Unfaithfulness to God and service to the false god. What is the false god of this world?

Ezekiel 20:27-29

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“Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “In this too your fathers have blasphemed Me, by being unfaithful to Me.” Ezekiel 20:27

The Israelites of the Old Testament are the forefathers of the Jewish people of today. The Jewish people of today are blaspheming God in the same way as their forefathers. That blaspheme is to live against God when they were given the word of God, and they know better. This also includes the rejection of Jesus Christ and the habitual suppression of the Holy Spirit who points to Jesus Christ as the Savior. They reject the entire New Testament, which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and live only by the Old Testament.

“When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and they saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their sweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings.” Ezekiel 20:28

The earthly land promised to the Israelites is the same territory as the State of Israel of today, as seen in the pictures at the bottom of this post. The Jewish people were gathered there in 1948 when the State of Israel was established. The “high hills and thick trees” were ideal places for serving the false god in high places. For the government of the State of Israel, those “high hills and thick trees” were the international prestige of being a member of the United Nations, having a partnership with America, one of the most powerful nations in the world, and growing an international economy. They serve in the high places of this world but refuse to serve God through Jesus Christ. They give their sweet offerings to, make sacrifices for, and pour themselves out to their standing as an independent state on a global scale. These blasphemous actions on the part of the government of the State of Israel provokes the fury of God.

“Then I said to them, ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ So its name is called Bamah to this day.”’ Ezekiel 20:29

“Bamah” is the Hebrew word for “high place”, but what is this high place that drives the world government and its global culture, while causing Israel to seek powerful partnerships in those high places?

This high place is a place to the north and above the clouds, but also among the populations of the people on this earth. This high place is the seat of power for Satan, as his aspiration is to be like God, as quoted, “For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregations on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’“ Isaiah 14:13-14

Ezekiel describes this high place in his vision of the space satellites, space station, and space shuttles in Ezekiel Chapter 1. This is the entity that has power over physiology to give people what to think, feel, say, and do. This entity enables the image of the beast to speak and live through the population of people in every city around the world. The masses of the global culture are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

Like Ezekiel, Zachariah also describes exactly what the high place is, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth: Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”; then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover over its mouth. Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.“ Zachariah 5:6-9 full post.

“…the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience…” Ephesians 2:2

The earthly land promised to the Israelites is seen in the picture on the right. The picture to the left is how the State of Israel looks today. The State of Israel is the earthly promised land where the Jewish people were gathered to in 1948. The maps below draw a comparison of the territory of the original promised land to the territory of the State of Israel. The light tan area, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, is the territory of Israel today. The purple/blue area in the middle of the tan territory is the West Bank today. When the Israelites entered Canaan, the West Bank was part of Israel. The tiny blue/purple area, in the southwest corner of Israel by the Mediterranean Sea, is the Gaza Strip. That was part of Israel when the Israelites entered Canaan. The purple and green areas surrounding Israel was part of the promised land when the Israelites entered Canaan. The allotment of the promised land is also seen in a picture in the post on Ezekiel 48.

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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