Ezekiel 4:1-3
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“You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem.” Ezekiel 4:1
Ezekiel makes a map of Jerusalem on a clay tablet, which is easily broken and swept away. This brings to mind how the Lord God put the State of Israel on the map in 1948, when it was recognized as a nation. Even so, we have to realize that the people of Israel habitually profane the name of God by rejecting Jesus Christ as their Messiah, Lord, and Savior. Putting Israel on the map was not for the sake of Israel, but for the sake of God’s Holy name. The State of Israel was put on the clay map as the place where God carries out His judgment against her, “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.” Ezekiel 36:22
“Lay siege against it, build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around.” Ezekiel 4:2
God is using the countries of the global government of the beast to lay siege on the State of Israel. This has been shared in the prophecy of the Bible so that those in this world can see that God’s word is true and He is Holy.
A “siege wall” is something built to enable one country to breach the walls of another. To breach the walls of the State of Israel is to remove the borders which makes Israel an independent state in the Middle East. Today, we see how the borders of Israel have been breached. The West Bank has been practically declared Palestinian territory with the State of Israel not settled into that declaration.
The border of Jerusalem itself is now divided into two territories; West Jerusalem is considered Israeli territory, but East Jerusalem is practically considered Palestinian territory inside the West Bank. There is even talk of making East Jerusalem the capital of the Palestinian people in a “two-state solution.” The “two-state solution” means to divide that Middle East region between the Israelis and Palestinians as two separate states. A day is soon coming when the Palestinian State will be declared in a manner similar to the declaration of the State of Israel in 1948.
There are mounds of opposition to the borders of the State of Israel, camps are set against Israel, and battering rams surround Israel. The battering rams against the borders of the State of Israel are coming from the Gaza Strip, from inside the West Bank, from Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and others. The latest siege against the walls of Israel is when the terrorist organization Hamas attacked on October 7, 2023. To this date of February 14, 2024, the war continues. Since Israel was put on the world map in 1948, there has been 18 Israeli wars. There was even a war in 1948. Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. We see the hand of god’s wrath coming against Israel.
Most notably, the United Nations (government of the beast) wants the siege against the borders of the State of Israel to prevail. Their plan is to progress into the one world government, but the independence of Israel stands in the way. All around the world, the global culture is laying a siege against the State of Israel by their support of any actions that tears down Israel. The masses around the world live by the entity that gives them what to feel, say, do, and think. This entity enlivens the image of the beast to live and speak through everyone across the globe. By what they say and do they lay siege against the State of Israel. People around the world conform to the global culture of the world government as they are groomed by the mark of the beast by what they say and do.
An iron wall exists between God and the State of Israel. “Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.” Ezekiel 4:3
The “iron wall” set between God and Israel is their rejection of Jesus Christ, their Messiah. To be reconciled to God they must receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior and receive the Holy Spirit. If the Jewish people were Christian, the State of Israel would not exist because we do not have a nation to call our own on this earth. We live for the nation of the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. By living as Christians, the Jewish people would have been spared all of the wrath coming against the State of Israel.
The Israelis are very stubborn, with a head as hard as flint against the will of God. That is why we are seeing the turmoil of Israel in this world today. The way the State of Israel is being besieged, exactly as Bible prophecy reveals, is a sign to the house of Israel.
“….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
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