Ezekiel 21:10
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“Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we then make mirth? It despises the scepter of My son, as it does all wood.” Ezekiel 21:10.
In the days of Ezekiel, God’s son was thought of as being the Israelites as His first born, and the scepter of the Israelites was the standard of the word of God they lifted up. However, the Israelites were so rebellious against God that there wouldn’t be any soothing or comfort when the sword of the king of Babylon came against them.
Today, we know the Son of God is Jesus Christ and His scepter is the standard of the New Covenant He lifted up, as described here, “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
Today, to “...despise the scepter of My son…” refers to the disregard given to God’s Son, Jesus Christ. To “…make mirth…” refers to bringing soothing and comfort. The tribulation coming to this world is a result of the global culture that despises God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the presence of the Holy Spirit. There will be no soothing nor comfort for those who see the Godhead as one would look at a piece of wood.
The sword is sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter, polished to flash like lightening. The Day of the Lord is coming, and before that day, the events of the Seven Trumpets in Revelation 8, 9. 11 and of the Seven Plagues will be unleashed on this earth. “Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.” Revelation 19:17-18
The State of Israel despises Jesus Christ as does the global culture. The Holy Spirit puts the Jewish people, sinners, and the worldly government in the same category, “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
“….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
Ezekiel 21:11
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The sword is ready to be given into the hand of the slayer. “And He has given it to be polished, that it may be handled; This sword is sharpened, and it is polished to be given into the hand of the slayer.’” Ezekiel 21:11
God has prepared His fury to be unleashed and has given the sword of His wrath into the hand of the slayer. The slayer is the one who destroys the temple of God and causes tribulation to arise on this earth. God destroys those who destroys His temple. The destruction comes to Israel, the world government and its global culture.
The global turbulence in the world is a result of the Holy Spirit being taken out this world. The rejection of Jesus Christ prohibits the infilling of the Holy Spirit, but receiving Jesus is synonymous with receiving the Holy Spirit, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit. And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?” Acts 19:2-3
The Holy Spirit is who restrains lawlessness. “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
The sword that enters into the private chambers is the entity that governs through what people say, do, think, and feel. This entity replaces the human spirit and conscience and hardens people against the Holy Spirit. This is 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”.
We are created to be the home of the Holy Spirit. The one who destroys the temple God will be destroyed. “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17
“….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
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