LIGHT BEARER — FIRE TRANSMITTER

(Ezekiel 10:7 - AMP) — Then a cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between [the four of] them, and took some [of it] and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and departed.

(Ezekiel 10:7 - NIV) - Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand to the fire that was among them. He took up some of it and put it into the hands of the man in linen, who took it and went out.

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Fire is one of the wonderful things God made in ways that it does diminish by sharing. Take some fire from fire does not reduce the remaining fire, unlike some water or oil. The wise virgins would not share their Oil with the other virgins because the Oil they had was such that cannot endure sharing, lest it runs out. But instead of sharing to diminish true Fire, sharing rather multiplies the true Fire. A little fire is great matter.

In the bible above, sharing true Fire was well demonstrated to us:

☆1☆ — The four dwellers in the Presence of God always have the Fire in them and in their all the time, and that Fire that never dies nor quenches: Always in His Presence.

☆2☆ — A man clothed in linen came by seeking to get some of the glorious Fire to take to where such Fire is absent but needed more: He’s the Evangelist here, willing to take the Fire from the Throne out of the Temple where glory of God was saturated, into the streets and city outside the church or temple, to spread the Fire and glory to other places. This is outreach or reaching out. Though lots were going on or happening in the church/Temple, with God manifestly doing wonders and glories, the Evangelist was thinking about his mission, his field outside the temple or church venue, those he marked with his pen for saving or for escape out there, and he wasn't even going to wait till the end of the wonderful session of things God was doing in the temple church

☆3☆ — The Cherubim were busy playing the music sounds with their wings, and were key players in the ongoing session in the church premises, but yet because of the urgency of the Evangelist, who was standing by and without saying a word already sent his urgency signals - the cherubim understood their music was keeping him in church. Therefore, one of the Cherubim in the midst of playing the sounds with their wings, stretched out his hand through their to take some of the Fire, and gave the Fire he took to the Evangelist clothed in linen.

☆4☆ — Behold the miracle of multiplication of the Fire that began to happen from there: The Cherub used one hand to take some of the Fire, but by the time the Cherub would give the Fire he took with one hand to the Angel/Evangelist clothed in linen, the man clothed in linen needed two hands to receive/hold the Fire: thus he used 2 hands.

☆5☆ — As soon as the Evangelist received, he went out without waiting for sharing the grace in fellowship — he went with the Fire to reach out or evangelize and spread the Fire he was bearing. He was not just a Light-bearer, but Fire/Power Transmitter.

☆6☆ — Yes, that Fire he was transmitting was like electricity power transmission because that Fire from the Cherubim was basically a source of lightning: Written —

[Ezekiel 1:13 GW] — The living creatures looked like burning coals and torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning came out of the fire.

☆7☆ — Therefore, that Fire that grew from one hand to two hands would eventually grow into becoming enough for the entire city, and in terms of wattage, I estimate the Fire to be exceeding 100,000 Megawatts of electricity.

(Ezekiel 10:8 - AMP) — Beneath their wings the cherubim seemed to have [something in] the form of a man’s hand.

(Ezekiel 10:8 - NIV) - (Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen what looked like human hands.)

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The hands of the Cherubim look like a man's hands, not a man's hands look like the hands of the Cherubim. The hands of Apes or some Monkeys may look like a man's hands, but a man's hands do not look like the hands of Apes or Monkeys.

In the bible verse above, the Cherubim have a man's hands under their wings. Behold, their wings were not under their man's hands; rather their man's hands were under their wings. Their hands are subject to their wings, and they had to lift up their wings before they could wave their hands or even do certain things with those hands.

Yes, Wings rank higher than hands of a man among the Living Creatures in the Heavens. And they subdue more with their Wings than with their hands. And, even the Wind would come under their Wings to exalt them in flight above. Nevertheless, they could still make their hands and their wings to move as one or join together.

Remember, though they have man's hands, yet when the scriptures says that God does not dwell in temple built by men's hands, that does not include the man's hands the cherubim. Their man's hands are not of men, but of God.

SATURATION: See what may have triggered the Temple's Cloudy Saturation

(Ezekiel 10:5 - AKJV) — And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when He speaks.

(Ezekiel 10:5 - NKJV) - And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks.

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Let me quickly drop this here before proceeding: “God has shown that even the courts outside the temple are as important as the space within the temple.” Now having made the point, let's proceed: — The Cherubim were in the inner court, and yet even from the outer court the sound of their wings was so audible and loud like the voice of the Almighty God when He speaks outloud. To relate the reach of the sound of their wings and the reach of the cloud of glory from the Lord: — With their wings in harmony they played music sounds that glorified God, and being glorified the glory of God filled everywhere with bright cloud or atmosphere of glory. Similar things were done by Priests/Levites choirs, as Cherubim here were doing, but in east side:

[‭II Chronicles 5:12-14] — and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets— indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one in harmony, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying: “For He is good, For His mercy endures forever,” that the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

However, we must take the starting point backwards to include the outpouring of wrath or satisfaction of the wrath of God, which is judgment done in the house of God, as the foundation for the glory of God filling the temple in and out with cloud of glory. I am illustrating another similar or related event, which I will reference below. The glory of God would not celebrate that way if there was still shame or wrath in the temple or house of God. So even if all the choirs in the world play music and sing with all they have, if there's abomination or wrath of God in the house of God, the glory of God will not fill the house of God with the cloud of glory.

Inside heaven, the temple inside heaven, was a house of God where they stored sacred and Holy food, drinks and liquids. But interesting things the angels were also storing inside the temple inside heaven were plagues (pestilences/illness) like some kind of dangerous acid: — Why store such things as the wrath of God in bowls, plagues or illnesses inside the holy|sacred temple? And as soon as those seven angels with those plagues came out of the temple, one of the Cherubim or Rabim also brought seven bowls containing wrath of God from the Throne and gave them to the seven angels of plagues. That is not my point, but that upon all the music sounds and praises around the temple by angels, yet the glory of God did not saturate the temple in heaven with the cloud or smoke of glory, until the bowls containing the Wrath of God was removed from the Throne and the plagues removed from the temple in heaven to be poured out on the earth to satisfy God's wrath: Then the temple in heaven became saturated with cloud or smoke of the glory of God to degrees that no one could go into the Temple.

[b][‭Revelation 15:5-8] - After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple-that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law-and it was opened. Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen and wore golden sashes around their chests. Then one of the four cherubim gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

(Ezekiel 10:6 - AKJV) — And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

(Ezekiel 10:6 - NKJV) - Then it happened, when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim,” that he went in and stood beside the wheels.

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He had commanded the linen clothed man/angel to go take fire “Between the Wheels” but the linen clothed man went and stood “Beside the Wheels.” Is between the wheels the same as beside the wheels? Is the word take sounding as stand? Why couldn't the man clothed in linen able to reach between the wheels and take the fire himself when he got there?

Now recall the bible reference from “Revelation 15” I cited under the preceding Bible verse, and recall that the seven angels that came out of the temple in heaven with plagues were like this man all clothed in linen, and all assigned to get some things from the Throne and to pour them on earth lands. But with this experience here, the cherubim in Revelation 15 just prepared and packaged the stuff for them in bowls so that the seven angels clothed in linen would not have to come and stand waiting like this one is doing in the top bible verse above.

But notice also how this Bible verse above, in repeating the Lord’s instruction to the man clothed in linen, changed or replaced the use of the word “Coal of Fire” as God said it to him with just “Fire” as this Bible verse above rephrased it. So, it now sounds like he was commanded to take fire between the wheels and pour or scatter the fire in the city, not like Sodom under fire, but like Elijah sent to bring fire to the city's streets.

(Ezekiel 10:3 - AKJV) — Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

(Ezekiel 10:3 - NKJV) - Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court.

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One translation said the Cherubim were standing on the right side of the temple and another said they were standing on the south side of the temple: Both are correct. The temple as built by Solomon had its Front view/elevation in the east, rear view in the west, left view in the north and right view in the south. Recall that those men worshiping the sun in the east were backing or had their backs toward the temple.

Just as the space inside the House/Temple had “Outer Room” and “Inner Room,” so also the Premises of the House/Temple had “Outer Court” and “Inner Court.” So when the man clothed in linen went to were he was sent to the Cherubim, he left God in the outer court and entered the inner court, right side, where the Cherubim, the Wheels and the Throne, were. And the Cloud that filled the inner court was of the glory of God there ahead of him even though he left God behind to enter the inner court: God is everywhere. And the cloud already filled the inner court, or he walked into the cloud.

Don't forget that in the Holy of Holies towards the west side of the temple, there were portraits of Cherubim covering a Mercy seat with two wings. But the Real Cherubim do not cover the Throne, which is also above them and not under their covering wings; The real Cherubim were in the inner court at the right side, and the glory of God on them filled the inner court with cloud without rain of water, but cloud of glory.



(Ezekiel 10:4 - AKJV) — Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory.

(Ezekiel 10:4 - NKJV) - Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and paused over the threshold of the temple; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory.

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Then again the glory of the Lord God went up from the Cherubim and stood again by the entrance door of the House in front/east side, now within the outer court. This time, the glory of God was releasing cloud of glory into the Temple Room and cloud of brightness into the outer court.

☆1☆ Whenever I see the Lord God Himself doing this, I feel He is performing Priestly to His Temple or to His Creation by releasing glorious cloud and atmosphere over and within them. Men as priests do similar thing by releasing incense smoke to fill a space.

☆2☆ Again, the manifest glory of the Lord God went up from the Cherubim to skip the fence and the door instead of entering or exiting through the door. Recall the reason He had to avoid the use of the door in such manifest Glory, as I explained in my writing under “Ezekiel 9:3.” And to get the cloud into the Temple, the glory of God stood by the entrance of the door in a manner for the cloud to enter through the door while He would not Himself enter through the door with His manifest Glory.

☆3☆ As it was then, the Holy of Holies, which was supposed to be the head source for the glory or cloud became the tail, while the opposite direction was the source. Sometimes in crusade or gathering, the Lord may start from any angles or direction.

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(Ezekiel 10:1 - AKJV) - Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

(Ezekiel 10:1 - AMP) - Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse (firmament) that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared something [glorious and brilliant] above them looking like a [huge] sapphire stone, formed to resemble a throne.

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Remember we already saw that visions of God usually come in sequential phases, such as first comers, second comers, third… etc of more appearances or unveilings as one continues to see what is already revealed in the visions or dreams. In the bible verse above, a fresh vision or appearance happened, revealing a Throne above the firmament that was above the Cherubim. Though the Throne had been there all along the time the glory of God was there, the Throne did not manifest in the vision until this time when It appeared and was having the appearance of a Sapphire Stone. Now do learn these:

☆1☆ The Sapphire Stone appearance of the Throne means the Throne was blueish in coloration - [You may read my commentary on “Ezekiel 1:26” - www.peterch.org]. Sometimes you look up into the heavens and see it's blueish, but if you travel through space you hardly see what particularly makes it blueish.

☆2☆ The Firmament of the Cherubim is not the same as firmament of this space or physical heaven. Rather the firmament of the third heaven possessed the firmament of the second heaven in these revelations and visions. This second firmament is called ‘Open Heaven’ but a Firmament of the Cherubim is called “Opened Heaven” to man.

