Earthly ministers not devoted to God who minister in the manmade churches. 

Ezekiel 44:11

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“Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, as gatekeepers of the house and ministers of the house; they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.” Ezekiel 44:11

“Yet they shall be”… is referring to those ministers who went astray from the Living God to follow a false god, as quoted in Ezekiel 44:10. The prophecy God gave to Ezekiel was that ministers who serve as gatekeepers of His sanctuary in today’s churches, synagogues, etc., are those who lead the congregation astray. We certainly see how true that is in today’s world.

The leaders of the Jewish people stand as ministers and gatekeepers of the sanctuary of God. But they are leading the people astray and not leading them through the gate into the presence of God through Jesus Christ. 2000 years ago, the Jewish leaders rejected Jesus Christ, and today they have thrown out the entire New Testament, which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They live only by the Old Testament. Jesus Christ said, “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 16:31 Today, the entire Old Testament is an extension of the Gospel of Christ because “The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy” Revelation 19:10

While the Jewish leaders serve as gatekeepers in the sanctuary of God, they reject Jesus Christ who said, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:9-10

As is more than obvious today, the ministers of the manmade churches are leading their congregation far from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They stand in front of all the people as gatekeepers, as those assigned to bring people into the presence of God through Jesus Christ who atoned for our sin on the altar of the Cross. As corrupt gatekeepers, they are ensuring that the door remains closed that leads into the presence of God where we are to discover the infilling of the Holy Spirit. The ministers are shutting out Jesus Christ, shutting the door to a relationship with Him, who said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.” John 10:7

If a true minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ ever stood in front of a congregation of today’s churches, the response would be blasphemous. The response would be similar to how the misguided congregation responded to Ezekiel, as quoted below,

“As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them. And when this comes to pass—surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.” Ezekiel 33:30-33

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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