Ezekiel is told to prepare his belongings for captivity in the daylight as an object lesson for all to see. 

Ezekiel 12:3

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“Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for captivity, and go into captivity by day in their sight.” Ezekiel 12:3a.

It was hard for the Israelites to envision themselves packing up their belongings in preparation to go into captivity, but this is what Ezekiel was showing them would happen. As Ezekiel warned about, the Israelites were taken into captivity by king Nebuchadnezzar, which represents the global government of today. Today, the captivity of the Jewish people happened when they packed up their belongings and migrated to the State of Israel in 1948 (with legal approval of the global government of the United Nations). They wanted their own land with a king and that is what was given to them through the State of Israel.

God wanted the Israelites to make Jesus Christ their King with the land of the New Jerusalem being theirs in the new heaven and earth. Because of their hard heartedness against Jesus, God gave them their own Jewish nation in 1948, which is perfectly described in this verse “But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord. And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.” 1 Samuel 8:6-7

For the people of this world, packing up with material belongings instead of packing up with Jesus Christ leads to spiritual captivity. Putting a higher value on possessions than the Holy Spirit leads to captivity to sin and of spirit and soul. “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” Mark 8:36

 “You shall go from your place into captivity to another place in their sight. It may be that they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.” Ezekiel12:3b.

When Ezekiel showed the object lesson to the Israelites, the hope was that they would understand that they were carrying themselves into captivity in their rebellion against the will of God. Today, the Jewish people went from their places, were scattered and dispersed around the world before 1948, and then went to the State of Israel in 1948. Their eyes and ears were not able to see or hear that they were carrying themselves into captivity. They have all of the Old Testament scriptures that we have today (none of the New Testament), and they have the State of Israel. What they don’t have is Jesus Christ as their King, President, and Prime Minister.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own. We do not have the hope of an earthly land, nor an earthly king to govern over us. What we do have is the inheritance of eternal life in the New Jerusalem with Jesus Christ as the governor of our soul. The Israelis are supposed to be Christians with us, but they reject Jesus, their Messiah, and have opted for their own Jewish nation on this earth.

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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