Ezekiel 14:1-3
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“Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?” Ezekiel 14:1-3
The elders of Israel are the leaders of the Jewish people. They came to Ezekiel because he knew the word of God and they wanted some information from him. God revealed to Ezekiel that those leaders of the people were spiritually corrupt. They had set up idols in their heart, which refers to having their spirit and soul filled and guided with something other than the word of God. The idols of their heart led them to stumble into sin. God poses the question, “Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?”
Today, the Jewish leaders have an idol in their heart and are leading themselves and the Jewish people to stumble into sin. The Jewish culture has thrown out Jesus Christ from their heart as they have discarded the entire New Testament and live only by the Old Testament. God wants them to hear His Son, Jesus Christ, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” Matthew 17:5 The Jewish people do not hear Jesus Christ, and make inquiries of God only through the Old Testament, and God asks the question, “Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?”
Today, there is an entity that has set itself up in the heart of the masses of people around the world. People have set up this entity in their heart by welcoming it to give them what to think, feel, do, and say. This entity is the one “...who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click for a post on the “man of sin”. We are created by God to be the Temple of the Holy Spirit, not the temple of this entity that gives what to think and feel. God asks the question, “Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?” As we see in the next verses, the answer is “No”. That’s because this entity causes people to stumble into sin by rejecting God, Jesus Christ, and the presence of the Holy Spirit as it enables the image of the beast to speak and live through people. The masses of the global culture are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.
Today, we see how the Israelis riot and protest against their own government of Israel to demand conformity with the goals of the United Nations. They have set up the idol in their heart that leads them into rebellion against God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. They have joined with the masses of the global culture that serves the entity giving them what to feel, say, do, and think. This entity synchronizes the actions of the masses of people across the globe and makes their voice as one. God asks, “Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?”
“….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, 3:1
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