Earthly ministers who stray from God will bear the consequences. 

Ezekiel 44:10

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“And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.” Ezekiel 44:10

The Levites were those who were assigned to be the priests over all of the Israelites. They came from the Tribe of Levi, and only they were allowed to do the duties of a priest. Aaron and his sons were the first Levites to perform priestly duties, and the entire Tribe of Levi was put under their direction. The Israelites of the other eleven Tribes of Israel were forbidden from doing priestly duties and would be put to death if they did. “And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given entirely to him from among the children of Israel. So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.” Numbers 3:9-10

We can envision what would happen to all of the Israelites when their only priests went far from the will of God. The priests were setting an example, teaching, and preaching the Jewish people things that was far from the Ten Commandments and other such laws. The Israelites began to serve false gods and God promises that the priests suffer the consequences of leading the flock astray.

Jesus Christ came to replace the Levites as priests, as He Himself became the Priest over His sanctuary, which is our body as the temple of the Holy Spirit. In fact, if Jesus was on this earth, He would not be an earthly minister within manmade churches, synagogues, etc., “Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man…For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest…” Hebrews 8:1-2, 4

The Levites of today are the ministers within manmade churches who have gone far from God. With their influence, they ensure that those in their flock are led away from Jesus Christ and the presence of the Holy Spirit. The congregations are led to serve the false god of this world and taught to disregard Jesus Christ as the Priest over their body, the temple of the Holy Spirit. The people are led to welcome the entity that gives them what to think, feel, do, and say. This entity hardens the human spirit and conscience against Jesus Christ in order to enable the image of the beast to speak and live through them. Masses around the world form the global culture who are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do.

The ministers of today, who are far from the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that are within the churches, synagogues, etc., will suffer the consequences of leading masses of people astray.

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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