☆3☆ The reason the Throne was hidden before but suddenly appeared now is has something to do with the report the man (angel) clothed in linen gave, saying, “I have done or completed Your (the Lord’s) command.” In other words, when Judgment is restored to the house of God the Throne of God will be restored to the house of God. The Throne of God does not dwell where the Judgment of God is lacking. This’ because — Righteousness and Justice (Judgment) is the Foundation or Base of the Throne.

It was easier for the Glory of God and His angels to appear or dwell in place lacking judgment than for the Throne of God to be there. So do not just seek the glory of God or the power of God, rather seek the Throne, which is also called the Kingdom of God and It's Righteousness and Justice (Judgment). The Church and the Temple have been given the power and glory of God when the Spirit of God was given Her; but it's about time for the Throne of God to be given to Her when the Judgment of God begins in Her.

Don't forget these three things that are highly precious but are “Hard to get” because they are not seen or found everywhere: Their being selective makes them uncommon

A. The Throne of God —Which does not show or dwell anywhere unless there is Righteousness and Justice/Judgment there.

B. The Tree of Life —Which is even more selective than the Throne is in being hard to get: this is because the Throne where righteousness & justice reigns, even if there are sinners or unrighteous people there - after all, it's on the Throne the Lord will judge sinners, provided righteousness & justice thrive there. But the Tree of Life will not even show up in a place where righteousness and justice/judgment dwell as long as there is still a fraction of sinner there. The Throne is against the sins, not against the sinners; but the Tree of Life is against both the sins and sinners for ever. In protest, the Tree of Life will never again show up on this earth no matter whether its millennial reign of Christ and righteousness, but the Tree of Life don't want the ground or soil where even the dead sinners were buried. So for the Tree of Life to show, this earth must be destroyed and a new earth brought where righteousness dwells and no sinner.

C. The Queen Bride of the Lamb as the City, New Jerusalem —She's as the Tree of Life, but in addition she does not even the Sunlight to exist in her space or any light or lamp that is from outside Her. All light that touches Her or reveals Her must come from within Her, not light from outside shining on her. And yet, She's the Light of the World to Come, while God and the Lamb are the Source of Her Light within Her. Moreover, She would not even have a Temple or no pastors will build a Church Building, Auditorium or Cathedral, within Her City walls - She's the House of God and men — for in Her, the House of God must not be separate or different from the house of men. That's full meaning of “The Tabernacle of God is with Men.” [Revelation 21:9-27].

Is a husband's house different from his wife's house? Or is a father's house different from the children's house? Even if they were different in heaven and on earth before, they shall not be different in Her.

(Ezekiel 10:2 - AKJV) — And He spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, “Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill your hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in in my sight.

(Ezekiel 10:2 - AMP) - And the Lord spoke to the man (seventh angel) clothed in linen and said, “Go between the whirling wheels under the cherubim; fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he entered as I watched. [Rev 8:5]

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Interesting! Rarely do you find the Throne of God empty without anyone sitting on it like in this scenario. I remember a brother who usually say, “God is on the Throne” as a way of giving assurance that all will be well. But literally in this Bible verse above, God was not on the Throne, and yet He sent a man or angel to the Throne to take some things from a treasury under the Throne.

The Throne of God is not like a sit of Power that you say doesn't allow vacuum/vacancy: no one can even sit on the Throne if God was not there. And not only on the Seat of God, but in the entire heaven no man can sit on another man's seat even if man for whom the seat is has not yet come to heaven. So whether absent or not, seats are reserved. Some untaught people on earth do not see anything wrong sitting on seats meant for kings, chiefs or highest ranking person in office in their absence. They will say, “The person is not around, so let me sit and when he comes I will stand up.” But in heaven, you dare not even sit on a higher rank person's seat in his absence, let alone try to sit on God's Throne when He's not sitted. Don't act like Reuben going into his father's couch in his father's absence.

Now in the bible verse above, God Himself sent the angel or man clothed in linen to go fill his hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and between the wheels under the Throne of God who was some distance from the Throne. It's like sending a messenger to go underneath boss's office, desk, vehicle, etc, while the PA and special purpose Guards in charge are their as their duty post. Some PAs, managers, secretary or escorts, will not still that messenger to enter that corner or room to get what the boss sent the messenger to get even if they are sure the boss truly sent the messenger especially because the messenger described accurately the exact position and content of the said thing, which is a password or code secret that the boss truly sent him/her. They will rather ask the messenger to wait outside and then will go inside themselves and get those things and then hand them out to the messenger instead of allowing the messenger to go inside and get them irrespective of how the boss instructed the message.

So you see how the Lord God instructed the man clothed in linen to go get his hands filled with coals of fire, and gave him the secret location of the coals as passcode, yet by the time the man or angel gets to the Throne, the Cherubim would not allow him to go in or even take the coals by himself; rather they will get the coals and give him.

When some angels were sent by God to cherubim manning the garden of Eden to get some treasures out of the garden and give them to Adam and Eve, the cherubim allowed them to go in and get them. But the case was different with the cherubim manning the Throne of God. That's supposed to be the most highly secured place that not even Angels on errands can come near to touch Throne even though God sent the angels. Wherever the Throne goes, the Cherubim as escort must go, wherever the Rabim go, the Wheels will go: because the spirits of the cherubim is in the Wheels. Telling the man clothed in linen to go get coals of fire from the wheels is sending him to where the spirits were. So one of the Cherub will by his hand get the coals and give them to the angel in linen according to “Ezekiel 10:6-7.”

COALS OF FIRE

In “Isaiah 6:6-7” one of the Seraphim took a coal from the altar before the Lord, and touched the lips of Isaiah and therefore cleansed/purged him therewith. In “Revelation 8:5,” an angel fill a censer with coals of fire and poured out the same throughout the earth. And here the man clothed in linen is to cast handful of the coals of fire from the wheels throughout the city. This was for the purification of the city.

THE EVILS FROM AND THE EVIL COMMUNICATION THAT BEGAT THEM

[‭Ezekiel 9:9 NKJV] — Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’

[Ezekiel 9:9 BSB] — He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
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Should I say the reason the inquity of the house of Israel and Judah became exceedingly great, the reason the land became full of bloodshed, and the reason city became full of perversity, was all because the Lord acted/appeared like He had long forsaken the land and was acting like He does not see what were going on for long?

Or I should I say the reason why the inquity of the house of Israel and Judah became exceedingly great, the reason the land became full of bloodshed, and the reason city became full of perversity, was all because the people were telling themselves or saying that the Lord has forsaken the land and He does not see what were going on the land?

While the Lord’s seeming or acting distant, silent, hidden, blind or oblivion, has its own contribution too, it is men's misinformation and misapplication of God's seeming or acting distant, silent, hidden, blind or oblivion, that usually seduced or corrupted the men. That's the basic example of “Evil Communication Corrupts Good Manners.”

Here are few examples of such evil communications (wrong doctrines, misinformation, lies, deceptions etc.) about the Lord God that corrupts (decays, seduces or backslides) men who uphold them.

☆1☆ In the bible verse above, the evil communication that corrupted or seduced the community of believers among the house of Israel and Judah was the doctrines or beliefs that “the Lord had forsaken the land” and “The Lord does not see.” This in turn subtly turned those men with such ideologies into workers of iniquity, the land they say God had forsaken became full of bloodshed, and the city/society in perversity.

☆2☆ In Luke 12:45, the evil communication that corrupted or seduced the servants of the Lord among the community of believers was the doctrines or beliefs that “the Lord delays His return” and “The Lord will take far too long before returning.” This in turn subtly turned those servants with such ideologies into self-serving, wicked or negligent at feeding the house of the Lord God with the right food meant for them.

☆3☆ In Psalms 14:2, the evil communication that corrupted or seduced atheists or so-called freethinkers was the doctrines or beliefs that “there is no God” and ‘that evolution and natural selection were their creators/makers.’ This in turn subtly turned those men with such ideologies into corrupt, vile, people of reprobate mindsets.

In all of these, mankind has not been able to attain and sustain a society, land or city that is void of iniquity, wickedness, oppression, corruption, evil, in the absence of God. No matter how much people deny God, without God mankind cannot hold Moral society void of injustice, crimes, or evils, amongst themselves. We do really need the Lord God.

MUST REAP WHAT THEY SOWED

[‭Ezekiel 9:10 NKJV] — “And as for Me also, My eye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but I will recompense their deeds on their own head.”

[Ezekiel 9:10 BSB] — But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
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When people that holds such ideologies, deceptions, doctrines, or beliefs, about God become emboldened to do whatever they like and then get away with whatever and however they have done, that proves their points about God to be more real even if those points were false. So because their points are not true but the evidence of their getting away with whatever they did is glaring, that will mean “God is mocked.”

So for God not to be mocked by counsels of men's heart, men must reap their deeds:

[Galatians 6:7-8 BSB] — Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

In the top bible verse above, if God's mercy or pity prevents God from repaying the deeds or seeds sown by men upon their heads, that means in this immediate bible verse God is mocked because a man never reaped what he sowed because of “Pity.” However, even though God said He will neither spare nor have pity, but will repay everyone's deeds or ways upon him; yet that act of repayment is also the act of Mercy, Pity, as well as act of Justice and Retribution. Making men to reap what they sowed is also kindness as well as severity - it's both mercy and judgment for God to repay one's deeds on him, to cause him reap the fruits of the seeds and labors he sowed/invested.

THE ANGEL'S REPORTING AFTER DUTY

[‭Ezekiel 9:11 NKJV] — Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had the ink horn at his side, reported back and said, “I have done as You commanded me.”

[Ezekiel 9:11 BSB] — Then the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.”
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It didn't take long for the man or angel clothed in linen to have performed the census and marked all the chosen ones in the entire city. God's angels are superlatively fast and efficient. Those in charge know every righteous or chosen ones on earth and beneath the earth. This is the reason the rapture will happen in a blink of an eye - not because of the trumpet sound, but because of the angels the Lord will send. Those who dramatize the rapture show it as suddenly disappearance and ascending of saints to heaven, but do not show the angels that must come to take them as they did Elijah. No rapture without angels coming down to earth to lift the rapturable from earth — For a man does not yet levitate or ascend into heaven without angel (except the Lord Jesus) just as a fish do not climb a tall tree outside water without a bird to pick it up.

[Mark 13:26-27 GW] — “Then people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. He will send out his angels, and from every direction under the sky, they will gather those whom God has chosen.

My point of bringing rapture into this story of the top bible verse above is to point out the reality that the angels know the righteous and chosen ones in any location any where. Why wouldn't I connect this with rapture, seeing in the Book of “Revelation 7” similar things happened, the angel in charge of marking or sealing the foreheads of the chosen sealed the “144,000” in Israel and then the rest of the chosen in all other nations and locations of the world were raptured and were holding leaves or branches of palm tree as soon as they were in heaven before the Throne of God in same period.

In the top bible verse above, the angel/man clothed in linen came back to report to God that he has done as God commanded. We also saw that there was an occasion that the Lord sent an angel to go throughout the earth and bring back his report; and when the angel returned, he reported to another angel instead of reporting directly to God.

[Zechariah 1:10-11 BSB] Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.” And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”

Angels may be reporting to their leaders among angels, not necessarily directly to God.

REMNANT OF ISRAEL

[‭Ezekiel 9:8 NKJV] — So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone; and I fell on my face and cried out, and said, “Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?”

[Ezekiel 9:8 NIV] — While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?”

