18 wars since the year they were established in 1948. Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. This is the wrath of God’s judgment coming against them at the hand of the global government. The Israelis are a rebellious house.

The Jewish people are not able to see or hear the prophecies of the Old Testament concerning Jesus Christ being their Messiah. Their spirit and soul remain in captivity as they reject the will of God, which is to accept Jesus as the Christ. If they did receive Jesus, not only would they be forgiven of sin and find life and freedom in spirit and soul, but they would have been free from living in the boiling pot called the State of Israel. They would have been Christians, without their own nation on this earth, like every follower of Jesus. The nation of Israel would never have come into existence because the nation of Christians is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth.

We who see and hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ realize that the Kingdom of God is within us and is not an earthly place with a king and borders. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit and that is what Jesus wants the Jewish people to see and hear, but they do not. “For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, so that I should heal them. ’But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.” Matthew 13:15-17

Ezekiel is told to prepare his belongings for captivity in the daylight as an object lesson for all to see. “Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for captivity, and go into captivity by day in their sight.” Ezekiel 12:3a.

It was hard for the Israelites to envision themselves packing up their belongings in preparation to go into captivity, but this is what Ezekiel was showing them would happen. As Ezekiel warned about, the Israelites were taken into captivity by king Nebuchadnezzar, which represents the global government of today. Today, the captivity of the Jewish people happened when they packed up their belongings and migrated to the State of Israel in 1948 (by the will of the global government of the United Nations). They wanted their own land with a king and that is what was given to them through the State of Israel.

God wanted the Israelites to make Jesus Christ their King with the land of the New Jerusalem being theirs in the new heaven and earth. Because of their hard heartedness against Jesus, God gave them their own Jewish nation in 1948, which is perfectly described in this verse “But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord. And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.” 1 Samuel 8:6-7

For the people of this world, packing up with material belongings instead of packing up with Jesus Christ leads to spiritual captivity. Putting a higher value on possessions than the Holy Spirit leads to captivity to sin and of spirit and soul. “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” Mark 8:36

Ezekiel transfers to another place to begin his captivity as an object lesson.” You shall go from your place into captivity to another place in their sight. It may be that they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.” Ezekiel12:3b.

When Ezekiel showed the object lesson to the Israelites, the hope was that they would understand that they were carrying themselves into captivity in their rebellion against the will of God. Today, the Jewish people went from their places, were scattered and dispersed around the world before 1948, and then went to the State of Israel in 1948. Their eyes and ears were not able to see or hear that they were carrying themselves into captivity. They have all of the Old Testament scriptures that we have today (none of the New Testament), and they have the State of Israel. What they don’t have is Jesus Christ as their King, President, and Prime Minister.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own. We do not have the hope of an earthly land, nor an earthly king to govern over us. What we do have is the inheritance of eternal life in the New Jerusalem with Jesus Christ as the governor of our soul. The Israelis are supposed to be Christians with us, but they reject Jesus, their Messiah, and have opted for their own Jewish nation on this earth.

Ezekiel brings his belongings out by day and by night goes like going into captivity. “By day you shall bring out your belongings in their sight, as though going into captivity; and at evening you shall go in their sight, like those who go into captivity.” Ezekiel 12:4

Ezekiel brought out his belongings in the daylight as though preparing to go into captivity. This is like the Jewish people bringing out their belongings in the eyes of the world, in 1948, when preparing to migrate to the State of Israel. Ezekiel moved in the evening as if going into captivity. When the Jewish people moved to the State of Israel, it was as if it was done at evening. They were approaching the dark hours concerning the captivity they were moving into. When gathered into the State of Israel, it became dark, where they have been involved in 18 wars and multiple problems with the United Nations. Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. The global culture riot and protest against the existence of the independence of the State of Israel.

The Jewish people have moved to the State of Israel in the evening. This is the evening before the darkness of global tribulation, the Day of the Lord, and before the bright and shining morning of the return of Jesus Christ. We are living 80 years into the evening hours as this world approaches the midnight hour.

