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Revelation 6:12 -7:17 The Sixth Seal, the Great Earthquake, and the Day of Wrath

12/18/2015

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But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 2 Peter 3:10-12
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 2 Peter 3:10-12
Revelation 6:12 -7:17 The Sixth Seal
When Jesus opens the sixth seal on the scroll, it brings an earthquake so great that the entire earth and even the sun, moon, and stars are effected.
“When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.”
This is clearly not a natural earthquake. It is massive, so massive that islands and mountains are moved.  It is an event so huge that meteors fall to earth like figs falling from a tree. Verses 15-17 read,
“Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
The Great Day of Wrath has come. The survivors regardless of who they are, rich, poor, Muslim, Jewish, Bhuddist, old, or young, king or slave will be terrified. They will try to hide. They’ll beg for quick death rather than face the wrath about to face them.  Who can stand? No one. Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. Terror at the realization that they were wrong will compel them to their collapse to their knees. Ezekiel 21:5-10 puts it this way,
“And all flesh shall know that I am the Lord. I have drawn my sword from its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.
6 “As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes. 7 And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that it is coming. Every heart will melt, and all hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will be fulfilled,’” declares the Lord God.
8 And the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say:
“A sword, a sword is sharpened
    and also polished,
10 sharpened for slaughter,
    polished to flash like lightning!

(Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.)
Jesus describes the day in Mark 13:24-25,
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.”
What John did not see or at least write in his vision was what Jesus described next in Mark 13:26-27
“And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.”
Chapter 7 verses 1-4 continue the description of the sixth seal.
“After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
The angels held back the destruction long enough for another angel to seal the servants of God. I do not believe John is referring to current believers in these verses, we are already sealed. I think he is referring to the Jewish remnant who will come to salvation at that time (Romans 9:27-28). But he could be talking about all of us who are servant of God. I remind you, I do not know.
Verses 5-8 list those who were sealed.
“12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
6 12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
7 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
8 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.”

This is a unique list of the tribes of Israel both for its order and for who it includes and does not include. The twelve tribes are traditionally, Jacob's twelve sons Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, and Joseph’s two son’s Manasseh and Ephraim who are together one tribe. The list in Revelation begins with Judah the tribe of Jesus from whom salvation comes. It includes Joseph and Manasseh. It includes Joseph because his actions were a foreshadowing of Christ. The list lifts Manasseh up to a full tribe and not a “half-tribe” as they are often referred to in scripture. It hints at completion. The list leaves out Dan, just as the genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9 leave out his descendants. Why does it leave out the tribe of Dan? That was the tribe that brought idolatry to Israel and they rejected true worship of the One Living God (Judges 18). Dan will be saved when all of Israel is saved. (Romans 11:25-27, Ezekiel 48).
After John heard this he saw something wonderful. Verses 9-13 read,
“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation, these are the believers who Jesus gathered on The Great Day of Wrath. So many John couldn’t count them, he could only describe them as a great multitude. Immediately they worshipped God and they were joined by the elders and the angels. Notice too, twice the white robes are mentioned. Twice the fact that the believers came prepared, dressed in grace and washed by Jesus’ blood is declared by speaking about their robes. No matter how many rules we follow, how many commandments we keep, or how moral we are, we will not be among those in Heaven if we have not accepted Jesus’ grace and forgiveness.
Why will we worship? Why do we adore Him? We will finally be the sanctified perfect priests He made us to be. Verses 15-17 read,
““Therefore they are before the throne of God,
    and serve him day and night in his temple;
    and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
    the sun shall not strike them,
    nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

The sixth seal will be pretty wonderful for believers. There will be no more tears or discomfort, no need or fear. The Lamb will be our shepherd. Consider that. The one who knows best who we are and what we are have gone through will be our pastor and guide.
But just as wonderful as it will be for believers, it will be horrible for the lost. Remember the terror they will experience at the wrath of the Lamb. They will fall to their knees, they will melt with dread and they will have to admit Jesus is Lord. But wouldn’t it please God more, wouldn’t it be better for them and for us if they professed Jesus as Christ now? How can they do that if we don’t tell them? Romans 10:9-17 says,
“because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”
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Ezekiel 40-48 The Lord Is There

3/21/2015

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The Lord Is There. That is the glorious name of New Jerusalem. That is the awesome name of the City of God. You are the City of God. Is Jesus there?
Ezekiel Chapters 40-48

In these eight chapters of Ezekiel, The Lord gives Ezekiel very specific instructions, ordinances and measurements for the reestablishment of Israel, the Temple, and the land. He was restoring Israel and the covenant that she had so brashly thrown away. But Faithful God kept it even when they didn’t. These instructions were given fourteen years after Jerusalem had been taken, and in the middle of Israel’s captivity. It gave them hope, a reminder that they were still God’s people and He was still their God.

