Without Jesus Christ, the soul, spirit, and world wastes away. 

Ezekiel 4:17

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“…that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity.” Ezekiel 4:17

We see the Jewish people lacking bread and water for the spirit and soul. They have tossed out the entire New Testament and reject Jesus Christ as their Messiah, Lord, and Savior. If not already in 2024, the State of Israel will suffer a lack of food and water for the body.

To be dismayed with one another also means to be appalled with one another, which would lead to social conflict and violence. We know a large part of the Israelis engage in protests and riots for their government to conform to the goals of the United Nations. At the same time, not everyone is in agreement with the entity of the global culture that gives them what to think, feel, do, and say. Neighbors are dismayed with each other. With that, there is the strife within the West Bank and Jerusalem is divided between West and East Jerusalem. They are dismayed with one another. Then there is the conflict with those of the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, etc. They are dismayed with one another.

The State of Israel is wasting away because of their iniquity. The Jewish people chose to exalt their own culture above of the will of God for them to humbly receive Jesus Christ. Because of that, God gathered them to Israel to unleash His judgment on them. The Israelis have been in 18 wars since they were established in 1948. There was even a war in 1948. Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. If they would have accepted Jesus Christ, they would be Christian and not Jewish. Christians do not have a nation to call our own on this earth. Our nation is in the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth by accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

The global culture has tossed out the need for Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, which is the Bread and Water of Life. The Holy Spirit restrains lawlessness and anti-social behavior. Without His presence, people everywhere will be appalled by each other’s actions and global tribulation will flourish. The world government of the beast and its culture is wasting away. “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. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 Click here for a post on the “lawless one”.

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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