A sword passes through the land and only Noah, Daniel, and Job would be spared. 

Ezekiel 14:17-18

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“Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I cut off man and beast from it, even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.” Ezekiel 14:17-18

We can associate the sword with what Noah, Daniel, and Job means within the context of the Bible. Noah refers to when the world was filled with spiritual wickedness, violence, and constant thoughts of evil [Genesis 6]. Daniel refers to the global government as seen in Daniel 8 and the entire book of Daniel. Job represents physical suffering of those faithful to God through Jesus Christ, loss of family and possessions, errant guidance from friends, but the eventual restoration at the return of Jesus Christ [book of Job].

The sword comes that cuts off the One who restrains lawlessness, who is the Holy Spirit and given by belief in Jesus Christ. Lawlessness abounds when the Holy Spirit is taken out of the way, “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.” 2 Thessalonians 2:7 Click for a post on the “lawless one”.

The Jewish people have turned from the will of God for them to acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Messiah and they oppress the presence of the Holy Spirit. Today in Israel, we see lawlessness in the constant wars as the Israelis have been in 18 wars since the State of Israel was established in 1948, Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. There are also constant riots and protests by the Israeli citizens against their own government. The purpose of all that violence and uproar is so that the global government can destroy the independence of Israel to establish the one world government. There is much suffering and loss for Israel. However, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there with them, they would harden their heart against Jesus Christ, and only the righteousness of Christ is able to save.

On this earth, a sword is coming, “And it was granted…to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.” Revelation 6:3-4 Click here for a post on the opening of the first six seals. A sword is also coming to bring the final end to the world government of the beast and its global culture, and man and beast will be cut off from this planet in the Day of the Lord. Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were here to warn the world of the destruction of the spiritually wicked, the evil of the global government, and the affliction to come, no one listens. While this world spirals into destruction, only those who live for the testimony of Jesus will be saved. God has made a way of Salvation for us, “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

The sword of God is stretched out against this world system. Global warming is already in the world as the Fourth Plague in Revelation 16:8-9. Global warming is instrumental in bringing the destruction of the power center of the beast, as mentioned in the Fifth Plague of Revelation 16:10-11. At that time, the world government of the beast and its global culture will be rendered powerless. That global loss of power leads to the Battle of Armageddon as mentioned in the Sixth Plague in Revelation 16:12-16. The Day of the Lord arrives, and Jesus Christ returns.

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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