In Chapters 40-44 Jesus and as He shows Ezekiel the restored temple and its specifications, He shows us a glimpse of what the promise of New Jerusalem. Chapter 40 verses 2-4 describe Him.

“In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south. 3 When he brought me there, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway. 4 And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.”

His instructions for Ezekiel were serious and they are important for us as well. Ezekiel had to hear, see, and understand what the Lord was telling him in order to obey Him. We also must look with our eyes, hear with our ears, and set our heart upon all that Jesus shows us so that we can obey and declare it to the world. God brought Ezekiel to the mountain for a reason. He brings us to the places in our lives for a purpose as well. He wants to teach us, show us, and tell us and He wants us to testify with our words, deeds, and lives.

In chapter 43 Ezekiel sees the Glory of the Lord coming just as he had seen in Chebar when the Lord came to destroy the city, but now He came to restore it. As He came Ezekiel fell on His face in worship, awe, and fear. Verses 4-7 read,

“As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east, 5 the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

6 While the man was standing beside me, I heard one speaking to me out of the temple, 7 and he said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies of their kings at their high places”

God’s presence is the most important aspect of the Temple. He is the most vital part of us as His temple as well. We can’t have a relationship with Him if He isn’t invited into it. We can’t have a relationship with Him if we have muddied it with idolatry.

The chapters continue with rules, laws, and edicts concerning the Temple, worship, feasts, and the land. Most are not new instructions but some are a bit stricter than before. Chapter 44 describes the East Gate and requires it to be kept shut. No one may enter or leave by that gate to remind Israel that that is the gate by which the Lord entered and He is there, the core of who they are and His presence is the most important aspect of the law.

In chapter 47 Ezekiel is brought back to the Temple and sees a water trickling out of the south gate of the temple. As Jesus measures the water coming out though it becomes deeper and deeper until it is no longer a trickle but a flowing river so deep Ezekiel couldn’t pass through it but He could swim in it. Verses 6-12 read,

“And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?”

Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, and enters the sea; when the water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh.9 And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 10 Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea. 11 But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt. 12 And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

What an amazing vision of Jesus Christ. He is our righteousness. He is the living water. He brings truth and life. The gospel which was first preached in Jerusalem at the very temple and gate where Ezekiel saw the water trickle out was then preached further and further out until the whole world benefited from the life giving liberty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Where Jesus is, there is life, fruit, and healing.

The remainder of chapter 47 and 48 give measurements of the land and its divisions and there is an inference to these measurements not being about the Jerusalem Ezekiel knew but some other place, more spiritual than physical. Chapter 48 ends with a description and measurements of the gates of the City. There are twelve gates, three on each side of the perfect square, just like the description of New Jerusalem in Revelation. The name of the city is not called Jerusalem any longer. Verse 35 ends with “And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord Is There.”

How awesome is that name? The Lord Is There! He is, and He is never leaving. I am a citizen of that city. Are you? Is Jesus your Lord? Does He live in your heart? Do you declare it to the world? Does the Living Water flow out from you and give life to others? Are you sealed with the Holy Spirit? Is your relationship with the Father pure? You and I, Believer are the Temple of God, the City on the Mountain. The Lord is there! God is with us!

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Ezekiel 38 & 39 God destroys Gog

3/20/2015

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Ezekiel Chapters 38 & 39

Chapter 38 begins a prophecy against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Gog doesn’t sound like a really great guy, he has an evil plan. In the prophecy the Lord says God will attack Israel when she is living securely. Gog and his vast army will not attack the military but the homes in order to steal and rob. But God has a plan too. Verses 14-16 read,

“Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not know it? 15 You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. 16 You will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.”

Verses 19-23 describe more.

“For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 The fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, shall quake at my presence. And the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground. 21 I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. Every man's sword will be against his brother. 22 With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur. 23 So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Chapter 39 continues to describe God’s wrath against Gog and his army. He says that they will be completely destroyed. It will take seven months to bury the dead and cleanse the land and even then they will still find the occasional bone to be buried. The dead will become a sacrificial feast for the birds and the beasts. There will be no more high places, no more false altars, and no more idolatry.(Verses 11-20).