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The Scribe clothed in linen did not mark Ezekiel and yet the Executioners did not kill Ezekiel there. He was left alone or was the only man in flesh and blood standing while the rest of mankind in the open temple court were killed.

☆ So why was Ezekiel neither marked nor executed among the people there?

Though Ezekiel was there in Jerusalem (and in the temple), he was not classified or memberized within Judah or Jerusalem but within Israel and precisely those in exile. Infact, when you read beginning of “Ezekiel 11” you will discover there were yet 25 men and leaders of the city of Jerusalem by the East Gate of the Temple, who were evil schemers and evil politicians that gave evil counsel to Jerusalem, and yet they were not destroyed during this outpouring of wrath and destruction. In “Ezekiel 11:13,” one of those 25 men would suddenly be killed while Ezekiel was prophesying, and then Ezekiel will repeat similar thing he did or said in the top bible verse above by then.

In the top bible verse above, this was what Ezekiel did and said after the killing of the 25 men who worshipped the sun, which Ezekiel would again do and say in similar but slightly different way when one of another set of 25 men was killed in “Ezekiel 11:13:”
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He fell on his face and cried out, and said, “Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?”

In both occasions, what prompted Ezekiel to react this way was the destruction of God on those in Jerusalem or Judah, whom those who were in exile considered as “Remnant of Israel” because they were still left in their land while those who were taken into captivity or exile were considered as the lost people of Israel. So the hope of Israel was on those still in their land, whom they referred to as “Remnant of Israel.” However the Lord God correct that wrong impression or wrong reference to who were “Remnant of Israel” after Ezekiel use the same reference in “Ezekiel 11:13.” For then God began to reveal to him that these people of Jerusalem you and your people in exile (including they themselves in Jerusalem) call the “Remnant of Israel” based on geographical location are not whom God sees as “Remnant of Israel” because God will back those Israelites who were scattered in different countries of the world into their land, and give them a new heart and new spirit, removing the stony heart away from them, and rebuild them in their land. And meanwhile, many of these ones at Jerusalem currently then and calling themselves remnant of Israel shall be removed and lost instead.

You may recall the lessons that God taught Ezekiel by the dry bones rising again to redefine how God can bring back or restore the seemingly lost hope of Israel back even from their graves and from far countries.

So God may have different numbering for counting who are truly “Remnant of Israel, Children of Abraham, True Jews indeed (not synagogue of Satan) or True Christians.”

John the Baptist told them to not think that parading themselves as the ‘Children of Abraham’ grants them immunity or makes them untouchable, because God can raise these Stones into becoming the Children of Abraham before God” [Luke 3:8]. Paul —

[Romans 9:6-8 FBV] — It's not that God's promise has failed. For not every Israelite is a true Israelite, and all those who are descended from Abraham are not his true children. For Scripture says, “Your descendants will be counted through Isaac,” so it's not Abraham's actual children who are counted as God's children, but only those children of God's promise who are considered his true descendants.

Basically, God had different system for determining who “The Remnants of Israel” or The True Jews” are, from how men count or consider these things. Nevertheless, Ezekiel employing that “Remnant of Israel” technique in making Intercession helped in preventing total annihilation of the sinners in Jerusalem then. Do not forget this lesson: — Even if God will not have Mercy on Israel, God will still have Remnant of Israel. Therefore, when using mercy to intercede will not work, using remnant to intercede may work, just as Ezekiel was good at doing before God.

[‭Ezekiel 9:7 AMP‬] — And He said to the executioners, “Defile the temple and fill its courtyards with the dead. Go out!” So they went out and struck down the people in the city.

[Ezekiel 9:7 BSB] — Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.

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Though this event illustrated “Judgment begins at the house of God,” this event differ here from the one to come. The reason is because this one in the bible verse above would result in desecration or defilement of the temple or house of God, while the judgment to come have the goal or purpose to purify or cleanse the temple or house of God from all filthiness of both the flesh and the spirit, perfecting holiness in the true fear of God.

In the bible verse above, the Lord God commanded the executioners to defile the temple, fill the courts with the corpses and then go out to continue the killing and slaughtering spree in the city outside the temple, after they are done with the temple. Before then the Word of God had revealed to Ezekiel about such defiling/desecrating:

[Ezekiel 7:22 BSB] - I will turn My Face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.

Judgment Began from the House of God

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(Ezekiel 9:3 - NKJV) - "Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where It had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn at His side."

(Ezekiel 9:3 - NIV) - "Now the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where It had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the Lord called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at His side."

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#1. Clear your mind from thinking it's from the Cherubim inside the innermost holy chamber called Holy of Holies that the glory of the God of Israel alighted to the entrance of the temple here. And make it clear the Cherubim here were the true and living ones, not their image within the temple.

#2. Brief on how God alighted here — the significance of His alighting from above the Cherubim by going up first before coming down directly to the entrance of the temple more rather like a vertical entrance rather than horizontal entrance through the gate.

#3. In comparing these events inside this particular verse above with the preceding two verses and the events in "Numbers 12:4-5" outline three or four similar acts of God in those two references as His patterns:

A■ In both instances, God first called them to come there before the Glory of God moved to there.

B■ In both instances, the glory of God descended from above them while they were there already: not from the sides the glory came but from above, and the Glory did not come before they came but when they were there.

C■ In both instances, the glory of God stood by the entrance, and He called them the second time to come nearer to Him — When you have fulfilled the invitation and finally come to the church, ushers will beginning giving you another invitation to make you sit or come to the front seat or closer to the Pulpit. But in both instances, when they fulfilled the invitation and were there, the Lord God Himself was ushering them, not to the front seat and not even to enter the hall, but ushering them to draw nearer to Him in glory.

D■ It is to “His Side” the Lord ushers, not to the frontier or higher seat like other ushers in church do. The Lord is calling men to His Side, including those who are in His house. For not all who are in His house are on His Side, for not all who come to His house come to Him. — “Who is on the Lord’s Side? Let him come to Me.”

#4. Return back to how the glory of God vertically came down into the Temple premises even though the glory of God was upon the Cherubim just outside the premises and the gates were opened. This is not just about the image of jealousy that provokes to jealousy by the entrance, but more of how the glory of God preferring to descend or fall rather than coming from the sides/gates. You may also recount how Satan took the Lord Jesus up the pinnacle of the temple and asked Him to cast Himself descending down from there in the sight of the people, rather than they seeing Him use the side gates to enter. You may recall the Jews want to see a man descending from heaven to believe He is their messiah, not a man that they know how he came from below or among them. And that in the last days, they would eventually see the Lord Jesus Christ descending from above, even the same Jesus whom they pierced; and they shall mourn because of Him, and believe in Him. Some believed Him when He came humbly through the womb of a woman; some believed Him when they saw He ascend into heaven; but there are those who would not believe Him until they see Him descend from heaven to earth. Recall what the angels told the apostles in "Acts 1:11."

#5. Well incase someone would ask, has the glory of God never came into the Temple through the gates or doors before? Explain that as the Spirit or the Wind, He comes through all and He's in all: but when He comes in manifest appearance and glory, He does not just pass through any door or gate or way. Then explain that the first time God in manifest Glory shall enter or pass through a gate into His Temple, that Gate shall never be opened for all men (except the Prince) to ever pass through that Gate or Door again because the Lord God Himself has passed through it — "Ezekiel 42:1-3."

#6. In furtherance on that, let them know that unlike how the glory of God skipped the fences or gates into the Temple premises in the top bible verse above, similar events was later witnessed by the same Ezekiel, who saw the glory of God entering the future Temple of God but through the Gate this time (not the upper gate or northern gate, but the eastern gate), which was the reason the East Gate of the Temple shall be strictly out of bound to all men except only the Prince (the Lord Jesus) - this similar event to the top Bible verse above was witnessed by Ezekiel in "Ezekiel 43:1-4."

#7. Behold, before then the Glory of God was by entrance of the gate as if He would enter by the Gate, but when He entered He jumped the gate or fence. Again the glory stood by the entrance door into the main temple, as if He would use that entrance door if He would even enter inside; but He wouldn't use that door to enter though He stood by the door and calls man clothed in linen to come nearer to Him as He stood by that tent of meeting in the wilderness and called Moses, Aaron and Miriam to draw nearer to Him instead of Him to enter through the door.

#8. Infact, I have not seen or read where the Lord being manifest ever entered any man's house through the door until He became the Lord Jesus Christ and began entering people's houses using the door. In the old times before Christ, the Lord being manifest hardly if entered inside any man's house or tent through a door, unless in Spirit, in Dreams or Visions or in His own House like when He called, Samuel Samuel. However, His Spirit and His angels do enter into men's houses and homes physically or manifestly. Example, three Men (the Lord God Himself and two angels) visited Abraham and they only sat outside under a tree; but when the two angels met Lot in Sodom, the two angels went into Lot's house. Perhaps if the Lord as Man or Manifest was with the two angels, they would not have entered nor lodged in any man's house. But the Lord came as Jesus Christ, and behold He's does not only enjoys entering homes/houses of men, but He's Infact standing at the door knocking for who will hear and open the door for Him to enter through the door for a feast date with the person.


(Ezekiel 9:4 - BSB) - “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

(Ezekiel 9:4 - FBV) - “Go through the whole the city of Jerusalem and place a mark on the foreheads of those who sighing and mourning at all the disgusting sins that are done there.”
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The Lord’s instruction to the Scribe clothed in linen was to pass through the city of Jerusalem and write/sign his signature (autograph) on the foreheads of those who frown, sigh, cry and protest against sin, iniquity or abomination in the city. To avoid ambiguity, let me state that:

He did not say those who are righteous or innocent; but said those who are pained, afflicted or fighting against sins, iniquities or abominations. There are so-called righteous people or let's say in today's words, so-called Christians who are “Lukewarm” - neither hot nor cold - they may not be doing the sins or abominations, but they are doing nothing against the sins either. They are playing as civilian in a warfare that all must be either soldiers for Righteousness or soldiers for sins - no civilian or sitting on fence. Therefore, such Lukewarm or confused liabilities shall become casualties because they shall not receive such mark on their foreheads.

He did not say those who are protesting or fighting against poverty, hunger, insecurity or sufferings; but said those who are pained, afflicted or fighting against sins, iniquities or abominations in the land and in the house of God.

[Hebrews 12:3-4] — Now meditate deeply on Him Who endured such great hostility of sinners against Himself so that you do not become weary and faint in your minds. You have not yet resisted to the point of losing blood in your struggle against sin.

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(Ezekiel 9:1 - KJV)
"And he cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand."

(Ezekiel 9:1 - NIV)
"Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, 'Bring near those who are appointed to execute judgment on the city, each with a weapon in his hand.'"

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In this Bible verse, Ezekiel witnesses a profound moment of divine communication and action. Here are five significant aspects of this passage:

#1. "The Lord spoke with a loud voice" — relate His difference in voice loudness from how He previously spoke to Ezekiel nearer to Him then to His speaking to someone seemingly distant. Then relate the impart the loudness which the Voice had on Ezekiel's feeling and awareness of other beings he seemed not to have noticed — The loudness of God's voice does things, not just to whom He's addressing in speech but also, to all who hear. Show His loud Voice is not just when it's heard from heaven to earth as if He uses a voice magnifier in heaven, but also here on earth His Voice can still be loud from earth to heaven or to hell as indicated:

The loudness of God's voice signifies its authority and importance. When God spoke closely to Ezekiel, it conveyed intimacy and direct communication. In contrast, when speaking with a loud voice from a distance, it commands attention and signifies the magnitude of the event unfolding.

