The world government comes to the Y in the road. 

Ezekiel 21:18-120

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“The word of the Lord came to me again, saying: “And son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city. Appoint a road for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.” Ezekiel 21:18-20

God has Ezekiel to map out two roads for the king of Babylon to go down. Both of those roads come from the same land, which would be the land of Babylon. That describes a “Y” in the road. Then Ezekiel was led to put a sign on the main road just before where the road split. One road would lead to the land of the Ammonites, and the other road would lead into the land of Israel.

The king of Babylon would have a choice to make, to attack the Ammonites or to attack the Israelites. The Israelites armed themselves in violent rebellion against the king of Babylon. The Ammonites were lawless and people of war but did not attack the king of Babylon head on. As we discover in coming verses, Israel is attacked first and then the lawless ones are attacked.

Today, the State of Israel is being attacked from all sides. The Israelis have been involved in 18 claw-to-claw wars since 1948, and even a war in 1948. Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. The independence of the State of Israel is an obstacle to the goal of the United Nations to establish itself as the one world government. At the same time, there is strong language against the lawless ones that stir up trouble and violence in cities around the world. That not only includes the “war on terror”, but also includes the terror of crime, shootings, drug epidemics, etc. While we see the sword coming against the military and police aggression of Israel, it won’t stop there because all forms of lawlessness are scheduled for elimination. The righteous and the wicked are being taken out this world, as described in Ezekiel 21:3. Click here for a post on Ezekiel 21:3.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we do not gather in Israel and in general are nowhere near to the territory of the Middle East. In that light, we escape the violence coming against the State of Israel. At the same time, we keep ourselves apart from the lawlessness of the world, so we are not targeted for destruction because of that sort of rebellion. The Holy Spirit cautions us to come apart from this world, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.” Revelation 18:4-5 This world is increasingly becoming “…a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.” Revelation 18:2

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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