Once again, the Lord asked Ezekiel to show and tell his prophetic warning. To act it out and speak it out.
Did it freak them out when Ezekiel’s eyes darted back
and forth in fear, his face filled with dread as he broke the bread, his hands trembling
as he lifted the cup to his lips?
Were they startled when he stopped, pointed, and
shouted something like this:
Thus saith the Lord:
“You shall eat bread with trembling and drink water with dread. For your land
shall be laid waste and your cities left empty, because of your violence.
Then you shall know that I AM the Lord!”
What’s that proverb you keep repeating? You
say: “I’ve heard it all before, all talk, no action. The visions, the
prophecies, nothing ever comes to pass.”
Thus saith the Lord:
“You will eat those words! The days of fulfilled prophecy are at hand. The
Words I speak, I will perform, they will indeed come to pass!”
Now, why are you saying: “If anything does
happen, it won’t happen for a long time, so don’t worry, eat, drink and be
merry.”
Thus saith the Lord,
His Word will no longer be postponed, His Word will be done, in your lifetime,
without delay.”
In those final hours before judgement, would they finally
hear, and repent, and carry the message? Or did they just come to be
entertained and gather more information?
Daniel
12:4
4 “But
you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the
end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
We just witnessed an undeniable manifestation of this
prophecy. Artemis II has gone where no man has gone before.
Traveling nearly 700,000 miles to the dark side of the
moon and back in less than ten days, reaching record breaking speeds of around
25,000 miles per hour (33 times the speed of sound, 17 times faster than a
speeding bullet—that’s faster than Superman).
Space capsule Orion gave new meaning to the phrase “coming
in hot” as it hit the earth’s atmosphere at around 5,000 degrees.
NASA says the reentry was perfect, the performance of
the spacecraft flawless, the transfer of the crew seamless.
But what the astronauts trusted most was the perfect,
flawless, seamless, Word of God.
There are no atheists in spaceships.
Psalm
19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God...
Trusting the perfect, flawless, seamless Word of God, was
exactly what Ezekiel was trying to get his people to do. But he might as well
have been talking to the man in the moon.
However, God’s Word is timeless, therefore, ever
timely.
So, if God recorded it, that means it’s relevant, for
us today.
So, we must consider all of the Word of God, Serious,
Certain and Soon.
OUTLINE:
Serious: 17-20
Certain: 21-25
Soon: 26-28
NOTE: God repeats words and phrases to spotlight His
theme, so pay attention when it happens.
Notice the repetition in our short text:
The Word of the Lord came to me:
3 times
(Thus) says the Lord God:
5 times
Word: 7 times
Lord: 10 times
Say: 14 times
Serious 17-20
Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18
“Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling
and anxiety. 19 And say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the
Lord God to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the land of Israel: “They shall
eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with dread, so that her
land may be emptied of all who are in it, because of the violence of all those
who dwell in it. 20 Then the cities that are inhabited shall be laid
waste, and the land shall become desolate; and you shall know that I am the
Lord.” ’ ”
This is serious.
Over and over Ezekiel had been showing and telling the
serious Word of the Lord about the serious days that were coming.
Remember how the Lord exposed their sins, the image of
jealousy, the worship of every creepy crawly idol, the women’s lewd worship of
Tamuz, the priests turning their backs to the Lord and bowing to the east.
All of which
opened the door for crooked political leaders to take power and fill the street
with violence and bloodshed.
Because of their own wickedness within a half-dozen
years, they’d all be killed or captive.
This is serious.
Galatians
6:7-8
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked whatsoever a man
sows that shall he also reap. 8 For he who sows to his
flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of
the Spirit reap everlasting life.
This serious message is not just a HIStory lesson
about Israel, but for us here and now today.
Sow wickedness, reap corruption.
Sow, Engel v. Vitale (1962), the U.S. not so supreme
court ruled 6-1 that voluntary, school-sponsored, non-denominational
prayer in public schools is unconstitutional.
Check out the simply 22-word prayer the very
un-supreme court thought so dangerous, so offensive, it had to be outlawed:
“Almighty
God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us,
our parents, our teachers and our Country”.
Engel v. Vitale is
recognized as a major turning point in a terrible way. After that
moment, crime went up and grades went down. Bans on other activities in school
followed; such as Bible readings, the Lord’s Prayer, and Ten Commandments.
When we slammed the door in God’s face, the gates of
hell flung open, ushering in unthinkable evil.
It wasn’t long until January 22, 1973, the same stupid
very un-supreme court ruled Roe v. Wade legalizing the slaughtering of
multiplied millions of innocent babies.
Once
acknowledgement of God was officially rejected, our moral decline was drastic.
June 26, 2015, the morally bankrupt un-supreme court
spit on God’s Divine Design and Command for marriage.
Like lucifer, they sought to raise their throne above
the Most High. (Isaiah 14:13-14). As gods overruling God, they legalized
same-sex marriage nationwide.
But God is not mocked. Since they refused to acknowledge God, they were turned over to a corrupt, debased, reprobate, mind (Romans 1:21-32).
Deviating from God’s Divine Design for sex, led to the
worldwide flood and the total destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Sows to flesh, reap corruption.