People load themselves with the things of this world and they are going into captivity to sin in broad daylight. Then they begin to move about in spiritual darkness, not able to see the path to God through Jesus Christ who infills us with the Helper Holy Spirit. Jesus says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus says, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12

Ezekiel is told to dig through the wall and carry his belongings through it. “Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your belongings out through it.” Ezekiel 12:5

God had Ezekiel to dig through the wall and to carry his belongings through it. This was done in the sight of the Israelites, as an object lesson of what was going to happen to them.

Today, the Jewish people have dug a hole in the wall and have carried their belongings through it. The “hole in the wall” is used rather than the gate. This symbolizes the Jewish people trying to establish themselves as the people of God without Jesus Christ, who is the gate. They have a land to call their own, they have a king, they have all their people gathered together, and they have the State of Israel. However, they ae in captivity within a boiling pot of their making. They are like thieves and robbers who went over the wall instead of coming through the Gate, who is Jesus Christ, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.” John 10:1

The sheepfold is not considered to be the gathering of Israelis within the State of Israel. The Jewish people are considered to be thieves and robbers. The sheepfold are we who come to God through Jesus Christ. Our land is the eternal New Jerusalem and Jesus is the King. If the Jewish people were part of that sheepfold, they would be Christians and the war-plagued State of Israel would not exist. As Christians, we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own, our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. If the Jewish people were Christian, the wrath of God’s judgement would not be against them as it is today.

Today, the entity that gives people what to think, feel, do, and say are coming through the hole in the wall of physiology. Instead of coming through the spirit and soul through Jesus Christ, this entity hardens the human conscience and spirit against Jesus. By avoiding the gate of the spirit and soul, they rob people of the image of Christ by enabling the image of the beast to live and speak through people. The masses of people around the world conform to the anti-Christian culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. There is no question we are well into the evening hours of humanity and the black midnight hours of spiritual darkness is steadily approaching.

Ezekiel is told to put his belongings on his shoulders and cover his face to not see the ground. “In their sight you shall bear them on your shoulders and carry them out at twilight; you shall cover your face, so that you cannot see the ground, for I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.” Ezekiel 12:6

God has Ezekiel to do this object lesson as a sign to the Israelites. Today, the belongings of the Jewish people were loaded on their shoulders at twilight, in the early evening hours. This early darkness is when the Jewish people carried their belongings into the State of Israel around 1948. The sun has been setting on them ever since, and they were involved in a war in 1948, and a total of 18 wars since then. Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page.  The darkness of night looms over Israel.

The phrase, “…cover your face so that you cannot see the ground.” refers to the Jewish people not being able to see the ground that they would be walking on. They did not foresee the territory of the State of Israel being plagued with so much hostility within and around their borders, and even coming from around the world through protests and riots against them.

Today, the world government and its global culture are carrying a huge weight on their shoulders and have no idea of the ground they are walking into, and that the darkness of night is on them. For their salvation, they depend on the entity that gives them what to think, feel, do and say and have shut the door to Jesus Christ. However, global warming, which is a huge concern for them, is the Fourth Plague of Revelation 16. Global warming plays a role in bringing the collapse of the power center of the beast in the Fifth Plague. This renders the world government of the beast and its global culture powerless. In that powerlessness arises the Battle of Armageddon of the Sixth Plague. Click here for a post on the Seven Plagues.

Ezekiel portrays the object lesson as the Lord told Him. “So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my belongings by day, as though going into captivity, and at evening I dug through the wall with my hand. I brought them out at twilight, and I bore them on my shoulder in their sight.” Ezekiel 12:7

The State of Israel is carried into captivity.
The Israelites wonder what Ezekiel is doing. “And in the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’” Ezekiel12:8-9

Ezekiel was performing a skit, or an object lesson, to make the Jewish people aware that they were going to be carried into captivity for their rebellion against the will of God. They were rebellious and asked him in a tone of scrutiny, “What are you doing?” We can envision what the response of the Jewish people of today would have been if someone told them that the Old Testament scriptures warned them that moving to the State of Israel is the place where God unleashes His judgment on them, Ezekiel 22:19-20. They would have responded with scrutiny in their voice, “What are you saying?”

