Being brought under the rod of God by the authority of Jesus Christ.

Ezekiel 20:37

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“I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;” Ezekiel 20:37

This verse means that God is using His rod to hold the Jewish people to the bond of the covenant He made with them in the Old Testament. The bond of the covenant is that if the Jewish people would have kept His word, they would have been a special treasure to Him above all people. If not, His Holiness brings retribution to the sin of turning away from Him, Exodus 19:5-6 and Deuteronomy 7:9-11.

When God gathered the Jewish people to the State of Israel, that was the hand of God making them to pass under the rod. He is holding them to the covenant that promises retribution for breaking the covenant and rejecting His word. When the Jewish people rejected Jesus Christ 2000 years ago, they broke the covenant with Him by not believing that He sent Jesus as their Messiah. This is the bond of the covenant that we are all held to by the rod of God, “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 To reject Jesus Christ is to break the bond of the covenant that God has made with us, and He will hold us to that in the resurrection beyond the grave.

Today, God has sent global warming as a sign of His authority to lead us to pass under the rod of His authority, which means to live for Him through Jesus Christ. He is bringing all of humanity into the bond of the covenant, which is that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life and will not perish in eternal hell, “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” Revelation 16:8-9

“….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