Verses 7-8 read,

“And my holy name I will make known in the midst of my people Israel, and I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. And the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. 8 Behold, it is coming and it will be brought about, declares the Lord God. That is the day of which I have spoken.”

What day is it that is coming? The battle Ezekiel prophesied about is during the Great Tribulation. Men, led by Satan will bring war against God’s people, not for military purposes but for evil’s sake. But the Lord will not allow that war to continue forever. He will end it. He will bring that earthquake, He will send pestilence, bloodshed, fire and sulfur and they will be judged.

God’s people will not need their weapons. Verses 9-10 read,

“Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, clubs and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years, 10 so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for they will make their fires of the weapons. They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord God.”

During the Tribulation, God’s children will not have to resort to violence. God will be caring for them completely. They will not have to worry about what has been stolen from them, God will restore it to them. It will be a terrible time. People will turn to fighting, brutality, and all sorts of maliciousness. Those things will seem right to them. But God’s children will not rely on that, because they will know that He is the LORD and He has them, He is caring for them. It is true during the Tribulation and it is true now, no matter what you face. You do not have to fall back on worldly solutions, God has got you, Believer.

He promises this restoration to Israel in verses 25-29

“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name. 26 They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell securely in their land with none to make them afraid, 27 when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies' lands, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. 29 And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”

Believer, you do not have anything to worry about. There may be many stressors in your life, but you can trust God to take care of them. You don’t have to turn to what the world turns to. You may have many people who hate you, who want bad for you just because you belong to God and refuse to conform to political correctness. You don’t have to fight them. You don’t have to hate them back. God will deal with them. He knows their plans, you know God’s plans.

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Ezekiel 36 Restored for God's Glory

3/18/2015

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Ezekiel Chapter 36

God had poured His wrath out on Israel. He had allowed Jerusalem to be devastated. The nations all around them cheered at the catastrophes they faced. The Lord dealt with Israel for her sin. He dealt with the other nations for their hate. Now it was time to restore Israel, His people. He would restore Israel so that the other nations would take note. He restored them so that everyone would know He is the Lord.

Verses 7-9 read,

“Therefore thus says the Lord God: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer reproach.

8 “But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for they will soon come home. 9 For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.”

When God is for you, who can be against you? He dealt with all the nations that took advantage of Israel during her weakness and cheered over her hardships. He dealt with Israel who had defamed and defiled His name, who had worshipped idols, and been utterly despicable. Verses 22-24 say,

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.23 And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.”

The Lord promised to restore and heal broken Israel. He does the same today for His children. He brings the penitent to Him, He heals, He allows us to know Him, and He gives us the ability to walk in Him and glorify His name. The change He makes are visible to those around us. He glorifies His holiness, His love, His awesome name. Verses 26-32 read,

“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you. 30 I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.

He removes our old attitude of stubbornness. He gives us His Spirit so that we will be able to walk in faith. He rescues us from sin. He provides. He changes us completely from who we once were to become His. He transforms us to the image of Christ. He does all these wonderful things for us, so that all people will know He is the Lord, so that all people will have the chance to come to Him, repent, and be His.

God’s restoration of His children is not partial. It is whole and it is awesome. It is not for our fame or exultation, it is for His. His purpose is not so you can keep His love to yourself but so that everyone will know He is the Lord God. What He does in us is so big it has to be Him that does it. No self-help book, 12-step program, or self-discipline can bring about such an absolute change. Verses 35-36 read,

“Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. 34 And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. 35 And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”

When He does this for us, He also gives us the ability and even the desire to ask it for others, for those who hate us, for those who snub the Lord, and for those who wander lost and ignorant of Him. God salvation started with Israel but He also gave it to other nations through Israel. God saved you, but He will also save the people around you through the testimony of what Jesus Christ did in you. Verses 37-38 say,

“Thus says the Lord God: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock. 38 Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

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Ezekiel 29-32 When One Lifts Themselves to the Heights of God, The Only Way to Go is Down

3/14/2015

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Ezekiel Chapters 29, 30, 31, & 32

Do you know someone like this, or are you a person like this? He is the person everyone turns to in times of trouble. He can always provide what it is someone needs, be it a job, protection, or anything. He is there offering his services and never lets people see the invisible strings attached. But they are there and accepting his seemingly generous offers lift the person up out of trouble and into servitude and subjugation. He lords his goodness, never forgets a debt and always overlooks the good done for him. He is a bully. The help he offers never really pans out like he promised.