#2. "Cause those in charge (or executioners) of the city to draw nearer" — Build on them having charge of the city, but were not near the city until they were called to draw nearer. Use them to differentiate two kinds of having charge over a city or over a man: One is having charge or assignment over a city by occupying the city and running things there, and the other having charge of the city but kept far away from it until time of emergency or of taking over comes. Even though death is given charge over men, death stays far from men until the appointed time or call comes.

The phrase "those who have charge over the city" can imply both spiritual and earthly authorities. These figures were summoned to draw near, indicating they were not always present but were assigned to execute judgment when called upon. This contrasts with earthly rulers who govern from within the city, illustrating a different kind of authority.

#3. They were men He was referring to, even though they were angels or spirit beings — build on how those given such charge are both angels and men, using the three Men that passed through Abraham on their way to Sodom to destroy it as illustration.

Although described as men, these figures could represent angelic beings tasked with executing divine judgment. The reference to the three men visiting Abraham before the destruction of Sodom highlights how spiritual beings can take on human-like forms to fulfill their duties on earth.

#4. Coming with their weapons of destruction along — build with — These ones are not given mere "Weapons of our Warfare" as Christians were given to take charge of their cities; rather for their taking charge over their city they were given "Weapons of Mass Destruction."

The "destroying weapons" these figures carry signify the severity of their mission. Unlike spiritual weapons used by believers for spiritual warfare, these are instruments of physical judgment and destruction, emphasizing the finality and severity of divine judgment.

#5. Relate this event to that of the first passover, and these ones called forth to the angel of death in the passover.

Just as the angel of death passed over homes marked with the blood of the lamb during the first Passover, these appointed figures will spare those marked with the seal on their foreheads. This signifies divine protection amidst judgment, drawing parallels between God's acts of justice and mercy across biblical events.

(Ezekiel 9:2 - NKJV)
"And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer’s inkhorn at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar."
(Ezekiel 9:2 - NIV)
"And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. They came in and stood beside the bronze altar."

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PART A — "...Six men came from the way of the Higher or Upper Gate, which at the North side, each with a deadly weapon in his hand:" — Here are four notable points:

#1. Six men responded or showed up to answer the Loud Voice call of the Lord, and therefore they drew near as the ones in charge over the city. Show that there's place for more than one men or angels to have charge over one single city or even one individual. You may use the scripture Satan quoted to the Lord Jesus, saying, "God will give His angels charge over you..." as illustration of multiple men or angels having charge over seemly one unit.

These six men, embodying the authority given by the Lord, arrived at the city ready to execute judgment, akin to the angel of death in Egypt or the angel of destruction in David's time. This underscores that multiple agents can hold authority over a single city or person.
#2. These six men with such mandate were already in the city by the time Ezekiel saw them coming through the upper gate, and they did not come empty-handed because they would not leave without casualties in their city of charge: Relate how their presence already in the city was like the angel of death's presence in Egypt or the angel of destruction over Israel because David chose that option after he numbered Israel.

Their presence within the city already, as Ezekiel observed them entering through the upper gate, indicates their preparedness for executing divine judgment. This parallels David's choice of judgment upon Israel, signifying that their mission would not be without consequences.

#3. As for the direction through which they entered into where Ezekiel began seeing them: Let us know the higher Gate or upper Gate was the biggest gate to access the temple of God. That Upper Gate to the temple was built by a man (a king) who never stepped foot into the Temple, because his father was struck with leprosy inside the temple: and so like a vow he never attended church there but he helped build the upper gate (2 Chronicles 27:2-3). Behold he who came to build never entered the upper gate he built, but those who came to destroy had no problem entering through the upper gate they didn't build, even if the image of jealousy that provokes to jealousy be found there.

The upper gate through which they entered was significant as it provided access to the temple of God, even though it was built by a king who never set foot inside due to his father's affliction. This gate symbolizes access for those who come to destroy, contrasting with its builder's vow.

#4. The six men were not coming into this gate with Thanksgiving, Praise, Offerings, but they came in Obedience to the Lord and did not come empty-handed even though they were not bringing offering or tithes. Their bringing weapons of mass destruction would suffice. If any has problem with such bringing of weapons of destruction into the Lord’s house, recall where the sword of Goliath was kept and given to David in "1 Samuel 21" or recall "Psalms 149:6-7."

These men did not enter with offerings or praise but obeyed the Lord with weapons of destruction, reminiscent of the sword of Goliath kept and given to David or the psalmist's exhortation in Psalms 149:6-7.

PART B — "With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar."

#1. Now in this section, you will relate how a man who was clothed differetly, not holding weapons of destruction like them was among them. Was he supposed to be there given the details of the instruction of the Loud Voice call out to them and the instruction of bringing weapons of destruction? And yet the man brought ink pen for writing or as a Scribe.

Amid the six armed men, there was another figure, dressed in linen, not carrying weapons but equipped with a writing kit. His presence raises questions about his role alongside the armed men, highlighting his unique function as a scribe or recorder.

#2. Show that the man was even more in charge of the city than the rest of them — he was the Accountant General in charge of the souls or population of the city. So while multiple angels may have charge over one city, they have their specific roles or different departments.

This man in linen held a higher role, akin to an Accountant General overseeing the souls of the city. This distinction among the angels demonstrates that while they share responsibility, each has specific duties or departments.

#3. If that reason doesn't suffice for the man being more incharge than them over the city — Show the fact that the man was clothed in linen reveals he was higher in rank or office than they were. Not all angels appear on earth as men dressed in Linen, example like Daniel saw in "Daniel 12:5-7."

Immediately Pharaoh exalted Joseph into a prince, he clothed Joseph with Linen. And in the days to come, no priest shall qualify to minister inside the temple unless he qualifies and wears linen according to the angel in "Ezekiel 44:17." And though not all these six men were wearing linen when they came to destroy, the true Bride of the Lord shall be wearing Linen when She comes and follows Her Lord into the war of Armageddon and destruction of Kings [Revelation 19:8, 14].

The linen garment symbolizes higher rank, as seen in Daniel's vision and the priestly requirements in Ezekiel 44:17. This figure's attire contrasts with the armed men's, suggesting a different purpose or authority.

#4. As for the weapon of the man clothed in linen, his ink pen was far more formidable weapon than the weapons the rest brought: for their weapons are powerless on those or things on which the ink pen has written.

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[Ezekiel 8:15 BSB] - “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”

[Ezekiel 8:15 NIV] - He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.”

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☆1☆ As you see the Lord doing here, He shows and knows what iniquities are, and knows which sin is greater than the other. Part of discipleship training is to know what sins are, where sins are, when sins are, and to know the nature and extent of sins. The Lord was showing Ezekiel these things for his learning and for his witnessing.

One of the banes of the endtimes is the generation of the world growing increasingly ignorant or oblivion of what abominations or sins are. With advancement in technology, comes advancement in deception: but those who know the Lord would increase in the knowledge of both His righteousness and the knowledge of what He sees as sin, which is Truth. We must be sanctified by truth, or we are not fully sanctified at all.

“You have seen this (abomination), yet you will see greater abomination than this” — The mystery of iniquity must be fully unveiled for the righteous and the holy to see right through them till there's no more mystery of iniquity.

☆2☆ Another reason the Lord would show His angels, His prophets and His close friends the iniquities of people is so that those close to the Lord would both understand and agree with Him when He judges the sinners and pours His wrath on them. It's more like God getting justified when He acts against the sinners. In God's Judgment, there must be justification: when He justifies the righteous, He must be justified; and when He condemns the sinner/wicked, He must also be justified. Hence He upholds righteousness in judgment so that He may not be condemned when He condemns. One of the reasons you as a man should not judge is because you will be judged when you judge, and you may be condemned when you condemn [Luke 6:37]. God knows how to condemn without being condemned or being justified when He condemns, because God knows how to expose or bring to light the secret things in darkness when He judges.

[1 Corinthians 4:5 FBV] — So don't judge anything before the right time - when the Lord comes. He will bring to light all the darkest secrets that are hidden, and He will reveal people's motives. God will give everyone whatever praise they deserve.

Judgment comes with Revelation or Demystification (Light and Exposure). If you do not have enough Revelation and Lights to judge anyone, do not judge or condemn anyone. For saying you misjudged a man you condemned is not acceptable, and admitting you judged wrongly is even a reason you should be condemned: the sin of misjudging shall not go unpunished.

When I talk under the last bible verse in this chapter, I will relate more on how God being justified when He condemns or judges the sinners also shuts up voices of intercessors. Before then, let look into the next abomination the Lord say was greater than the ones He already showed the son of man in His Expository Series.

[Ezekiel 8:16 BSB] - So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

[Ezekiel 8:16 KJV] - ‭And He brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

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This was the biggest of the abominations so far in that expository series. Though they were all idolatry, this one was the worst among the them.

☆ If it were based on the number of people involved — this one that had just 25 men would not have matched the one involving more number of women or 70 men.

☆ If it were based on the number of gods involved — this one that had just ‘Sun’ would not have matched the one involving many idols, demons and creatures.

It's not about the crowd involved nor about the varieties of demons or unclean things; rather its about the “Service and Worship” involved. To illustrate, take Roman Catholics’ claim “They are honoring Mary (and various saints), but never worship her (the saints).” Now supposing this claim is factual and true, it would still idolatry or abomination, but it would be less than the abomination of worshiping.

■☆■ The 70 elders were seen offering incense or oblation to various gods on Walls, doing “Joyful Mystery;” but they were not seen worshiping any of those gods by Ezekiel — That's idolatry of honoring or serving various gods, but not worshiping any of them.

■☆■ The women were seen weeping for Tammuz, doing “Sorrowful Mystery;” but they were not seen worshiping Tammuz by Ezekiel — That's idolatry of loving or devoting to dead gods with all one's heart, but not worshiping the dead gods.

■☆■ The 25 men were seen worshipping the sun, doing “Glorious Mystery” adoration to the sun as seen by Ezekiel — That's the peak of idolatry - worshipping any other creatures or thing apart from God the Creator of all.

Moreover, the peak of idolatry is not yet the peak of abomination that those 25 men were doing: they were also “Deny God, Profaning His Temple, and Blaspheming.”

— How they Denied God:
[Job 31:26-28 FBV] — Have I looked at the sun shining so brilliantly or the moon moving in majesty across the sky and been tempted to secretly worship them by kissing my hand to them in devotion? This too would be a sin deserving punishment for it would mean I had denied God above.

— How they Profane God's Temple:
They were in the innermost court of the temple, yet their backing was against the temple while they were facing the sun and worshiping the sun far away. This was in contrast to Daniel, being far away and in a country where prayer was forbidden, and yet he opened his window to face the temple of God while praying to God. When Solomon dedicated the temple, he spoke to God alot about men facing the temple.

[Ezekiel 8:17 BSB] - “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

[Ezekiel 8:17 AFV] - And He said to me, "Have you seen, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they do the hateful things which they do here? For they have filled the land with violence and have turned to provoke Me to anger still more. And lo, they put the branch to their nose.

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I said the peak of idolatry was not even the peak of abomination done by the 25 men worshiping the sun here, and mentioned denying God, Profaning His Temple, and Blaspheming God.