The Israelis were not to seek to be a nation like other nations. They were to receive Jesus Christ as their Messiah and to live as Christians, with no nation on this earth, but living within every nation. Every time Jesus tried to bring the Jewish people to Him, their rebellious attitude was, “What are you doing?” They even accused Him of having a demon, “Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?” John 8:48

“But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,” Ephesians 2:8

God’s word concerns the leader of Israel and all of the Israelis. “Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are among them.”’ Ezekiel 12:10

The prince is a major official governing over the Israelites, and someone who led the Israelites away from the will of God. The prince led the Israelites into captivity through spiritual corruption and corruption of the Ten Commandments. Today, the prince of Jerusalem would be the prime minister who leads the population of Israelis. Around 1948, the prince would have been one of the major influencers in establishing the State of Israel and causing the Jewish people to migrate there. Perhaps this prince was the very first prime minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, as described below,

“David Ben-Gurion played a significant role in the establishment of the State of Israel. After the end of World War II, in accordance with a decision of the United Nations General Assembly, and with the support of the United States and the Soviet Union, he proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. His leadership was instrumental in uniting the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and in managing the expulsion and flight of a majority of the Palestinian Arab population. He is often referred to as “Israel’s founding father”.

  The prophecy of Israel is specifically against the “prince” and all the Israelis who condone their captivity in the State of Israel. To condone having the Jewish State of Israel is to reject Jesus Christ and refuse to live as Christians. As Christians, we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own, our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Matthew 23:37-39

Today, Jerusalem represents the capital of God within our soul and spirit. The soul and spirit are being corrupted by the “prince” that gives the population of the world what to think, feel, do, and say. They are in spiritual captivity as the “prince” enables the image of the beast to live and speak through them. The prophecy of the Bible is against those who conform to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by hat they say and do.

God’s word is a sign to Israel of them being carried into captivity. “Say, ‘I am a sign to you. As I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall be carried away into captivity.’” Ezekiel 12:11 

Ezekiel was a sign to the prince and to the Israelites, according to the word of God, that they would be carried away into their captivity. Today, all through the Old Testament and in the New Testament, the prophecy of the captivity of Israel is spoken about. Ezekiel is full of those prophecies against the establishment of the State of Irael, and Jesus Christ prophecies against the Israelis rejection of Him, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!” Luke 13:34

Our Lord Jesus wanted the Israelis to be part of His family, to be Christians, but instead they wanted their own king, their own land, their own nation. In 1948, God gave them what they wanted, and the wrath of God’s judgment is coming against them today.

Israel’s leader puts his belongings on his shoulder and goes out. “And the prince who is among them shall bear his belongings on his shoulder at twilight and go out.” Ezekiel 12:12a.

The prince responsible for leading the Israelites into captivity would go out at twilight, with his belongings on his shoulder. In 1948, the prince, or first prime minister of Israel, went out in the evening with everything he had to establish the State of Israel. He led the Israelis into their captivity. While it was the beginning of evening in 1948, it has become very dark for Israel since then. There was a war in 1948, and a total of 18 wars since then. Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. The wrath of God’s judgment is on them.

Israel’s people carry their belongings through the wall without being able to see the ground. “They shall dig through the wall to carry them out through it. He shall cover his face, so that he cannot see the ground with his eyes.” Ezekiel 12:12b.

I can envision the very first prince, or prime minister, of the State of Israel covering his eyes so he couldn’t see the ground territory of the State of Israel. He turned his eyes away to avoid seeing the captivity that he was leading the Jewish people into. He didn’t want to acknowledge that the ground was one of war, strife, and conflict. There wouldn’t be peace, but only the wrath of God’s judgment.

The Israelis dug a hole through the wall to have their own land, king, and Jewish identity. In doing that, they were thieves and robbers stealing what God wanted for them through Jesus Christ, “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 The will of God for the Jewish people was for them to receive Jesus as their Messiah, Lord, and Savior. They were to be Christians who do not have our own nation or king on this earth. Instead, they rejected their Messiah and wanted to be a nation, thus they have the State of Israel.

The State of Israel dies in captivity with no one able to help.
The State of Israel is caught in the snare and dies in captivity. “I will also spread My net over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.” Ezekiel 12:13

Babylon represents the global government of today, such as the United Nations that is progressing towards becoming the one world government.

