The sword comes against the whole earth that is void of the righteous and the wicked.

Ezekiel 21:4

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“Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,” Ezekiel 21:4

When it comes to the State of Israel, the Lord is going to draw out His sword against all flesh from the south to the north. Here, the flesh refers to the whole Israeli population. Their righteousness has been cut off because they have rejected Jesus Christ who brought to them the righteousness of God. Although the wicked are cut off from them, it doesn’t make their soul and spirit right with God. For example, the earthly judicial system can be tough on crime, lock up, and execute the wicked, but they are still far from the will of God for them to live for Jesus Christ.

In the coming days, many of whom this world system locks up and executes will be the followers of Jesus Christ. Jesus has said this to all of us, “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:20

Today, the sword of God comes against all the inhabitants of earth from the south to the north. The world government has led its global culture to serve the entity of their private chambers that gives them what to think, feel, do, and say, “All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:8 The “him” in this verse refers to the beast associated with the image and mark of the beast.

The global culture has had the righteousness of God cut off from them along with the wicked. They rely on their own human efforts to eradicate sin, wickedness, and violence from this world. They rely on the artificial and non-spiritual entity to eliminate sin instead of relying on the righteousness of Jesus Christ. This entity shapes what people do, say, feel, and think. In fact, humanism is the fig leaf worn by those who serve this entity, humanism is “...an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.”

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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