Israel builds herself a shrine with worship of a false god. 

Ezekiel 16:23-24

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“Then it was so, after all your wickedness— ‘Woe, woe to you!’ says the Lord God— that you also built for yourself a shrine, and made a high place for yourself in every street.” Ezekiel 16:23-24

The “woes” are a response to the Jewish people turning away from God, rejecting Jesus Christ as their Messiah, and oppressing the presence of the Holy Spirit. The shrine that they have built is called the State of Israel, which was erected in 1948. The “high place” refers to the worship of a false god, which is anything or anyone that is used to replace the will of God for us to live for Jesus Christ. 2000 years ago, the Jewish people rejected Jesus Christ and exalted their Jewish culture above God. In “every street” refers to the ability to come and go, and the Jewish State of Israel is lifted up above Jesus Christ wherever they go. All of their streets lead to the State of Israel referring to international affairs and affairs within the Middle East. Those streets should be leading to God through Jesus Christ.

The shrine of the State of Israel would never have been erected if the Jewish people had received Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. Instead of being Jewish, they would be Christian, and as Christians we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own. Our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth.

This is spoken to the churches of today, “Woe, woe to you!’ says the Lord God…” In America, there is a shrine, or church built on practically every block, and every street leads to a church. A common cliche is, “There is a church built on every street corner.” Today, those churches have made for themselves a high place where they worship the false god of this world. No longer is God thought of as a Trinity who includes Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and God. They mention God, but if they are not lifting up the Gospel of Jesus Christ and encouraging living in the presence of the Holy Spirit, they are serving a false god.

The false god that the masses of the churches serve today is the entity that gives them what to think, feel, say, and do. They have joined with the will of the community family instead of being set apart to live for God through Jesus Christ. The entity giving them what to feel and think enables the image of the beast to speak and live through them. The churches have become training centers to encourage living by the entity giving people what to say and do, and to sing praises to their false god. The churches have joined with today’s culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. The entity they serve is associated with the space shuttles, space station, and space satellites as described in Ezekiel in Chapter 1.

Judges 17 gives an example of building idols and then hiring “live-in” priests to give his seal of approval. Micah is the one who built the false god and hired the approving priest but is not the same as Micah of the Book of Micah.

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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