Ezekiel
Chapter 21
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nd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
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And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
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At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
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And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
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Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your
transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
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And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
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And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
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Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
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And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
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Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
King James Bible
And God said unto him,
Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
(Ezek 36:17 KJV)
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their ..own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
(Ezek 36:18 KJV)
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it.
(Ezek 36:22 KJV)
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
(Ezek 36:24 KJV)
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
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(Ezek 36:31 KJV)
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
(Ezek 36:32 KJV)
Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD,
be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
King James Bible
Ezekiel 21:32
Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
bue,bue,birdie
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Thank you. I appreciate that response. And I can see how that could have application.
Tell me, do you believe the word of God is eternal? I assume you do. Being eternal, does one manifestation of it render it moot?
Is it possible that even if/though these verses fulfill Jesus' and Paul's warnings, could there be other application?
I tend to think the word of God, being eternal, has part to play in history repeating itself.
Consider:
God offered the Jews a Messiah. The Jews rejected Him, and they suffered tribulation for it in 70 AD. Then God offered the world a Christ. The world is rejecting Him ... and will suffer it's tribulation in the days to come?
The Jews believed their Messiah would be a political figure who'd save them from Godless Romans. Today many Christians are looking for a political figure who'll save them from Godless liberals.
So the words of Ezekiel were a warning to the Jews about them turning away from God's truth. Could the words of Jesus and Paul also refer to Christians today turning away as well?
So yes, while the words of Ezekiel spoke to their turning away, did God's warnings turn moot at that time, or could they still be in play?
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