The prince of Israel at that time, known to be king Zedekiah, was taken captive and his eyes were put out and he was imprisoned until his death. He never saw the land he was taken captive into, and he died there. King Nebuchadnezzar was in power at this time, the ruler of Babylon. The land of the Chaldeans was part of Babylon. “So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him. Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.” 2 Kings 25:6-7

Today, the prince of Israel that was led into captivity around 1948 was David Ben-Gurion. He played a significant role in forming the State of Israel under the approval and cooperation of the government of the United Nations. In a sense, a net was spread over him, like capturing an animal. That net was his captivity under the law of the United Nations to restrain him within the boiling pot of the State of Israel, which was by the hand of God. David Ben-Gurion was caught in God’s snare who gathered the Jewish people to Israel to unleash His judgment on them, Ezekiel 22:19-20.

David Ben-Gurion was brought into the jurisdiction of the United Nations, and the Jewish people were led there with him into captivity. David Ben Gurion never saw the land of “milk and honey” within the State of Israel, never saw the safe haven promised to the Jewish people. His eyes were blinded as to what he was walking into. In the very same year as establishing the State of Israel in 1948, there was a war against Israel. There have been 18 wars against Israel since 1948, Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page.

If David Ben-Gurion had been faithful to the will of God, his captivity within the boiling pot of the State of Israel, and the captivity of Israel, would never have happened. Instead of working to establish the State of Israel, David Ben-Gurion should have been working to bring the Jewish people to Jesus Christ. If the Jewish people would have turned to the will of God for them to accept Jesus Christ as their Messiah, the Jewish State of Israel would never have existed. As Christians, we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own, our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth.

The sin of David Ben-Gurion, the sin of the Jewish people, and sin against God is to reject Jesus Christ as Messiah and Savior. Jesus frees us from captivity to sin and death to give us life in the Spirit and eternal life. “Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” John 8:34-36

The State of Israel has no effective help against the wrath coming against them. “I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.” Ezekiel 12:14

God has scattered to every wind anyone who would help Israel. God wants the Jewish people to turn to Him for help by receiving Jesus Christ as their Messiah.

The leader of the State of Israel, whoever that is after each election, has no one around to help eliminate the violence and war. The Israelis constantly have the sword of war to contend with as well as the sword cutting them off from international support. They are surrounded by hostilities and any form of help has been scattered to the wind. They have been in 18 wars since 1948, and even as I type this they are engaged in war. Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. With that, the members of the United Nations have opened a case of genocide against Israel, World Court to hear Genocide Case Against Israel. The members of the United Nations are also seeking to obtain arrest warrants against the leader of Israel for allegedly committing war crimes. With all of that, there are global riots and protests against the existence of the State of Israel.

Some may ask, “What about the help from the United States?” The United States is thousands of miles away, about 7,000 miles away. They have been partners with the government of Israel since the day the State of Israel was born. America is most notable for supplying the Israelis with weapons, funding for war, providing military intelligence and training, etc. What type of help is that? The situation against Israel is becoming progressively worse, and mostly for their aggressive military and police action. God wants Israel and all of us to depend on His Spirit for peace, not on war capabilities, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.” Zachariah 4:6 In fact, God is very much against the military-aid relationship that Israel has with the United States, as described in Ezekiel chapters 17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32.

Our help comes from God through Jesus Christ, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.” Psalms 121:1-2

The Israelis are scattered and dispersed among the nations. “Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.” Ezekiel 12:15

Once before, God had scattered the Jewish people among the nations and dispersed them throughout the countries. That happened in 70AD when the Roman general Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. Titus then became the Roman Emperor. From that time to 1948, the land of Israel was desolate of Jewish occupation/rule. For 1878 years the Jewish people were scattered and dispersed all across the globe. That was by the hand of God, and we know certainly that He is Lord.

Today, there is no doubt that many Jewish people choose to live in other nations to avoid the constant conflict within the State of Israel. While more than half of the Jewish population lives in the State of Israel, the smaller half lives in the United States, then there are those who live among other nations. There are slightly more Jewish people who are scattered and dispersed across the globe than there are living in the State of Israel.