But in this Bible verse, even the abominations of the house of Judah were not enough, for they added violence (bloodshed, oppression and wickedness) to their abominations (idolatry, immorality, uncleanness) and to provoking God to anger through blaspheming or insulting the Lord God by an act of putting branch to their nose. That was the blaspheming I referred to, among the abominations of the 25 men.

See how the Almighty God is reporting this matter or complaining to the son of man, tabulating His grievances with a whole nation of His People to the prophet. This would bring Him justification when He judges the said people in the presence of the witness.

[Ezekiel 8:18 BSB] - Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My Ears, I will not listen to them.”

[Ezekiel 8:18 AFV] - Therefore I will also deal with fury; My Eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in My Ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."

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Here I will relate more on how God being justified when He condemns or judges the sinners also shuts up voices of intercessors and of mercy. Mercy or Pity may no longer be considered or regarded because the Lord God is justified in judging, condemning or pouring out His fury without restraint. Prayers, no matter how loud, would not be heard on their behalf because God is justified in outpouring His wrath upon them. This was to let the son of man, Ezekiel, know that even he pray for them in Intercession the Lord would not hear him because Ezekiel has seen or was shown the things they do to provoke the Lord to anger.

It's like the Lord told Jeremiah He will not hear his prayer for the people because he has seen or was shown the things they do in honoring the “Queen of Heaven” that provokes the Lord to anger. As it is written,

[Jeremiah 7:16-20 FBV] — You, Jeremiah, are not to pray for these people. Don't cry out to Me in prayer for them, don't plead with Me on their behalf, because I won't listen to you. Can't you see how they're behaving in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children collect the firewood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods to make Me angry and hurt. But is it really Me they're hurting? declares the Lord. Aren't they really hurting themselves and bringing shame on themselves? So this is what the Lord God says: Watch! My furious anger and will be poured out on this country, on people and animals, on the orchards and the crops in the field. It will burn and nobody will be able to put it out.

[Ezekiel 8:13 BSB] - “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”

[Ezekiel 8:13 FBV] - The Lord went on to tell me, “You're going to see them doing even more disgusting things than these!”

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I used to think that Satan the devil is specialist at accusing and exposing the sins of sinners among brethren before the Lord, while the Lord just sits as the presiding Judge until I came to know that the Lord also does expose the sins of sinners among brethren better than Satan the accuser of the brethren. Infact, Satan the devil does more of accusing and less of exposing sinners among brethren, but the Lord does more of exposing and less of accusing among brethren. Know the difference between both.

God is Light, and by default exposes or makes all things manifest: — There is nothing hidden, secret, covered or in darkness, that shall not be exposed by God - no exception.

In this Bible Chapter above, God was in His duty of exposing secret/hidden sins among brethren: And when it comes to exposing sins among brethren or people of God, He always does the works by Himself instead of sending angels to expose the sins of His people. And in the bible verse above, the Lord was still conducting the son of man through a journey of exposing the secret sins and abominations within the church, after taking care of the flight of the man of God from a far away country all the way to come and see the secret sins of the church in Judah or spy at their liberty and privacy.

There's an order the Lord was following in this His “Expository Series” — the order or pattern was a gradation of exposing/disclosing lesser before greater abominations. Therefore, He said in the verse above, the next abomination is greater than the former.

[Ezekiel 8:14 BSB] - Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.

[Ezekiel 8:14 GNT] - So He took me to the north gate of the Temple and showed me women weeping over the death of the god Tammuz.

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We used to say in church gathering, that the Lord said, “Where two or three are gathered in My Name, I'm there in their midst.” But from this Bible verse above:

[1.] Even if they are gathered but not in the name of the LORD, He will still be there (though not in their midst but there) even though He's not invited or called. Whether they are gathered in the name of “Tammuz” or in name of a demon, the Lord will still invite Himself though He may not interfere/participate. Present differs from partaker.

[2.] Even if they positioned gate men, demons or gate signs that would provoke the Lord to change His Mind and not enter the arena, the Lord will still enter there: — The north gate in the bible verse above was the same north gate entrance they positioned the “Image of jealousy that provokes to jealousy” with motive or intent to keep the Lord away from entering in [Ezekiel 8:5:6]. It's like putting a blood on the door post during passover to keep death from entering the house, or like Witches draw circle to keep of demons or alien spirits etc, so they were trying to ward off the Lord from coming inside by positioning the image of jealousy at the entrance of the north gate. Yet that, and whatever, could not keep the Lord from there in with a man by the gate.

[3.] Even if they were strictly gathering of “women only” and no man was allowed or no Lord God was allowed in this women group, yet the Lord and a man He brought came there. The Lord could bring a man into women's fellowship, and He could bring a woman into men's fellowship. In Christ is neither male nor female [Galatians 3:28].

Now, what where they doing as Ezekiel saw in the bible verse above? And how was what they were doing considered by God as “Greater abomination than abomination of the seventy elders in dark room doing “stations of the gods” to carved or portrait images of creeping animals, unclean beasts and idols of Israel on the walls?

This was what they were doing: — The women were sitted, weeping for Tammuz.
And this was how: — Women weeping for Tammuz was greater abomination than elderly men serving various idols on the walls, all within the house of God.

Even though all are abominations, yet the women's weeping ritual for Tammuz was a greater abomination than the men's incense obligations to various wall portraits of creatures and demonic figures. This is because weeping for Tammuz was an annual ritual of weeping for a dead gods that was killed over a thousand years ago, and yet there was annual remembrance or commemoration of his death through a ritual of weeping, mourning, yearly funeral rites/rituals and wake-keeping of the anniversary of his death — That ritual is believed to reward with seasons or fertility. Christians do commemorate the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ yearly, but in those days, Tammuz was the man that was slain but believed to rise into becoming one of the gods among the stars — and the period of commemorating his death was in June/July.

As for the abomination of serving incense and prayers to various gods or creatures:
☆☆ They were offering incense, but the women were offering tears/broken heart.
☆☆ They were giving divided attention to various gods like harlots, but the women were devoted to just one with all they had in high concentration.
☆☆ They were doing is as a cult (secret cult), but the women were doing it as a religion and were more openly because they were not inside a room but outside.

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[Ezekiel 8:10 KJV] - So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

[Ezekiel 8:10 NIV] - So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel.

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When Ezekiel went into the room, he saw all kinds of crawling/creeping animals, wild animals, and images that people (of Israel) admire so much that they take such images as idols. Not only would the idolatrous people of Israel idolize those images, even people who are artists would have admired the carvings on the walls, people who are zoologists/biologists would have appreciated the varieties of different species of living organisms captured on the walls, people who are archeologists and people who love Museums would appreciate such specimens. But as soon as the son of man, Ezekiel, saw those portraits, superscriptions and embeddings on the walls, he saw them as evil, abominations, detestable, unclean and hateful.

When you have seen God and you are united in His Holiness, you will also see those things on those walls as abominable, evil and unclean. as Ezekiel saw them to be. Behold, it is not just about seeing secret/hidden things, but also about seeing them the way the Holy Ones the heavens see and judge them to be.

Therefore in the bible verse above, Ezekiel achieved the “Two Perceptions:” [1.] He saw the hidden things, and [2.] He saw the nature and judgment of those hidden things

Now understand these:

☆1☆ It is abominable for the Walls of the Temple of God to have an graven image or engraving (carved) or portraits of any unclean animal or beast or demon or idol.

☆2☆ In same light, it is abominable for your body, which is the Temple of God to have “Tattoo” of graven image or engraving (carved) or portraits of any unclean animal or beast or demon or idol on your body or skin, just as on the Temple walls.

☆3☆ Beware of the mark of the Beast on your body, beware of the mark of any beast or animal on your body including the name of the beast, and flee idolatry.

☆4☆ In the Holy Temple of God, there is only one kind of Living Creatures and only one kind of Trees, that may be engraven, tattooed, or portrayed on the Walls and Doors of the Holy Temple of God, and that would not be abominable, evil, unclean or unholy.

The only Living Creatures that may be portrayed on the walls of the Holy Temple of God are “The Cherubim” and the only Trees or Plants ditto are “The Palm Tree.” For emphasis, I repeat only “Cherubim” and “Palm Tree” should be portrayed or engraved on the holy walls of the Temple of God. No other Angel, not even Michael, not Gabriel, not Raphael, not Uriel, not Sariel, not Raguel, not Ramiel (not Archangels), not Saints, not Mary, not Jesus Christ Himself, not Dove as Holy Spirit, not image of a dead man hanging on a cross etc., should be portrayed or engraved on Walls of Holy Temple.

Behold, in the top bible verse above, Ezekiel saw the portraits of those creatures on the walls as abominable: let us also see another occasion when the same Ezekiel saw the portraits of Cherubim and Palm Trees on the Walls and Doors of the Temple the Lord Jesus Christ would later build when He returns:

[b][‭Ezekiel 41:18-26 NIV‬] — were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces: the face of a human being toward the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other. They were carved all around the whole temple. From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall. The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar. There was a wooden altar three cubits high and two cubits square; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.” Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors. Each door had two leaves—two hinged leaves for each door. And on the doors of the main hall were carved cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls, and there was a wooden overhang on the front of the portico. On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.[/b]

Now let's look at the Temple of Solomon, and see how the wisdom God gave him also incorporated Cherubim and Palm Trees in the design of that great Temple:

[1 Kings 6:29 AKJV] — And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

[Ezekiel 8:11 NKJV] - And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.

[Ezekiel 8:11 NIV] - In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.

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If you have been in program called “Stations of the Cross” usually held in Roman Catholic Church, you will relate how various portraits arranged sequentially containing pictures of milestones in the events between the agony of the Lord Jesus Christ through His crucifixion on the cross, are hanged or fixed on the walls of the Church. Then the priest would be leading a procession of praying crowd from one portrait to the other sequentially according to the order of the Lord’s approach to His death. E.g. they would come to a station (portrait) on the wall call “Jesus fell the first time” before they arrive the station of “Jesus fell the second time” and “Jesus fell the third time.”

Whenever the priest gets to any station or portrait on the walls round the church, the priest would stir up the burning incense in the censer to release more cloud or smoke of the incense to the portrait, which’s station he and his crowd are currently serving. That's how those in the top bible verse above were doing “Stations of the gods” to the portraits or carved images of those idols, creeping Things and Beasts, on the walls. They were about 70 elderly men of Israel, led by Jaazaniah, who was a son of Shaphan. Shaphan was a man popular known as Shaphan the Scribe in the days of Josiah the king; and Shaphan the Scribe helped in the great Reformation of Josiah (2 Kings 22). Unfortunately, a son of Shaphan, was a leader of underworld cults or Church of Satan.

[Ezekiel 8:12 NKJV] - Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’ ”

[Ezekiel 8:12 NIV] - He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

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Those who work in darkness say “the Lord does not see us:” — Learn this, it's natural for one who is in darkness or shadows to see the person who is in the brighter light, more than the one in the brighter light can see one who's in darker or hidden shadows. But do not make the mistake of applying this same principle to the Lord and to the Watchers or Saints in heaven who dwell in far greater lights, and yet see far better the things in darkness more than the things in darkness see them in the lights.