To satisfy power lust, and worse, perverted
politicians passionately promote child sex trafficking, through open border
policies. For the same reasons they push vile trans-agendas that glorify
mutilating innocent children and opens the door for mentally disturbed men to
shower with our girls.
Wake up America! This is serious.
Please pay attention and follow this carefully:
God allowed Babylon to conquer JerUSAlem, because of their sin.
Persia, (modern day Iran)
conquered Babylon.
USA is a war with Iran.
God has an eternal covenant with Israel.
God does not have an eternal covenant with USA.
This is serious.
God is not mocked...
What should we do?
Take the Word of God seriously:
Galatians
6:9
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in
due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
2
Chronicles 7:14
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and
seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Take the Word seriously and know beyond the shadow of
any doubt that it is sure and certain.
Certain 21-25
21 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 22 “Son of man, what is this proverb that you people have
about the land of Israel, which says, ‘The days are prolonged, and every
vision fails’? 23 Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will
lay this proverb to rest, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in
Israel.” ’ But say to them, ‘ “The days are at hand, and the fulfillment
of every vision. 24 For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering
divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the Lord. I speak, and the
word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be
postponed; for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the
word and perform it,” says the Lord God.’ ”
False prophets then and now contradict God’s Word.
But the Truth, like crème, rises to the top.
Almost 1/3 of Scripture is prophecy and confirms the
Word to be True with undeniable proofs.
Historians and theologians say there’s about 2,500
prophecies in the Bible, of which about 80% (around 2,000), have already been
fulfilled.
God has preserved for us a mountain of undeniable
evidence.
If just the ancient New Testament manuscripts were
stacked one on top of the other, it would be a mile high. No other ancient
writing, on any subject, or person, even comes close.
With each scientific discovery, each archeological
uncovering, the Bible is proved absolutely True, every jot, every tittle.
Multiple scholars, scientists, archaeologists,
historians, brilliant minds, have scoured the Scriptures, with an agenda to
disprove it.
However, those who follow the undeniable proofs, come
to the same conclusion, the secular, and Scriptural, data is overwhelmingly
conclusive. Jesus died on a Roman cross, was raised to life on the third day
and is indeed exactly who the Bible says He is.
Those who stay the course, find the Bible Old and New
Testament, historically, archeologically, geographically, scientifically,
medically… completely, accurate.
Which leads to knowing for sure and certain,
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
For more information see:
The Case for Christ,
movie based on true story and book by, once atheist, journalist, Lee Strobel.
Evidence that Demands a
Verdict, book by ex-skeptic, Josh McDowell.
For even greater, more certain,
information see:
Jeremiah
1:12
The Lord watches over His Word to perform it.
Matthew
24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will
never pass away.
Isaiah
55:11
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It
shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it
shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Psalm
119:89
Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven.
God will perform His Word. Jer. 1:12.
He will return for His Church. John 14:2-3, 1 Thes. 4:17.
He will destroy the works of darkness.
Revelation 19.
He will create a new heaven and a new earth.
He will wipe away every tear.
He will be our God, and we will be His
people.
We will live happily ever after, forever and
ever. Amen. 2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:1-8.
And it will happen sooner than you think.
Soon 26-28
26 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 27 “Son of man, look, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The
vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far
off.’ 28 Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “None of
My words will be postponed any more, but the word which I speak will be
done,” says the Lord God.’ ”
Within a half-dozen years, everything the
Lord said, through the prophet Ezekiel, happened just as said.
Revelation 22:12,
Behold I am coming quickly.
Jesus compares the last days to labor pains. They
don’t come soon, ask any mother, but once they start coming, they come quickly,
more often, more intensely.
We just witnessed four people go where no man has gone
before, breaking distance and speed records around the moon and back.
We have wars and rumors of wars around the globe.
We have a strong delusion sweeping the world.
We have an ever-growing demonic hatred for Israel.
We have the Ezekiel 38-39 coalition already aligned
and ignited against Israel. Russia, Iran, Sudan, Turkey, Libya.
We have a world deceived and ripe to receive a false
savior, an antichrist. (Is a seven year peace deal already written, just waiting
for the right moment?).
We have God’s Word shouting, available everywhere on
any phone around the world.
Ezekiel’s message of coming destruction wasn’t just
for Jerusalem, but for US and the world, today.
God’s Word describes all of these things as signs of
the end times.
They are happening quickly, like labor pains
after the water breaks, often and intense.
Awake,
oh sleeper!
Arise
from the dead, and Christ will give you light. Eph. 5:14.
Dear Saint, we must consider the Word of God, Serious,
Certain and Soon.
Don’t ignore, doubt, or delay.
Let’s pray.
Almighty God, we acknowledge our
dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our
teachers and our Country.
Here we are in this eleventh hour, Your
Words echoing from Gethsemane, “Watch and pray, for the Spirit is willing, but
the flesh is weak.” Oh Lord, please shake US and wake US, and drive US to
repentance. So, that You may shine once more upon US, making US that shining
city on a hill, to show the world what You will do for a nation whose God is
the Lord.
We trust You, and love You, forever.
Amen.
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