Sunday, 13 January 2019

EZEKIEL AND HIS SYMBOLIC ACTS.

Ezekiel 4: 1-3 says, "Mortal man, get A BRICK, put the brick IN FRONT OF YOU, and SCRATCH LINES on the brick REPRESENTING the city of JERUSALEM. Then to REPRESENT a SIEGE, PUT TRENCHES, EARTHWORKS, CAMPS, and BATTERING RAMS all AROUND it. Take an IRON PAN and SET the iron pan UP LIKE a WALL between you and the city. Face the city. The CITY IS UNDER SIEGE, and you are the one besieging. This will be a sign to the Nation of Israel."
Ezekiel 5: 1-4 says, "Mortal man, take a sharp SWORD and use the sharp sword to SHAVE off your BEARD and all your HAIR. Then WEIGHT the hair ON SCALES and DIVIDE it into 3 PARTS.
BURN UP a 1/3 of it IN the CITY when the SIEGE is OVER. Take ANOTHER 1/3 and CHOP it up WITH your SWORD as you move around OUTSIDE the CITY. SCATTER the remaining 1/3 to THE WINDS, and I WILL PURSUE it WITH MY SWORD. Keep back a FEW HAIRS and WRAP them IN THE HEM OF YOUR CLOTHES. Then take A FEW of them OUT AGAIN, THROW them IN THE FIRE, and let them BURN UP. From them FIRE will SPREAD TO the whole nation of ISRAEL."
Ezekiel 5: 11-17 then says, "Therefore, as I AM THE LIVING GOD -this is THE WORD OF THE SOVEREIGN LORD -because YOU DEFILED MY TEMPLE with all the evil, disgusting things you did, I WILL CUT YOU DOWN WITHOUT MERCY. A 1/3 of your people will DIE from sickness and hunger IN the CITY (burn up 1/3 in the city when the siege is over), a 1/3 will be CUT down BY SWORDS (as you move around) OUTSIDE the CITY, and I WILL SCATTER the last 1/3 TO the WINDS and PURSUE them WITH a SWORD. You will feel ALL THE FORCE OF MY ANGER and RAGE until I AM SATISFIED. When all this happens, you will be convinced that I, the LORD, HAVE SPOKEN to you because I AM OUTRAGED AT YOUR UNFAITHFULNESS. Everyone from the nations around you who passes by will sneer at you and keep their distance. When I AM ANGRY and FURIOUS with you and PUNISH YOU, all the nations around you will be terrified. They will look at you with disgust and make fun of you. I WILL CUT off your SUPPLY of FOOD and LET YOU STARVE. You will feel the pains of hunger like sharp arrows sent to destroy you. I will send hunger and wild animals to kill your children, and will send sickness, violence, and war to kill you. I,  the  LORD, HAVE SPOKEN. "

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