The land of Israel will not be taunted, nor made a reproach, nor cause her nation to stumble anymore. 

Ezekiel 36:15

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“Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore,” says the Lord God.’” Ezekiel 36:15

When the land of Israel (Jerusalem and the first temple) was desolated by king Nebuchadnezzar, the enemies of Israel made the land a reproach and taunted her. For example, mocking the land of Israel for being called the promised land. The land of Israel caused the Jewish people to stumble in that they were evicted from the land that was their inheritance given by God. The land of Israel was also mocked by her enemies between 70AD and 1948 when it was desolated of Jewish rule after Titus destroyed Jerusalem and demolished the second temple.

When the Jewish people were gathered to the State of Israel in 1948, this shut the mouth of those who were mocking them for not possessing, occupying, and ruling the land of Israel as their nation. In that light, those types of taunts and reproach were quieted, and the land of Israel was established as a nation. The land of Israel would provide a home to the Jewish people.

We can assess that our Lord Jesus has prepared a home for us in Heaven, a place free of sin, and where we are given a pure eternal body. The New Jerusalem is a nation where we will never stumble again. The diagnosis is that today’s atheistic culture habitually taunts and makes a reproach of the followers of Jesus Christ and do all they can to make us stumble. We plan to hold to the testimony of Jesus Christ, with our eyes focused on our eternal home, as we endure the hardships that come against us. We implement that plan by carrying our cross daily as Jesus Christ carried His Cross when He atoned for our sin. We know the plan is successful when in our heart we realize that the sufferings of this world don’t compare to the glory that awaits us in Heaven.

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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