Those who work in darkness say “the Lord does not see us:” Those who engage in underworld cults and operations of “Secret Societies” continue to do their things in darkness or secrecy even when they say God is dead or the Lord has abandoned the land. Even if God keeps off, and does not interfere, those who belong to the underworld secret cults and societies would still be afraid of coming out to the light for men to see the things they do in hiding or darkness. So they are not just dodging from the Lord, but they are also dodging from openness and exposition before men, yet they claim to be the enlightened ones. As such were Adam and Eve when they just ate of the forbidden tree of knowledge of good and evil, and began hiding in fear.

Always ensure whatever fellowship or group you belong are in the light, not shrouded in secrecy of darkness: Let your fellowship be in the light, and stop meetings in dark.

[‭Ephesians 5:11-13 NIV‬] — Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.

[‭1 John 1:5-7 NIV‬] - This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 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, purifies us from all sin.

[Ezekiel 8:7 AKJV] - And He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

[Ezekiel 8:7 NIV] - Then He brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall.

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Learn this:

Even though God brought you to the entrance or to an open door, it still may not be a sign He is directing you to enter or go through that door or entrance. You may have to patiently wait and watch, for there may be another secret or hidden door, besides the obvious door, which the Lord would show you and directly tell you to enter through, even if it's a small hole you have to dig through to enter or it's an unattractive opening. Don't just sing God will make a way where there seems to be no way, but also know that God may make a way where there are different ways already. He does not only make way where there is no way, but He also makes way where there is way already existing, but leading through different paths. So walk closely with God and His Wisdom to choose the right way.

In the bible verse above, the Lord God brought Ezekiel to the entrance or doorway into the court of the temple, but Ezekiel was not rash to enter or go through the doorway: he wisely awaited the Lord’s instruction, and he was rewarded with unveiled eyes to discover a hole on the wall, which those who are impatient would not have easily seen or would have ignored on their way in.

[Ezekiel 8:8 AMP] - He said to me, “Son of man, now dig into the wall.” And when I had dug into the wall, behold, there was an entrance.

[Ezekiel 8:8 NIV] - He said to me, “Son of man, now dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.

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Who wrote the song, “This little light of mine, I am gonna let it shine?” Now applying that to the little hole or opening you found, you make work on the hole under the instruction of the Lord, digging through to enlarging your way until you turn the little hole into a opening to a doorway or passage that will take you faster, quicker and more direct to your discoveries and destinations. This is better than following the easier, the faster, the least resisting door, which may not have ever bring you into the place of such discoveries or destinations, but is sure the path that multitude do follow.

[‭Matthew 7:13-14 NIV‬] — “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

In the top bible verse here, the Lord God taught Ezekiel to dig through the narrow hole on the wall just by a broader and more obvious or conventional the entrance/doorway: and following the Lord’s instruction, he dug until the narrow or harder hole opened to another hidden or secret doorway inside the walls, but inconspicuous.

[Ezekiel 8:9 AMP] - And He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked, repulsive acts that they are committing here.”

[Ezekiel 8:9 NIV] - And He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.”

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Now the hurdles may not be over at just finding the secret right door after going through rigorous narrow or hard way: sometimes, you may approach the right and secret door you found, but reading the signs of where it leads or what to find if you enter through the door may also be scary or discouraging. Fear not, and be not discouraged: rather rest in knowing the Lord God is He who chose the door and leads you through, irrespective of the signs, horrors, unpleasantness etc, behind the door.

[‭Psalms 23:4 NIV‬] — Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

In the top bible verse here above, the Lord God Himself to Ezekiel the sign of what's contained behind the door or what kind of things he would see/experience when he goes into the door; and though the things would be unpleasant or heartbreaking, yet He instructed him to go through the door. In other cases different, but in this case it was: “Go in and behold iniquities, abominations and wickedness don't inside there.” Brethren, it's not to see these things. The bible says that the righteous man, Lot, in seeing and hearing the wickedness in Sodom vexed his soul daily (2 Peter 2:. It's not easy to be seeing and hearing the badnews, wickedness and sufferings in the world and in my country; and worst are those happening among believers or churches.

I remember in my childhood days, there was a Christian music in my language (Igbo) sang by “Bro Luke Ezeji;” (in those days, most of the recorded Christian music in my language were purely sermons, messages or preaching in songs and music instrument such that sinners would be warned and converted. Somehow most of waves of gospel music later dominated the churches that match the era of prosperity gospel preachers that have plagued the churches now were not so then. The kind of gospel songs then were centered in Christ, heaven, repentance, and judgment of God to come, and yet they were anointed and inspiring music despite carrying such messages).

Now the translation of the particular song (by Brother Luke Ezeji) in English would mean, “Go inside the holy house (temple) to see the things that are committed in there; If you go into the holy house (temple), you will see abominations done therein: some are holding grudges/malice, some are liars/fraudulent, some are gossipers or busybodies, some are idolaters, some are fornicators (etc): these are supposedly the ‘children of God’ who say they are believers… including those leaders who are supposed to oversee the holy house…”

Though I did not know why all those things were being said about the holy house or church of God, and they were scary for my young mind then to imagine such things in the holy house of God, feeling the singers were like some sort of Jehovah’s witnesses. But now I look back and feel what he was saying concerning the holy house and churches was an understatement. In the top bible verse here above, God Himself said similar things to Ezekiel, saying, “Go in and see the wicked, repulsive acts and abominations that they are committing here.”

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[Ezekiel 8:4 AFV] - And, behold! The glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

[Ezekiel 8:4 BBE] - And I saw the glory of the Lord there, as in the vision which I saw in the valley.
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If you are also interested in further illustration of the Triune God, here is one: This bible verse and the preceding verses to this one above:

1. In Verse 1 – Behold the “Hand of the LORD” was on Ezekiel while he sat with the elders in his house:
2. In Verse 2 – Behold the “Man-Like Burning Being” whom Ezekiel saw:
3. In Verse 3 – Behold the “Likeness of a Hand” and “The Spirit of God” that lifted Ezekiel between earth and heaven and brought Ezekiel towards the North gate at Jerusalem's temple court
4. In Verse 4 – Behold the “Glory of the God of Israel” was already there when the Spirit of God brought Ezekiel from the “Man-Like Burning Being” he saw at his house only to come and see the God of Israel in glory here again.

[2 Corinthians 3:17-18 BBE] - Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free. But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.

In the top bible verses above, Ezekiel saw the glory of the Lord by the Spirit or by the Lord who is the Spirit. Ezekiel also likened this glory of the Lord God of Israel he saw here by the North Gate to the glory of the same Lord God he had seen in the Plain/Valley. Now you don’t get that often in the scriptures where a man of God had seen God multiple times to an extent of comparing God’s appearance or glory to God’s previous appearance or glory. This is because men of God rarely saw the appearance of God in glory even once, not to talk of seeing God’s appearance in glory multiple times. Few saw the appearance of God in glory as many times as Ezekiel saw. Let’s outline so far how many times Ezekiel have seen God in glory in the first eight chapters alone:

1. “The Vision by River Chebar” — In chapter one, he saw the LORD God in Glory as “Man-Like Burning Being” on the Throne with the Rabim.

2. “The Vision in the Plain/Valley” — In chapter three, he saw God in Glory and he testified the glory of God he saw in the plain was as the glory of God he saw in the vision by River Chebar: no change/difference in glory.

3. “The Vision in his house” — In chapter eight, he saw the LORD God in Glory as “Man-Like Burning Being:”

4. “The Vision in the North Gate in Jerusalem” — In this chapter and bible verse, he saw God in Glory and he testified the glory of God he saw in here was as the glory of God he saw in vision in the plain: no glory changed

He would yet see more of the direct glory of the Lord God Himself, and still like the level or degree of the glory of God to how he previously appeared to him in glory.

Now learn this: When you see the Lord in glory, and it appears His glory increased or reduced from how you previously saw Him — It does not mean the Lord or His glory has changed, but rather means you have changed to better or worse respectively than you had previously been when you first saw Him depending on whether your eyes have become more unveiled or more veiled respectively. God does not change in glory, but we are ever changing from glory to glory: God is the same forever, yet always glorified.


[Ezekiel 8:5 AFV] - And He said to me, "Son of man, lift up your eyes now to the way of the north." So I lifted up my eyes toward the way of the north, and behold, northward at the gate of the altar the image of jealousy was at the entrance.

[Ezekiel 8:5 BBE] - Then He said to me, Son of man, now let your eyes be lifted up in the direction of the north; and on looking in the direction of the north, to the north of the doorway of the altar, I saw this image of envy by the way in.
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The Lord God Himself wants us to see Him and keep looking at Him, but He also wants us to see the things He sees and the things He's showing to us. He did not bring the man all the way to come here just to keep looking at Him especially when the man could see Him or keep looking at Him where he was coming from. He brought the man all this way to reveal to him things and for a purpose.

In the bible here above, the Lord God Himself told the man beholding Him to turn around and behold His household in the direction of the north: The word used was “Lift up your eyes…” as the eyes of the man must be lifted up to see where or what God was showing him. Now this was not like Moses’ serpent on a pole, which the sick people had to lift up their eyes to see and be healed; but when Ezekiel lifted up his eyes from seeing the Lord to seeing where the Lord was directing his sight or vision to see, the man saw doorway or passage opened to access the Altar but there was the Image of jealousy (Idol) in the passage.

Paul was concerned that a great and effectual door was opened to him but there are many adversaries (1 Corinthians 16:9), here God was concerned that the North Door to the altar was opened but there was the Image of jealousy that provokes to jealousy. You know the Lord would stand at the door and knock (Revelation 3:20), but which is more painful to the Lord between “not opening the door for Him despite knocking” and “opening the door but position iniquity, idolatry or something that provokes Him to jealousy and anger on His way through the door?” Both would keep Him out the door.

Which is easier to deal with between closed Doors and open doors with wicked, evil, or heartless enemies as the gate men or porters, who would not want you to come in?

[Ezekiel 8:6 AFV] - And He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they do; even the great abominations which the house of Israel is doing here, that I should go far off from My sanctuary? But turn again, and you shall see greater abominations."

[Ezekiel 8:6 BBE] - And he said to me, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? even the very disgusting things which the children of Israel are doing here, causing Me to go far away from My holy place? but you will see other most disgusting things.
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You see another way the church kept God away from entering His Temple even though they opened the doors to Him (and He did not have to knock)? A nagging woman kept door open for her husband to come in, but he stayed out and did not come in because her nagging and troubles were by the door. Worse is when an adulteress positions the man she's in adultery with to be the lord of her doors when her husband comes.

Why does a church pray or sinh, “Come, come, come, Holy Ghost come” but they kept iniquity and idols in their midst that provokes to jealousy and anger?

[2 Corinthians 6:16 AFV] — And what agreement is there between a temple of God and idols? For you are a temple of the living God, exactly as God said: "I will dwell in them and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

May the Lord grant us the word and privilege to turn around to see the glories and praise of His Household and Sanctuary, for we ached from seeing her abominations.

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[‭Ezekiel 8:1 NIV‬] — In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign Lord came on me there.

[‭Ezekiel 8:1 NKJV‬] — “And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.

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♤1♤ The Date:
♤2♤ The House and Ministry Office of Ezekiel:
♤3♤ The Elders of Judah and the inhabitants of Judah:
♤4♤ The Purpose for this laying on of the Hand of God on Ezekiel:
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♤1♤ The Date: The date in which the events of this chapter happened was on 6-6-5, not 6-6-6. Ezekiel had been one of the bests scripture writers at keeping tabs on the dates he received or encountered the Divine One and His Word. You may recall that he also gave the date of that event or encounter by the river Chebar as 30-4-5, which coincided with the 5th year of Jehoiachin in captivity. [Ezekiel 1:1-3]. You may see further his dairy of such spiritual/supernatural events and experiences, to learn date keeping, which is good “Dairy Manner” and “Data Base management.”