That was who Egypt was. Especially to smaller, weaker nations in need. Israel had turned to Egypt many times and Egypt had helped, then turned on Israel making her slaves. Egypt offered help and would then go back on that offer like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown then pulling it away when he tried to kick it.

Chapter 29 verses 6-7 describe it like this,

“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord.

“Because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel, 7 when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.”

Egypt was prideful over its wealth, strength, and even its geography and beauty. The Pharaohs considered themselves gods. They worshipped idols. But the Lord was going to send Nebuchadnezzar to destroy Egypt, kill Pharaoh, and scatter the population. Chapter 30 verses 10-13 read,

“Thus says the Lord God:

“I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,
    by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him, the most ruthless of nations,
    shall be brought in to destroy the land,
and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
    and fill the land with the slain.
12 And I will dry up the Nile
    and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers;
I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
    by the hand of foreigners;
I am the Lord; I have spoken.


13 “Thus says the Lord God:

“I will destroy the idols
    and put an end to the images in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
    so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.”


That is exactly what happened. After Tyre agreed to Babylonian rule to end a thirteen year siege, Nebuchadnezzar set his sights on Egypt. He killed Pharaoh, and in their attempts to fight back the Egyptians ended up scattered among many nations for forty years. After that Egypt was never as great as it had once been. Chapter 30 verses 25-26 read,

“I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall. Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Pharaoh thought he was above reproach, too strong to be conquered, too rich to lose his position, too great to suffer at anyone else’s hands. His pride was so immense he believed the fallacy that he was a god. But God said, ‘Hey, remember Assyria? They were once a great nation. No other nation was as mighty, beautiful, or rich. No other nation was a perfectly positioned. Even the lush beauty in Eden couldn’t compare to Assyria. I made it. And because Assyria forgot who made them I let them be destroyed. Now they are nothing. I will not let them rise again. And I will not let any nation think they are as great as I am.” (Chapter 31).

Pharaoh was that full of himself. His pride made him believe that he was a god and that Egypt was Nirvana. But the One Holy God said when other nations considered Egypt and especially Pharaoh they would cringe. Chapter 32 verses 9-12 read,

“I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known. 10 I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.

11 “For thus says the Lord God: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you. 12 I will cause your multitude to fall by the swords of mighty ones, all of them most ruthless of nations.

“They shall bring to ruin the pride of Egypt,
    and all its multitude shall perish.”


Egypt joined Assyria, Elam, Meshech-Tubal, Edom, and the Sidonians in falling from pride to conquered humiliation and nothingness. Chapter 32 verses 31-32 read,

“When Pharaoh sees them, he will be comforted for all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord God. 32 For I spread terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God.”

Pride is a dangerous trait. It sneaks in and takes hold. It leads us to forget who made us who we are and take credit for it ourselves. Our talent comes from God. Although we must practice and develop it, the ability is from God. Our beauty and health is from God. We must choose wisely to maintain our health, God gave it to us. Our wealth is from the Lord. We must make the right decisions and manage it properly, it all comes from God.

Do not let pride overtake you. Pride can swell the ego to the point that one thinks other people need him instead of God. It can make him try and do the Lord’s job. It is he who will provide to the weak and needy. But unlike the Lord whose provision is never-ending because His supply is infinite, his help comes at a cost. He gives without grace and when he receives there is no reciprocation.

There are many who fell far because pride had lifted them so high. Do not be among them comforted by the great numbers who mistook themselves for gods, who forgot the Author and Giver. Remember where your help comes from. Lead people to Jesus not to you.

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Ezekiel 25 Leave Vengeance to the Lord. Take the Opportunity to be Compassionate and Kind.

3/12/2015

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Ezekiel Chapter 25

Now that Jerusalem had been taken, and the Temple profaned, The Lord gave Ezekiel prophecies against other nations. Each nation had celebrated or spoken out against Israel the Lord was giving them judgments so they would know He is the Lord.

Verses 3-7 is God’s prophecy against Ammon.

“Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God, Because you said, ‘Aha!’ over my sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile, 4 therefore behold, I am handing you over to the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. 5 I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a fold for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 6 For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within your soul against the land of Israel, 7 therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

He has similar judgments against Moab, Seir, Edom, and Philistia. Each nation rejoiced over Jerusalem’s fall. Each had something negative to say about Israel and Jerusalem. Verse 8 says,

“Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir said, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”

Verse 12 says,

“Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance on them,”

Verse 15 reads,

“Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity”

And the Lord dealt with each of them accordingly so that they would know Him or something about Him. Verse 11 reads,

“and I will execute judgments upon Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Verse 14 ends with, “…and they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.”

And Verse 17 says,

“I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”

Jerusalem may have deserved her dire sentence. But that was between her and the Lord. Israel was still God’s people and He was still their God. He doesn’t take kindly to hatred of His people. That means a couple of things for you and me.

First, have you ever delighted over seeing someone deal with the consequences of their actions? Have you ever reveled in someone else’s misfortune? Did you smirk when the rude waitress lost her job? Did you cheer when you saw the Porsche driver pulled over by the policeman?

Trouble, adversity, and hardship in other people’s lives are not opportunities for you to gloat. They are openings for you to love, show kindness and compassion, and share your testimony in a tangible way. God allows trouble for a reason and it is normally so that people will know He is the Lord, that He will be glorified. You and I as believers, can be a part of glorifying Him. We don’t have to prove the haters right by delighting in their hard times.

It also means that if you belong to God, if you are His child, you do not have to concern yourself with fighting all those who call you hater or hypocrite, or who harm you, rob you, or otherwise cause you detriment. You are God’s. He is with you, before you, behind you and beside you. He’ll handle the people who hate you. He will show them He is Lord. You don’t have to. Do you trust God to be God?

Deuteronomy 32:31-36 reads,

“For their rock is not as our Rock;
    our enemies are by themselves.
32 For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom
    and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of poison;
    their clusters are bitter;
33 their wine is the poison of serpents
    and the cruel venom of asps.


34 “‘Is not this laid up in store with me,
    sealed up in my treasuries?
35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense,
    for the time when their foot shall slip;
for the day of their calamity is at hand,
    and their doom comes swiftly.’
36 For the Lord will vindicate his people
    and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
    and there is none remaining, bond or free.”


Even God’s vengeance is compassionate. We have to keep in mind that their rock is not our Rock. They don’t know God. But the Lord will vindicate you. Keep in mind also, that He had mercy on us. We didn’t get the punishment we so sorely deserve. What right do we have to hope someone else is punished because we think they deserve it? Judgment and punishment is not our job, it is up to the Lord. Evil is not triumphed by evil, it is overcome by good. God tells us to prevail over evil with tangible love and kindness. (Romans 12:14-21).

Colossians 3:12-14 reminds us we are to be kind and we are to forgive because we are forgiven.

“Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”

Let God be God, you be His. Let Him handle the haters and you love Him by loving them. Remember they are not the enemy, they are lost. Their rock is not our Rock.

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Ezekiel 24:15-27 How Do You Respond When Your Heart is Broken?

3/11/2015

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Ezekiel Chapter 24 Verses 15-27

Ezekiel suffered many things as the Lord’s prophet. He was mute and bound unless prophesying, he had stayed in uncomfortable positions for very long periods of time, eaten disgusting foods, and no one listened to him because the words he gave were not the words they wanted to hear. But in chapter 24 Ezekiel experienced one of the worst events I can imagine he had to go through. Verses 15-18 read,

“The word of the Lord came to me: 16 “Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.” 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.”

Ezekiel’s wife died suddenly. God described her as being the delight of Ezekiel’s eyes.  Ezekiel loved her, but was not permitted to mourn publicly for her. In public he had to act as if nothing was wrong. He couldn’t honor his wife’s memory. He went out among the people, who knew if he was out and speaking there was a purpose. They all asked him why he was not grieving the death of his wife and why he was acting like everything was normal. He couldn’t accept condolences from anyone. He couldn’t even eat the casseroles his neighbors brought him but instead had to just keep going on as if his heart wasn’t broken. Verses 21-24 say,

“Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. 22 And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. 23 Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another. 24 Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign; according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord God.”

The Temple would be taken by the enemy. The Temple was supposed to be dear to God’s people. It represented His presence among them, His favor of Israel as His very own people, and the relationship they should have shared. The taking of the Temple was the climax of the siege of Jerusalem. It meant that the enemy had won. It meant everything Ezekiel had prophesied had happened. Judgment had arrived.

