Israel is delivered into the hands of those who hate her, and she loses everything. 

Ezekiel 23:28-29

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“For thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into the hand of those from whom you alienated yourself. They will deal hatefully with you, take away all you have worked for, and leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry.” Ezekiel 23:28-29

God delivers Israel into the hands of those she hates, and that is far, far, far, from the Salvation God offers through Jesus Christ.

As seen throughout this chapter of Ezekiel, God delivers Israel into the hand of those who hate her, those whom she has alienated herself from. As evident today, Israel has alienated herself from the whole world. For the most part, that is due to her use of military power and aggression of police action. We see how Israel is surrounded by those who hate her in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, etc. The actions of Israel’s enemies benefit the goals of the United Nations to whittle away the independence of the State of Israel. The UN needs a united Middle East so that the UN can be established as the one world government, and the action of Israel stands in the way that. Also, the global culture in cities across the globe show their hate by rioting and protesting against the independence of Israel. Even America is demanding that Israel cease and desist trying to annex, occupy, or otherwise reside in the West Bank.

As God says, “They will deal hatefully with you, take away all you have worked for, and leave you naked and bare.” Israel is definitely losing everything that they have been grasping at straws to hang onto since they were established as the State of Israel in 1948. In the eyes of the world, Israel is being left naked and bare. “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.” Ezekiel 22:19-20

When the Jewish people exalted their own culture above the need to accept Jesus Christ as their Messiah, they turned away from the will of God. God wants them to be followers of Jesus and to be known as Christians not Jewish. If they were Christian, the Jewish State of Israel would not exist, and neither would any of the hostilities centered around Israel. As Christians, we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own, our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth.

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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