♤2♤ The House and Ministry Office of Ezekiel: There in exile or land of captivity, the man of God had his own house, where he was doing his ministry work. So his house was his office (ministry office), where he received people who came to consult the word of the Lord from his mouth, just as people would go to the Oracle to inquire of it. I mean to say Ezekiel was not must into operating a style of ministry where he would be the one reaching out or evangelizing from street to street, house to house, like the Lord Jesus; rather Ezekiel was more like a priest having the people come to his house and hear the messages of the Lord under his roof like house fellowship minister. E.g.

[Ezekiel 20:1 BSB] — In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

[Ezekiel 33:31-33 BSB] — So My people come to you (Ezekiel) as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice. So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

[Malachi 2:7 BSB] — For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.



♤3♤ The Elders of Judah and the inhabitants of Judah: In this occasion, there came and sat with him, the elders of Judah before he received the Divine visitation. He was sitting before the elders of Judah when it happened, he was taken away and shown the inhabitants of Judah when it happened. The elders of Judah were sitting in exile within the house of Ezekiel, but the inhabitants of Judah were committing abomination in Judah against the Lord.

♤4♤ The Purpose for this laying on of the Hand of God on Ezekiel: While he was attending to those elders of Judah sitting before him, the Hand of God was upon Him. What was the purpose for this Hand or Power that came upon him while he was attending in home-office to the elders that sat before him? Was the Anointing, Power or Hand of God to endorse what he was doing then or to make him do more?

Actually the purpose of the Hand or Power of God upon him while he was on his “Sitting Pulpit” was to enable him to see the Lord God Himself in one of God's intense manifest realities without him dying or falling down as it used to be for those who to. Infact, this Hand of God on Ezekiel enabled him to still be sitting down while seeing such appearance of God—rarely do you find any man who has seen such appearance of God and still sitting down. So the purpose of the Hand of God here on him is to both open his eyes to see the Invisible and to stay him from collapsing. Another Hand of God will come with a different purpose from this One, which is to pull him by his lock from his sit and from his house (leaving the elders in his house).

[‭Ezekiel 8:2 NIV‬] — I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.

[‭Ezekiel 8:2 NKJV‬] — “Then I looked, and there was a likeness, like the appearance of fire—from the appearance of His waist and downward, fire; and from His waist and upward, like the appearance of brightness, like the color of amber.

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Remember, the Being was "Man-Like" but the Being was not "Man-Kind." In this Bible verse, the Seer (Ezekiel) subdivided the whole Body of the "Man-Like" Being on the Throne into two parts according to the diversity of their appearances, and then rejoined them as one Body in one Brightness (Light):

*1* From "Its" or "His" Waist (Loins) upward — The appearance of the upper Side of the Man-Like Being on the Throne was like Amber (Glowing hot Metal), having Fire burning within Him. To simplify this, His upper Side from His Waist upwards was like a Lantern or Lamp that has the burning Fire inside the enclosure and the enclosure is glowing or showing forth the Light but covering the Fire. It wants to cover the Fire but does not want to cover the Light from the Fire. Is that not what Lamp or Lantern does? Covering the Fire but Exposing the Light from the Fire. That was how the upper side of the Man-Like Being was like.
Hence, this side of "Him" was burning inwardly as Lamp/Lantern.

*2* From "Its" or "His" Waist (Loins) downward — The appearance of the lower Side (Legs) of the Man-Like Being on the Throne was like Furnace (Burning Fire), having Fire burning outward (not inside/within) Him. To simplify this, His Legs from His Waist downwards were basically Flames without Lamp or Lantern to cover or hide the Flames of Fire like the Pillars of Fire.

[‭Ezekiel 8:3 NIV‬] — He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood

[‭Ezekiel 8:3 NKJV‬] — “He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.

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This Hand of God had a to come with a different purpose from the earlier one of enabling him, which is to pull him by his lock from his sit and from his house (leaving the elders in his house), that he might be carried away to Jerusalem (for watching other people's sins in secret), by the Spirit of God that lifted him up above the earth, between earth and heaven, without eagle's wings.

Now consider this, a man God brought to a spy on the secret sins, iniquities and abominations, done in secrets and openly against the Lord: such as setting up the image of jealousy that provokes the Lord God Himself to jealousy.

So directly from his house in far exile or captivity, where he sat with elders of Judah, in less a minute, he was taken and conducted by God Himself to see what the inhabitants of Judah have done with their place, time, life and possessions, in Jerusalem and Judah.

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[‭Ezekiel 7:21 NKJV] — ‭I will give it as plunder into the hands of strangers, and to the wicked of the earth as spoil; And they shall defile it.

[‭Ezekiel 7:21 NIV] — ‭I will give their wealth as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile it.

Promises of God (like this one here above), are they all still considered as the gospel (goodnews)? In the bible verse above, wealth shall be taken away from one category of sinners, but given to another category of sinners (wicked) as plunder or spoil so that these plunderers or spoilers would defile the wealth.

Though both categories were of sinners (unrighteous peoples): the anger of God would rather take it away from the sinners who hold it as wealth, prude and idol, and give it to the sinners who will plunder them, violate and defile it. The former had some value, respect, appreciation, preciousness and memory for the treasures; but the latter have no respect nor regards for the treasures, and are even foreigners or strangers to them.

[‭Proverbs 5:10-12 NKJV‬] — Lest aliens be filled with your wealth, And your labors go to the house of a foreigner; And you mourn at last, When your flesh and your body are consumed, And say: “How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised correction!

Therefore, the first category of sinners would rather prefer their wealth and treasures be given to the righteous that would sanctify them, than to the category of sinners that would defile and violate them. [Proverbs 13:22, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Job 27:16-17, Proverbs 28:8, James 5:1-3]

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[‭Ezekiel 7:22 AMP] — I will also turn My Face away from them, and they will desecrate My secret treasure (the Jerusalem temple); and robbers will enter [irreverently] into it (the Holy of Holies) and violate it.

[‭Ezekiel 7:22 NIV] — I will turn My Face away from the people, and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure. They will enter it and will defile it.

In the anger of God, even the holiness and sacredness of His earthly house, temple and treasures could be in jeopardy of violation and defilement. The Holy of Holies within the Tabernacles of men for God were given to robbers and strangers, who were having the mind to plunder, spoil, violate and defile, even the place and treasures God held sacred; and the Lord just looked away while these happened to His own house, temple and treasures. This is bigger than ‘Ichabod’ that happened to the Ark of the covenant. In the case of the Ichabod, they did not come inside but they captured the Ark and sent it into captivity to the shrines or house of their gods, still respecting its holiness or sacredness, just as Daniel was in captivity with the name a strange God but still allowed or respected for keeping and maintaining his holiness and undefileness. But in the bible verse above, the robbers and aliens shall enter even the Holy of Holies that high priests fear to enter but once in a year lest they die, and the robbers shall both plunder and defile all the holies and treasures therein without the Lord God striking them. Watch out for when the Abomination that makes desolate stand in the holy place and do whatever abominations it pleases to do in defiling and violating the holy place.

It therefore means that even the house of God, the temple of God, the altar or offering to God, must be afraid of the wrath of God: yes, the anger of God can tear values apart.

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[‭Ezekiel 7:23 AFV] — Make a chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

[‭Ezekiel 7:23 NIV] — “ ‘Prepare chains! For the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

There are chains forged, not just with ordinary fire, but with the fire of God's Wrath. Not that such chains were forged or made from the beginning and kept in store for when they would used. Rather, just like in the bible verse above, such Chains are being forged, made or prepared, when the crimes, the sins, the violence, the iniquities, that must be bound by the chains are committed. For instance,

In the bible verse above, the instruction to fabricate or make a chain was issued when the entire on which the chain would be used was already a land full of the crimes of bloodshed and the city on which the chain would bind was already city full of crimes of violence. It's not like the local handcuffs police or prison enforcers already have with them while waiting for the criminal yet to commit the crime and be captured; and sometimes, they chain or handcuff they use on one criminal is the same handcuff they used on a previous or next criminal. Rather, the Chain contemplated here in the bible verse above is prepared precisely after the specific criminal and his specific crimes.

In “Revelation 20” an angel came down from heaven with “Already Made Chain” to bind the dragon in the bottomless pit for a thousand years. But there were chains not literally mentioned there, which were those that bind whoever is being cast into the lake of fire, unlike the chain that binds whoever is being cast into the bottomless pit. In judging sinners by to the books, their chains were forged for the weight of their sins

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[‭Ezekiel 7:24 NIV] — I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.

[‭Ezekiel 7:24 FBV] — So I'm going to bring the most evil of all the nations to take over their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the powerful, and their holy places will be made unclean.

What if colonialism was fulfilling the anger of God like in the bible verse above, and that such colonialism is not about more civilized/developed nations colonizing the lesser ones, but instead more or most wicked nations colonizing the host nation? What if the wicked nations are replaced with wicked evil spirits, and the host nation is this generation, and the colonialism is demons possession of this generation, and the goal or assignment remains the same as that which is in the bible verse above, which is to end the pride of the mighty and to desecrate the temple, defile the bodies, pollute the people and corrupt the minds of this generation?

[Matthew 12:43-45 BSB] — “When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”

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[‭Ezekiel 7:25 TS2009] — Destruction shall come. And they shall seek peace, but there is none.

[‭Ezekiel 7:25 NIV] — When terror comes, they will seek peace in vain.

Folly of some people who would seek peace but instead of peace destruction comes: O men, that Day is called the “Day of the LORD” not a “Sabbath day” and therefore it is neither a “Day of Rest (Sabbath)” nor a “Day of Peace (Shalom),” but the Day of the LORD. Don't deceive yourself into seeking rest or peace in the Day of the LORD

[1 Thessalonians 5:2-4 BSB] — For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

Wisdom of God would say it this way, “It is appointed to man, once to die and after this, the judgment.” But the customs of men would say it this way, “It is appointed to man, once to die and after this, “Rest in Peace?” Men replaced “judgment” with “rest-in-peace” to one who recently died or on whom destruction came - seeking peace in vain when the destruction comes. They say good morning or good day to the living, but say “peace or rest (in peace)” to the dead.

[‭Ezekiel 7:25] — Destruction shall come: And they shall seek peace in vain.



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[‭Ezekiel 7:26 NIV] — Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will go searching for a vision from the prophet, priestly instruction in the law will cease, the counsel of the elders will come to an end.

[‭Ezekiel 7:26 TS2009] — Calamity upon calamity shall come, and report shall be upon report. And they shall seek a vision from a prophet. But the teaching has perished from the priest, and counsel from the elders!

Difference between last days and the day of the LORD includes: In the last days God poured out His Spirit upon all flesh, and so the gifts of the Spirit or His manifestations abound in the last days: hence, prophecies, Dreams, Visions, Knowledge, Wisdom, etc. But unlike in the last days, the day of the LORD is a day that inhibits or takes away the gifts of the Spirit. In the day of the LORD, Knowledge ceases, prophecy fails, gifts of the Spirit under Shutdown, like internet or server sometimes experiences Shutdown.

