God Sends us into A Hard World with the Gospel of Christ

Ezekiel 2

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• God sends us into a hard-hearted world with the Gospel of Christ.
• God does not want us to be afraid in this world that inflicts us with pain and sorrow.
• The Bible is the word given to us to share with this world.

God sends us into a hard-hearted world with the Gospel of Christ. In the first chapter of Ezkiel, he had a vision of the space shuttle, space station, and satellite systems. This entity has power over physiology to give people their thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors. It enlivens the image of the beast to live and speak through people and by what they say and do they oppose the Gospel of Christ. People in every city around the world conform to the anti-Christian culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast. Like Ezekiel, we are sent into a hard-hearted world to share the word of God.

“And He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.” Ezekiel 2:1

God wants us to stand up in the name of Jesus in this age where the people of the global culture are hardened to the Gospel of Christ. “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— ” Ephesians 6:13-18

“Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me.” Ezekiel 2:2

When the Holy Spirit enters us, we begin to hear His voice and we take a stand for Jesus Christ. The purpose of the Holy Spirit within us is to lift up the testimony of Jesus Christ to reconcile people to God. This is a common phrase in Acts and throughout the Bible, “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them…” Acts 4:8 This is the response of the world to the Gospel of Christ, “But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.” So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.” Acts 4:17-18

The resistance against Jesus Christ is rooted in the nation of Israel, “And He said to me: “Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day.” Ezekiel 2:3 Today, the Jewish people continue with their rebellion against God by rejecting Jesus Christ and forfeiting the Holy Spirit who lifts up the testimony of Jesus.

“For they are hard-hearted and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’” Ezekiel 2:1-4

The Israelis are part of the global culture who are hard-hearted and stubborn against the will of God. “And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:40 We are sent to the people of this world with this word from God, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

Those who live for the false god that gives them what to think, feel, do, and say are hardened to Jesus Christ. The intent is to harden the human spirit against Jesus Christ to prevent people from becoming the temple of the Holy Spirit. The human spirit and conscience are hardened to enliven the image of the beast to live and speak through them. People in every city around the world conform to the anti-Christian culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

“As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that a prophet has been among them.” Ezekiel 2:5 

Whether anyone listens to the Gospel of Christ or not is out of our hands. It is not for us to convince them to listen or not, our only responsibility is to share the Gospel message. By doing that, they will know that our Lord Jesus Christ continues to live in this world. The “…testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy…” Revelation 19:10 To know where the world is within prophecy we only need to know where Jesus is within the world.

God does not want us to be afraid in this world that inflicts us with pain and sorrow. “And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, though they are a rebellious house.” Ezekiel 2:6

People everywhere welcomes the entity that gives them their thoughts, feelings, words and behaviors. This entity enlivens the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city across the globe. They are empowered with uncanny knowledge and heightened intuition to bring hurt to our innermost feelings and unspoken thoughts. We are surrounded by briers, thorns, and scorpions who terrorize those spreading the Gospel of Christ. They make it a painful experience to talk about God the creator, to talk about the need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ, and to live in the presence of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit says to us what God said to Ezekiel, “…do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”

The way they look at us is unfriendly, uninviting, and intimidating. They boast, “Who is like the beast? Who can make war with him?” Revelation 13:4 People everywhere conform to the anti-Christian world as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

Click for Psalms 73 about being surrounded by briars, thorns, and scorpions.

The Bible is the word given to us to share with this world.

Our responsibility to God is simply to talk about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. How people respond to the message of the Cross has nothing to do with us. If the doors are closed to conversations about Jesus, then we walk away, if they welcome the conversation then we stay and chat, “And when you go into a household, greet it. If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!” Matthew 10:12-15

The phrase, “…open your mouth and eat what I give you…” refers to ingesting the words of the Holy Bible and not to make it more pleasant or worse than what is given from the hand of God. We are not to turn the Gospel into something that is more acceptable to those listening to us speak, this is the Gospel message, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 Nor are we to turn the word of God into something filled with condemnation, judgment, and contempt for sinners, “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:17

“Now when I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it. Then He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.” Ezekiel 2:9-10

The “scroll of a book” is the Holy Bible given to us by people inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Old and New Testaments are given to us from God, to point the way to Jesus Christ, who infills us with the Holy Spirit. The phrase, “…there was writing on the inside and on the outside…” refers to the inside being our spirit and soul and the outside being the Bible. “You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.” 2 Corinthians 3:2-3

The phrase, “…written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe” refers to the sorrowful feelings there are concerning the spiritual wickedness in this world. Those lamentations are written in the Bible as well as within the Spirit of us who welcome the presence of the Holy Spirit into our spirit. From the compassion, sympathy, and empathy for people within a world gone mad we want them to know a better way. We want them to see Jesus Christ as the answer who is able to put sin in remission and restore the health of the spirit and soul.

Global warming is an example of external woes of this world and of the internal urgency to share the Gospel of Christ from the internal presence of the Holy Spirit. Global warming is the Fourth Plague, and the stronger the United Nations becomes as the one world government of the beast, the stronger and more intense global warming becomes. “The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun,  and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.  They were seared by the intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.” Revelation 16:8-9

As a part of sharing the Gospel message, I wear a t-shirt that says, “Normal Isn’t Coming Back, but Jesus Is. Revelation 14”. At least it is something, and so far, one person glanced at me and said, “Oh yeah?!,” in a less than friendly voice. I’m sure a day is coming when wearing t-shirts with “advertisement” will be banned as well. I also share the testimony of Christ with telemarketers. Once, they were selling car insurance and I replied, “I ride with Jesus Christ.” They refused to listen and hung up. Once, they were talking about a life insurance plan and I replied, “Jesus Christ has a life insurance plan.” They also did not listen and hung up. I will do what I can to share the message of the Cross given to me to share, whether they listen or not is no reflection on me.

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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