But like Ezekiel had not mourned for his wife, Jerusalem and Israel would not mourn for the Temple. Although overwhelmed with despair, there was no time to cry and there was too much to cry for. Sons, daughters, and hopes of the future were dying in Jerusalem while the hearers were in captivity, helpless to do anything. And rather than lament their sins which had led to the judgment, they would play the blame game, as often happens when unpleasant incidents occur. They would grumble, complain and whine instead of properly grieving and taking responsibility for what had happened.

They would hear about when the Temple was profaned not by prophecy through Ezekiel but by an escapee from Jerusalem who would deliver the horrible news to them. They would know then it was real, it had happened, and they would hear a first-hand account of the atrocities that had taken place. God would give them a sign though. On the day the fugitive arrived to tell them the news, Ezekiel would no longer be mute, but would be able to speak whether he prophesied or not. And since Jerusalem had been destroyed, his prophecies would be about other subjects.

When catastrophic events happen to you or around, your response matters. Is your response graceful and compassionate or is it accusing and self-seeking? Does your reaction lead you to become more like Christ as you glean the lessons or does it lead others to hate Christ as you moan and groan?

Jesus wept when Lazarus died. People understood the deep love Jesus had for His friend. Mourning is allowed. But what is it that you are mourning? When tragedy comes into your life, do you cry over all you’ve lost and stay down like a victim or do you grieve your loss, reflect on it, get up and keep going?

We mourn, whine, grumble and complain about how bad our lives are. We focus on ourselves and don’t care about how the calamity might affect anyone else. We cry out ‘why me?’ and never listen for the answer. Or we choose to listen. We grieve the sins we have committed and that leads to repentance. We mourn the loss of people and things and we learn to go on without them. We let the Spirit comfort us. We lean on Him for understanding, peace and even joy through all of it.

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Ezekiel 24:1-14 Only God Can Clean the Unlcean

3/10/2015

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Ezekiel Chapter 24 Verses 1-14

God spoke to Ezekiel and Israel and told them that Babylon was laying siege to Jerusalem. The prophecy of destruction they had been warned about repeatedly was happening. He then gave them a parable about a pot of soup. It probably brought to mind Jeremiah’s prophecy about the same event from to mind (The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.” Jeremiah 1:13).

Verses 3-5 read,

“And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

“Set on the pot, set it on;
    pour in water also;
4 put in it the pieces of meat,
    all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder;
    fill it with choice bones.
5 Take the choicest one of the flock;
    pile the logs under it;
boil it well;
    seethe also its bones in it.”


That soup sounds delicious at first. But then the choicest one of the flock is added to the recipe, not just the marrow bones and the good pieces of meat, but the entire animal, bones, blood, organs, prime meat, and inferior meat. What would have been excellent has been tainted and is unclean. Verses 6-7 continue the parable.

“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.7 For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.”

Jerusalem represented by the pot, and the people in it represented by the meat in the soup would not and could not escape their fate.

The Lord continues in verses 10-12,

“Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up. 11 Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed.12 She has wearied herself with toil; its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion!”

The corrosion of the fire on the pot makes its contents inedible, the fire and the dust of the ground make the meat removed unpalatable. The entire pot of soup became useless and needed to be wasted. The people of Jerusalem had become so defiled that they were past the point of fixing. Once copper has contaminated food, it is ruined.

Verses 13-14 read,

“On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you. 14 I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.”

 

No priest, false god, nor idol could fix the problems in Israel. Only the LORD God, The Holy One of Israel could cleanse them. He had given them multiple chances to turn to Him, but they had flouted every opportunity. So He let them have their way. He let the defilement they had chosen be what destroyed them as Nebuchadnezzar came and laid waste to Jerusalem.

Only God can clean the unclean, forgive our iniquity, and make us whole. No self-help program can heal our wounds. No philosophy can cleanse us from sin. They may seem to help a little. They may put a salve on the pain, or temporary stitches in the wound, but they just cover up they do not heal. Only the Lord can forgive us, heal us, and make us clean. Jesus does for us what no amount of positive thinking or unity with the universe can do. It doesn’t take twelve steps to be whole. It doesn’t take charms, or rituals. It is as simple as 1 John 1:5-10 says it is.

“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Israel could have conceded their sinfulness to the Lord, He already knew about it, just like He knew about ours. But they chose to continue walking in the dark, practicing idolatry, and hiding their evil.