I can also envision a day when the global government of the beast (United Nations) exerts control over the territory of the State of Israel. They will spread the Jewish population around the world to prevent them from gathering as one people. For example, instead of having 9 million Jewish people living in Israel, there could be 450 Jewish people living in very city of the USA. Imagine if that scattering and dispersion includes every city around the world, that would be less than 1 Jewish person in every city around the world. That gives a whole new meaning to the word Holocaust being carried out through the silent killer.

A remnant of Israel will be spared to confess their sin to the Gentiles. “But I will spare a few of their men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel 12:16

While the Jewish people are spread around the world, there will be further persecution of them because they are Jewish. Even so, a few will be spared from violence, hunger, and disease. They will declare to those around them the detestable things they have done against the will of God and will declare their need to acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Messiah. After all, this is the will of God for them; to live as Christians, with no nation to call their own, and to lift up the glory of God through Jesus Christ.

In a spiritual sense, some Jewish people will be spared from the sword that severs them from serving God through Jesus Christ by the infilling of the Holy Spirit. They will not experience the famine of the Gospel of Jesus Christ because they will choose to allow Him to live within their spirit and soul. They will be nourished with the Bread and Water of Life, who is Jesus Christ. They will not experience the disease of the soul because they will serve God through Jesus Christ. They will be a testimony to all around them of the abominations of the Jewish people who reject their Messiah, Jesus Christ.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are already dispersed in every city around the world. We are those who confess that we are sinners who fall short of the glory of God, and we want to share the Gospel of Christ with those around us. We who hold to the testimony of Jesus will be among the faithful few who inherit eternal life, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

Global tribulation is on us and will intensify as the days progress. Christian persecution comes by the hand of those who live for the entity giving them what to think, feel, do, and say. They detest those who make the body the home of the Holy Spirit instead of being the home of 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 population of the cities of the State of Israel are filled with anxiety and will be desolated.
Ezekiel is told to eat his bread and drink his water with trembling and anxiety, as an object lesson. “Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and anxiety.’ And say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the land of Israel: “They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with dread, so that her land may be emptied of all who are in it, because of the violence of all those who dwell in it.” Ezekiel 12:17-19

The Lord has Ezekiel to eat his bread with quaking and drink his water with trembling and anxiety, in front of the Israelites. This was to show what would happen to them. The quaking, trembling, and anxiety relates to the violence within her, which desolates the land of Israel.

There has been a lot of quaking, trembling, and anxiety happening at the dinner table of the Israelis since 1948, when the State of Israel was established. The quaking can be felt by the violence of war bombs and other artillery. Since 1948, including in that year, there has been 18 wars involving Israel, Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. How is it possible to eat and drink in peace with constant quaking, and without a doubt there has to be anxiety and dread at the dinner table. During the Battle of Armageddon of Revelation 16:12-17, the land of Israel will be decimated and emptied of all who are in her. Soon after that, the Day of the Lord comes which guarantees the total decimation of Israel.

Today, the followers of Jesus Christ are made to eat their bread and drink their water with anxiety, dread, and quaking. Our bread and water are the Bread and Water of Life, who is our Lord Jesus Christ. Today’s culture makes living for the Gospel of Jesus Christ a painful experience. They require everyone to conform to the entity that gives people their beliefs, thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors. The churches are no longer shining with the light of the testimony of Jesus. Government lawmakers no longer apply the values of the Bible to their policies and laws. The educational system no longer allows the teachings of the Bible in classrooms. Christianity is not welcomed in any sector of society. The land of Christianity is being emptied and desolated from this world.

“Then the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall become desolate; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”’” Ezekiel 12:20

The desolation that is happening to Israel and Christianity will lead to the desolation of this present heaven and earth. The world government of the beast and its global culture is met with destruction on the Day of the Lord and further described in Revelation 18 concerning the collapse of the global economy. Global warming is the Fourth Plague of Revelation 16:8-9 and it is instrumental in destroying the power center of the beast of Revelation 16:10-11. That means the world government of the beast and its global culture will be powerless, and that is where the Battle of Armageddon enters.

“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18 Whoever believes in Jesus Christ will not perish but have eternal life.

The populations of the State of Israel will be laid waste and made desolate. “Then the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall become desolate; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”’” Ezekiel 12:20

The desolation that is happening to the Jewish culture and Christianity will lead to the desolation of this present heaven and earth. The world government of the beast and its global culture is met with destruction on the Day of the Lord and further described in Revelation 18 concerning the collapse of the global economy.

