The sword is outside, and the pestilence and famine within.

Ezekiel 7:15

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“The sword is outside, and the pestilence and famine within. Whoever is in the field will die by the sword; And whoever is in the city, famine and pestilence will devour him.” Ezekiel 7:15

This verse is an example of the State of Israel as we see today. We see the sword outside because of the hostile environment that surrounds her. The Israelis have been involved in 18 wars since the State of Israel was established in 1948, and there was even a war in 1948.  Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. Even as I type this, the International Court of Justice has opened a case of genocide against Israel. World Court to hear Genocide Case Against Israel. Around February 20, 2024, the United States declared that it was illegal for the Israelis to occupy the West Bank. Click here for news article on “White House reverses West Bank policy, calling Israeli settlements illegal“. On top of that, the masses of the global culture protest against the independence of Israel.

We know that the Jewish people are suffering a famine and pestilence within their spirit and soul because they reject the will of God for them to accept Jesus Christ as their Messiah. In fact, they only live on the first five books of the Bible, called the Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. They have discarded the other 61 books of the Bible, which includes the entire Gospel of Christ.

We can also believe that a literal famine and pestilence will not only come to Israel but will come to this whole world due to an economic collapse as described in Revelation 18.

The “sword is outside” refers to the turbulence in the world coming from “the pestilence and famine within”. The human body is created to be in fellowship with the Spirit of God, and today we are to be the home of the Holy Spirit. The false god in the high places operates within the human body by giving people their thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors. This entity intends to cause spiritual sickness, disease, corruption and famine by hardening the human spirit against Jesus Christ and oppressing the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit restrains lawlessness, violence, and all types of 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. And then the lawless one will be revealed,” 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 Click here for a post on the” lawless one”. The sword is indeed outside, and the pestilence and famine is within.

Many will be cut off from being a part of the global culture of the beast and made to live on the fringes of society, like rural areas. Violence will be in those fields, and many will die by that sword. Also, the global culture will be cut off from God and violence will be in every one of their cities around the world. As evident in the events of the Seven Trumpets of Revelation 8, 9, and 11 and the Seven Plagues of Revelation 16, famine and disease will devour those who think they have a secure place in the cities under the world government of the beast. “Whoever is in the field will die by the sword; And whoever is in the city, famine and pestilence will devour him.”

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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