Israel is like a land not rained on nor cleansed in the day of indignation. 

Ezekiel 22:23-24

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“And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’” Ezekiel 22:23-24

At this point, the Jewish people have been gathered to the State of Israel, so this verse refers to Israel from the year 1948 to the present. The land of Israel is not cleansed nor has been rained on and is living in the day of God’s indignation.

Living for God through Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin, but the Jewish culture is not cleansed because they do not walk in the Light of Christ, “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7 The Jewish culture has discarded the entire New Testament, which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and they only live by the Old Testament. As quoted, “The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.” Luke 16:16

The land of Israel is not being rained on, and rain is what enables life to blossom on this earth. In the Spirit, the rain refers to the Holy Spirit that nourishes the human spirit to give blossom to the fruit of the Spirit. Jesus Christ gives us the Holy Spirit to allow the fruit of the Spirit to blossom within us. Those fruit include such qualities as peace, meekness, gentleness, love, kindness, goodwill, patience, self-control, perseverance, faith, joy, and goodness. As we see today, Israel is in so much tumult, conflict, and war that the rain of the Holy Spirit is not falling, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23

The land of Israel is living in the day of the Lord’s indignation, as described in the previous section of verses in Ezekiel 22:19-22. Israel has been in 17 wars since being established in 1948 as the State of Israel. The members of the United Nations are hostile against Israel, the government and people of the United States are growing more and more distant from Israel, the global culture in every city around the world protest and riot against Israel, and the Israeli citizens join in those protests and riots against their own government.

Our Lord Jesus Christ wants better for Israel, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Matthew 23:37-39

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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