The fulfillment of Bible prophecy is already here.
The Israelis do not believe in the coming of their Messiah after thousands of years. “And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, what is this proverb that you people have about the land of Israel, which says, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision fails’?” Ezekiel 12:21-22

The phrase, “The days are prolonged, and every vision fails…’” refers to giving up on the hope of the promises ever being fulfilled in the word of God. All through the Old Testament, the Israelites believed that one day they would be a Jewish nation on this earth. That belief carried over into the New Testament. On top of that, they never, ever, would believe the Prophecy of Ezekiel that they would be taken into captivity and their land made desolate.

After the death of Jesus Christ, some of His disciples (not Apostles) said this, “But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel.” Luke 24:21 They gave up hope of having a nation to call their own on this earth but were unaware that they were talking to the resurrected Jesus Christ. The Apostles themselves were waiting for Israel to come into power on this earth as their own nation, as recalled in this verse, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” Acts 1:6 One Apostle questioned Jesus about how His Kingdom will be shown to His disciples but not to the rest of the world, “Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?” John 14:22

“Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17:20-21 The promised land of Israel is not on this earth, it is not the State of Israel. The promised land is the eternal New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth. Today, many have given up on the return of Jesus Christ saying that He is never coming back, they say, “‘The days are prolonged, and every vision fails’?” “And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.” Acts 1:8

“Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will lay this proverb to rest, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.”’ But say to them, ‘“The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.” Ezekiel 23

God has laid to rest the idea that His promises to the Israelites would never happen. Because of the hardness of their heart, and their inability to see Jesus Christ as the gate leading into the eternal New Jerusalem, He gave them the State of Israel. That is the promised land of Israel that the Jewish people wanted in the Old Testament and what those of the New Testament were hoping Jesus Christ would bring. As we see, those “…days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.” At the gathering of the Jewish people to the State of Israel, the judgment of God against them began.

Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of prophecy who brought us the kingdom of God, “From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 Jesus Christ was sent by God to reconcile us to Him by the remission of sin. His children are not biologically Jewish but are those who believe in Jesus.  “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 Jewish people are supposed to be Christian, and Christians have no nation on this earth to call our own. The Jewish people rejected Jesus Christ, and according to their will, they have been led into the State of Israel where the wrath of God falls on them.

The Jewish people do not see that the Prophecies of the Bible, concerning their captivity, has come to pass as they were gathered into the boiling pot called the State of Israel, “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

We see the prophecies of the Bible being fulfilled everywhere today. In 1948, the Jewish people were gathered to the State of Israel where the wrath of God’s judgment began in that very same year. Israel has been involved in 18 wars since the day they were established as their own land, Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page.

Global warming is a fulfillment of prophecy as it is the Fourth Plague in Revelation 16. Another fulfillment of prophecy is that the global government was established immediately after WW2 and brought the government of the beast with it, as described in Daniel 8. The formation of the world government is also described in Revelation 17. Another fulfillment of prophecy is that the entity with the power to form what we think, feel, do, and say is in the world. 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, they are groomed to the mark of the beast. The fulfillment of Revelation 13 is upon the people of the world. Jesus Christ is coming back.

The day of Israel’s Messiah is already here, Jesus Christ has come. “Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will lay this proverb to rest, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.”’ But say to them, ‘“The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.” Ezekiel 23

God has laid to rest the idea that His promises to the Israelites would never happen. Because of the hardness of their heart, and their inability to see Jesus Christ as the gate leading into the eternal New Jerusalem, He gave them the State of Israel. That is the promised land of Israel that the Jewish people wanted in the Old Testament and what those of the New Testament were hoping Jesus Christ would bring. As we see, those “…days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.”

Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of prophecy who brought us the kingdom of God, “From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 Jesus Christ was sent by God to reconcile us to Him by the remission of sin. His children are not biologically Jewish but are those who believe in Jesus.  “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 Jewish people are supposed to be Christian, and Christians have no nation to call their own. They rejected Jesus Christ and, according to their will, they have been led into the State of Israel where the wrath of God has fallen on them.