Have you admitted your sinfulness to yourself and to God? Have you realized your need of forgiveness and asked Jesus to cover you with His blood and make you righteous? That is all it takes. There is nothing more than admitting your sin asking Jesus to be your Lord. He cleans it all away and when your Father in Heaven looks at you, He doesn’t see a defiled sinful person, He see the righteousness of Christ. He sees His beloved child.

You can turn to all the self-help books and religions of the world to try and improve yourself. You can become one with the universe and expand your consciousness but that won’t restore your relationship with the Creator of the Universe. Or you can become one with The Creator through Jesus Christ and be sealed by the Holy Spirit and restored to the Father by accepting the gift of salvation.

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Ezekiel 21 If You Hate The Father's Discipline, You are Hating the Father

3/7/2015

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Ezekiel Chapter 21

This chapter prophesies the King of Babylon and the Ammonites making wars on Jerusalem. This was something Israel didn’t think would happen because they had made deals with Babylon and were already captives. They thought Babylon would stick by their word and leave Jerusalem alone and even protect the city. But the Lord would allow Babylon’s false divinations to lead them to destroy Jerusalem and He would remind the King of Jerusalem’s sins against him. (Verses 18-32).

Israel and Jerusalem were so stubborn they refused to give up their false religions, idols, and acceptance of worldly philosophies. The Lord steadfastly told them He wouldn’t put up with it, and unfalteringly disciplined them for this grievous sin. Yet they just as persistently ignored the chastisement. Verse 5 reads,

 “And all flesh shall know that I am the Lord. I have drawn my sword from its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.”

Israel had reached the point, even though they were living in the midst of prophecies coming about they were treating God’s word like a fairy tale. They were barely reacting. The Lord wanted a response. Israel acted like hostile smug teenagers and kept up what they were doing. The Lord would keep doing what He was doing until they responded. And He knew that meant His stubborn children would be brought to their breaking point and beyond. He knows that for many of us, our pride makes it so we must break before we will acknowledge Him. Verse 7 reads,

“And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that it is coming. Every heart will melt, and all hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will be fulfilled,’” declares the Lord God.”

The Lord described the sword He would unsheathe and He told them why He was doing it. Verses 9-13 read,

 “Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say:

“A sword, a sword is sharpened
    and also polished,
10 sharpened for slaughter,
    polished to flash like lightning!


(Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.) 11 So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer. 12 Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh. 13 For it will not be a testing—what could it do if you despise the rod?” declares the Lord God.”

Israel despised the rod. They discounted God’s discipline. They refused to allow His corrective measures to correct them, instead they cried and whined and turned to wooden statues for help, when the Lord was right there waiting for them to respond to Him. Even though they hated the punishment they chose it over God.

Don’t we do the same thing? God allows circumstances to teach us, guide us, shape us, or otherwise discipline us and we hate them. We cry, but we don’t cry out to the Lord. We whine. We turn everywhere but to Jesus for answers. We look for money to solve the problem instead of depending on God. We read a hundred self-help books instead of the Word of God. We lean on crutches of worldly philosophy instead of God.

God loves us. He allows difficulties, pain, sorrow, and trials for reasons. Rather than hate the pain, loathe the suffering, and spurn the trials we can cling to Jesus and take joy in His deep and perfect love for us. We can be glad that He cares enough to want to transform us. We can allow the Comforter to comfort us as He uses the sword to deftly conform us to the image of Christ. That means not ignoring the trial but experiencing it. Romans 5:3-5 reads,

“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”

Are you in the midst of terrible conditions? Are you suffering? How are you coping? Are you leaning on the Lord? Are you being upheld by the Brethren? Are you rejoicing, praying, thanking and praising? Or are you wallowing in self-pity? Are you looking for answers from self-help books and other idols? Are you seeking help from money? Are you trying to deaden the experience with alcohol, drugs, TV, or work?

I encourage you to rejoice in your suffering, embrace the pain. Cling to Jesus. Let the Holy Spirit have His way with you. Pay attention to and extract all the benefits of the sword you can. Be transformed.

Jesus doesn’t make your life idealistic. He doesn’t take away the pain and brutality of life. In fact, following Jesus can add pain to one’s life. But He does bring us through the suffering to a better end in which we, not our lives are made more ideal, like our Perfect Savior.




Matthew 10:34-39 reads,

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”

We can turn to the world to solve our problems. We can love the world more than the Word. If we choose the world over Jesus, we will not be transformed, we will die to the sword along with the world. But if we truly belong to God, we will choose Him. We will choose the sword over the wooden statues and the sword will give us life.