We see the prophecies of the Bible being fulfilled everywhere today. In 1948, the Jewish people were gathered to the State of Israel where the wrath of God’s judgment began in that very same year. Israel has been involved in 18 wars since the day they were established as their own land, Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page.

Global warming is a fulfillment of prophecy as it is the Fourth Plague in Revelation 16. Another fulfillment of prophecy is that the global government was established immediately after WW2 and brought the government of the beast with it, as described in Daniel 8. The formation of the world government is also described in Revelation 17. Another fulfillment of prophecy is that the entity with the power to form what we think, feel, do, and say is in the world. 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, they are groomed to the mark of the beast. The fulfillment of Revelation 13 is upon the people of the world. Jesus Christ is coming back.

The end of the Jewish people’s false presentation of Old Testament prophecy is here. “For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.” Ezekiel 12:24

The false vision of the Jewish people is to be filled with ideas that they do not need to acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Messiah. They are led to believe that they are serving God without reconciling to Him by the forgiveness of sin through Jesus. Their false vision includes that they can be the people of God without His Spirit, without the Holy Spirit. The flattering divination makes them feel bolstered in their esteem as a Jewish nation. They flatter themselves by believing they have exclusive rights to God. They flatter themselves by believing they have their own way to the heart of God, without acknowledging His Son Jesus Christ. They flatter themselves by believing they do not need the Spirit of God to live in them through the Holy Spirit.

As read in the previous few verses, the end of the false visions and flattering divinations within the house of Israel comes to an end by the judgment of God. The fury of His judgment brings desolation to Israel. “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

“For I am the Lord. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be postponed; for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and perform it,” says the Lord God.’” Ezekiel 12:25

God is showing His wrath against the Jewish people by pouring out His judgment upon the State of Israel. Today, we see that God’s wrath against Israel has not been postponed and is here today. From the year the State of Israel was established in 1948, the Israelis have been involved in 18 wars, Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. With that, the members of the United Nations have opened a case of genocide against the government of Israel, World Court to hear Genocide Case Against Israel. The UN is also pursuing arrest warrants against Israeli leaders for allegedly committing war crimes. With that, the global culture is protesting and rioting against the existence of an independent State of Israel.

Jesus Christ said, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Matthew 23:37-39

The word of God is true and is being revealed in the world today. “For I am the Lord. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be postponed; for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and perform it,” says the Lord God.’” Ezekiel 12:25

The house of the rebellious Israelis is the State of Israel. The Lord spoke His words of judgment and wrath against Israel, and it is happening today. That is what we are seeing with the constant conflict, wars, and global outcry against the State of Israel. Click for a list of Israeli wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page.

The prophecies are here today, not something happening in a far-off time. “Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, look, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off. Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “None of My words will be postponed any more, but the word which I speak will be done,” says the Lord God.’” Ezekiel 12:26-28

The prophecies against the Jewish people are not for many years into the future, they are here today. The fulfillment of those prophecies began the day the Jewish people were gathered to the State of Israel in 1948. The judgment against Israel is not postponed anymore and will continue to increase as the days progress. The judgment of God is coming against them today as described in the previous section. These verses say it all, “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

As seen in the examples below, the prophecies of the Bible are being fulfilled in front of our eyes today. None of the word of God will be postponed anymore.

Jesus Christ has come 2000 years ago. “For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11
Jewish people have been gathered to Israel in 1948. This is the place where God unleashes His judgment on them for rejecting Jesus Christ as their messiah. Ezekiel 22:19-20.
Global government has been established as the United Nations in 1948. This is described in Daniel 8 and Revelation 17. The United Nations has brought the world government of the beast.
Entity that gives people what to think, feel, say, and do is here and enables the image of the beast to speak and live through the masses of the global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.  Revelation 13.
Global warming is here. Global warming is the Fourth Plague in Revelation 16:8-9. Global warming is instrumental in bringing the collapse of the power center of the beast (Fifth Plague of Revelation 16:10-11). That renders the world government of the beast and its global culture powerless. In that powerlessness arises the Battle of Armageddon of Revelation 16:12-17. Then enters the Day of the Lord and the return of Jesus Christ.

God offers Salvation through Jesus Christ, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:16-17

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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, 3:11