Examine your life and your heart. Have you despised the rod with wood? Have you hated the sword and loved the world? Respond to the Father’s discipline.


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Ezekiel 20 God Will Not Allow His Holiness to be Defiled.

3/6/2015

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Ezekiel Chapter 20

This chapter begins with the elders coming to Ezekiel to inquire of the Lord. This simple act infuriated God. Why? Doesn’t God want His children to come to Him, to seek out His will, and find answers in Him? Yes, He does. But He wants us to come only to Him. Israel, including her leaders and priests were practicing various religions and mixing beliefs together to create a spirituality that suited them. They were treating the LORD God as if He were another wooden idol, His statutes as if they were disputable, and His law as if it could be rewritten. Whatever question they came asking, God did not answer. Instead He told them He would not put up with their idolatry.

The Lord told them what He had done for their forefathers. Verses 5-7 read,

“and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: On the day when I chose Israel, I swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, making myself known to them in the land of Egypt; I swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God. 6 On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands. 7 And I said to them, Cast away the detestable things your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”

Then He described Israel’s reaction to His covenant and His choice of reaction. Verses 8-12 read,

“But they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. None of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.

“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt. 10 So I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. 11 I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live. 12 Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.”

But Israel still rebelled, still worshipped idols, and still refused to keep God’s laws. Israel profaned the Holy things God have given her by keeping their idols and practicing a convoluted version of the commandments God required. God could have destroyed them at any time. But He didn’t. He steadfastly loved them. He guided them. He disciplined them. Time and again He said, “I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules, 20 and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.” (Verses 19-20). Time and again they rebelled and worshipped idols, profaned the sacred, and ignored the Lord. Yet God remained patient. He remembered His awesome power, perfect love, and great name. He remained I Am so the entire world would know that He is The LORD.

When Israel entered the Promised Land they prayed to the Lord, but they did it on the altars of false gods. God said to destroy the high places, asherah poles, and the other adulterous idolatrous places, but instead Israel re-purposed them to suit them. They sullied the Holy Name of the LORD. The Lord cannot be desecrated and He will not allow His name to be defiled. His perfect reputation calls the lost to Him. But when His perfection is degraded with false beliefs the lost remain lost, and those who think they have found God are worshipping a god of their own creation.

Verses 30-32 read,

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and go whoring after their detestable things? 31 When you present your gifts and offer up your children in fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

32 “What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, and worship wood and stone.”

Don’t we too often think that we should be more attractive to the world? Or maybe some of the world philosophies sound appealing and we mix them with the word of God. What’s the detriment of some tantric mediation along with our prayer? Where is the harm of adding a touch of Taoism or nature worship to our walk? It is idolatry. It brings the Lord down from God to god.

The covenant God makes with us is that we realize we can never obtain life by being good enough. Israel couldn’t do it, even when they were face to face with God in the wilderness. We can only reach righteousness through the blood and grace of Christ Jesus. He is the way and the truth and the life. There is no other way. Jesus is the only way to the Father, full stop. (John 14:6). But we have choices. God says it is Him or gods. Pray to idols, ancestors, and a myriad of gods or pray to Him. Worship yourself or Him. You can’t have it both ways. 39 reads,

“As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.”

Israel never kept her side of the covenant with the LORD. From its inception they continually broke it. But God never did. Instead He promised restoration. That restoration happens through Jesus. Verses 40-44 read,

“For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings. 41 As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations. 42 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the country that I swore to give to your fathers.43 And there you shall remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed. 44 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”

Not everyone will see the astounding and tremendous promise of reestablishment of New Jerusalem. No one who practices idolatry will enter into it. No one who corrupts the name of the Lord by bringing worldly philosophies into the pure relationship with Him will enter. No one who rejects the Word of God, Jesus Christ will come in. But everyone, every single person will know that Awesome God is The LORD. Every knee will bow and every tongue confess He is Lord. (Isaiah 45:23). Every person will realize the devastating truth of their iniquity. But for some, for most, it will be too late.

Do not contribute to dishonoring the name of the Lord by sullying the way. He gave you sacred things and holy knowledge. He gave you His name, His reputation, and His holiness. Don’t muck it up with fake spirituality, lies, and idolatry. Your life is a testimony. God will deal with you so that you will come to know Him and be transformed to Christ’s image and so that others can come to know Him. Do not lead people to a false god. Make sure it is the One True Holy God you worship and not a god of your own creation.

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