[1 Corinthians 13:8-10 BSB] - Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.

So when you read about these in “Joel 2:28-32,” it says in the lasts God pouring His Spirit upon all flesh and gave manifestations of the Spirit and signs, but in verse “31” it says all these “Last days” stuff would be before “The great Day of the LORD.” So what will happen to them when the last days give way for the Day of the LORD?

That is what the top bible verse above, “Ezekiel 7:26” highlights: Calamity shall be upon calamity, rumors upon rumors, spiritual gifts and communications Shutdown, and wisdom, counsel, knowledge and idea, suspended from among men, etc.

If there is any form of brightness in the Day of the LORD, then it's not fully the day of the LORD: See what the scripture says about brightness in the day of the LORD:

[Amos 5:20 AFV] — Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Behold:

[Amos 8:11-12 FBV] — The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread, or a lack of water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. People will wander from sea to sea, from north to east, running to and fro searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.

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[‭Ezekiel 7:27 FBV] — ‭The king will mourn, the prince will be devastated, and no one in the country will know what to do. I will do to them as they have done to others; I will judge them as they have judged others. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

[‭Ezekiel 7:27 NIV] — The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them. “ ‘Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

When these happen rulers and princes would devastated for lack of interpretation, counsel or vision, more like Belshazzer was devastated when it seems no one in his realm could read and interpret the handwriting on the wall.

When no one would know what to do is when the Lord God Himself would be doing to them as they have done to others, repaying them in their own standards and coin.

[Matthew 7:12 BSB] — In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

Why we must leave vengeance for God to revenge is also because when God revenges everything any man has done to any man in any time past, present or future, the revenge, repayment or payback, adds to the Praise, Glory and Lordship of the Lord; and all shall come to truly know Him as the Lord, not “Kama” or “Nemesis” but “The Lord.”

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[‭Ezekiel 7:16 KJV] — ‭But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

[‭Ezekiel 7:16 NIV] — ‭The fugitives who escape will flee to the mountains. Like doves of the valleys, they will all moan, each for their own sins.

There would still be sinners who though were unrighteous yet still they shall escape the destruction of sinners. There escape would not be because they were righteous or innocent, but will be because they were remnants chosen by God's grace, even though they remained sinners when the destruction came.

However, these were not saved from sin but escaped death or destruction of sin: they therefore shall be like doves of the valleys while dwelling on the mountains of escape, mourning and regretting for their sins and iniquities. They have not yet escaped into joy and rejoicing, but escaped into sorrow, mourning, weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Your goal should not be just to escape death, hell or destruction of sinners, but to be void of sin, to have no record of sin that would reproach you in the day of the LORD. Even if sins are forgiven and blotted out, the records of them written in eternal books will remain in those books. You saw in scriptures that righteous men of God who sinned and repented were forgiven, and yet records of their sins still remain written. The way some wounds that are healed still leave scars, so do sins leave marks not on the body, soul or spirit of the forgiven and sanctified, but on their history or record.

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[‭Ezekiel 7:17 AMP] — ‭All hands will hang limp and all knees will be as weak as water. [Is 13:7; Jer 6:24; Ezek 21:7]

[‭Ezekiel 7:17 FBV] — Every hand will go limp, and every knee will go weak.

Lest some nurture the thought of fleeing or escaping the destruction to the mountains that day, behold all hands and knees will be feeble and weak in the day of the LORD, and sinners would discover their usual natural abilities, muscles or strengths are gone from them when the Lord shows up to judge the living and the dead. So, in the context of those who escaped to the mountains, the ability to escape would be by grace, not of their strength, not by might nor by power. Who can stand in the day of the LORD?

[‭Psalms 33:13-22 FBV‬] — The Lord looks from heaven and sees the whole of humanity, from His throne He watches all those who live on earth. He created their minds, so He knows everything they do. Even the greatest army cannot save a king; the greatest strength cannot save a warrior. Don't deceive yourself: a warhorse can't give you victory—even its incredible strength won't save you. The Lord watches over those who reverently follow Him, those who place their hope in His trustworthy love to save them from death and to keep them alive when famine strikes. We place our confidence in the Lord; He is our help and our defender. We are so happy about Him, for we trust in His holy character. Lord, let your trustworthy Love rest upon us as we hope in You.”

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[‭Ezekiel 7:18 KJV] — They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

[‭Ezekiel 7:18 NIV] — They will put on sackcloth and be clothed with terror. Every face will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved.

Not only will the sinners be stripped of their muscles and strength, but:

☆1☆ They shall also be stripped of their majesty and glory, and therefore they shall use sackcloth to cover their unclothedness as Adam and Eve used fig-leaves aprons.

☆2☆ Unlike the coats of skins that covered Adam and Eve instead, these sinners shall be covered with or by terror or horror.

☆3☆ Their faces shall be stripped of glory and countenance, and therefore covered with shame and disgrace.

☆4☆ Their heads stripped of crowns and hair for glory, and therefore baldness. Unlike Paul saying a man with long hair of head is a shame, in that day men with baldness of head without crowns, without hair and without anointing, are shame.

Therefore, the day of the LORD will not only bring pain to sinners, but also shame.

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[‭Ezekiel 7:19 KJV] — ‭They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

[‭Ezekiel 7:19 NIV] — ‭“‘They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin.

See what will happen to all the money In the day of the LORD: Money will be thrown out in the streets like rubbish, and though anyone can pick money or gold and silver on the streets like sand, no one would be interested in touching the money. Money, gold and silver, shall be regarded as unclean thing, as filth or dirt, which mankind would not want to even touch or have.

For money, gold and silver, will not be able to deliver anyone in the day of the LORD; in fact, not even to feed the hunger or quench thirst can money buy. All that “Money answers all things” shall not apply nor stand in the day of the LORD. All prosperities of money, gold and silver shall become vanity, less than vanity.

Money, gold and silver, were the root cause why those sinners stumbled into sin:

[1 Timothy 6:10 BS]- For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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[‭Ezekiel 7:20 BSB] — His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

[‭Ezekiel 7:20 NIV] — They took pride in their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their detestable idols. They made it into vile images; therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.

The phones, the gadgets, the ornaments and jewelries, God ordained for good use were abused by the people who took pride in those things and made them into idols and idolize them. Therefore, these too shall be like the unclean and filthy things that money, gold and silver, shall become. They have become idols or idolized by people, therefore the Lord God will desecrate those riches, treasures, jewelries, ornaments, phones, gadgets, etc, just as He desecrated idols and altars of high places.

The days come when these things that people serve, worship, pride in, and crave, shall be made unclean, worthless and despicable to men. That's also when the Lord judges Mammon. For those which are highly regarded among are already abomination to God, and shall soon become abomination to men also.

[Luke 16:13-15 FBV] - No servant can obey two masters. Either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Money.” The Pharisees, who loved money, heard what Jesus said and laughed at Him. But Jesus told them, “You appear pious to people, but God knows what you're thinking. What people value highly is detested by God.

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[‭Ezekiel 7:7 AKJV] — ‭”The morning is come to you, O you that dwell in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

[‭Ezekiel 7:7 FBV] — ‭“You people living in the land, the consequences of your actions have come full circle. The time has come, the day is near— shouts of panic on the mountains and not shouts of joy.

Just remembered when a tutor described the great Tribulation as “Time of Jacob's Trouble” and he quoted “Jeremiah 30:7” to support the description and linked that to the endtimes tribulation. Here, looking at the bible verse above, to which different bible versions gave different substitution to the use of the word “Morning” in the bible above where King James Version mentioned "The morning is come to you.”

Joy comes in the morning, and renewing comes in the morning; but also morning completes the circle that was began in the previous day(s) — For it is “The Evening and The Morning” that were counted as “A Day” in the beginning. Therefore, Morning is both a new/fresh beginning and an ending of a circle or previous beginning. Morning is both like a time to sow (plant) in one sense and also like a time to harvest (reap) what is sown in another sense. It is in the sense of harvest or ending that the morning in the bible verse above is applied. In the bible verse above, using American-King James Version [AKJV]

The morning is come to you, O you that dwell in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

The morning that came to them (Jacob) was also called “The Time” and “The Day of Trouble;” and that Morning is not like the joyful sounds that come from the morning mountains, but rather the Morning is like gloominess that spreads on the mountains.

[Joel 2:2 AKJV] – “A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread on the mountains:...”

[Isaiah 21:11-12 AFV] — “The burden against Dumah: He calls to me out of Seir, "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?" The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night; if you will inquire, inquire, and come again."

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[‭Ezekiel 7:8 AKJV] — ‭”Now will I shortly pour out my fury on you, and accomplish my anger on you: and I will judge you according to your ways, and will recompense you for all your abominations.

[‭Ezekiel 7:8 FBV] — ‭“Very shortly I'm going to show you how angry I am with you. I will judge you by what you have done, and punish you for all your disgusting sins.

Understand that “Now” or “Today” inside the Morning of New Beginning and Salvation is different from the “Now” or “Today” inside the Morning of Ending the Circle of Time. Inside Morning of New/Fresh Beginning or Salvation, “Now” is the time of Acceptance, and “Today” is the day of Salvation. But inside the Morning of Endtime, “Now” is the time for breaking forth of the Anger, wrath and fury of God against all unrighteousness and sins previously committed, and “Today” is the day of the LORD.

Briefings on them:

¤ "I will unleash my anger against you": God's anger here reflects His righteous judgment against the sins and injustices of Israel. This anger is not arbitrary but is a response to their actions and speeches.

¤ "I will judge you according to your ways": This determines responsibility and accountability. Each individual will be judged based on their own actions and speeches.

¤ "Repay you for all your detestable practices": The repayment signifies divine retribution in accordance with their deeds, sins and carelessness. Repayment (wages) of sin is death, even second death. The Judge will repay for all sins and abominations.

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[‭Ezekiel 7:9 AFV‬] — ‭“And My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways and your abominations that are in your midst. And you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.

[‭Ezekiel 7:9 FBV] — ‭“I won't have any pity for you or show you any mercy. I'm going to punish you for what you've done, for your disgusting sins. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is attacking you.

The Lord would not be showing one thing, but would be showing something else to those He would be repaying (punishing):

☆A☆ — Mercy (pity, sparing, favor) is what He will not be showing them, but

☆B☆ — He Himself is the One Striking, Smiting, Destroying them is what He will rather be showing them than showing them mercy/pity/sparing.

Sometimes, sparing, pitying, or being merciful, results in losing respect and loyalty; while other times reverse is the case as sparing, pitying, or being mercy, results in gaining respect and loyalty. In above bible verse here, the Lordship (Respect/Loyalty) of the Lord and Righteous Judge would be jeopardized if His Eye spares or shows mercy to certain sinners in the morning of harvest and reaping whatever a man sows. Justice may not be blindfolded, but must not allow its eye to do unrighteousness in judgment even for mercy. Oh, for His Lordship sake, the Lord will not spare or show mercy in judgment to certain sinners; neither will He show waiver or favor in punishment for their sins: Those who engage or continue in them undermine the Lordship of the Lord, disregarding Him.

[‭Jonah 2:8 NKJV‬] - Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own Mercy

[‭Isaiah 27:11 TLV‬] — “...for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore their Maker will show them no mercy—He who formed them will give them no grace.”

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[‭Ezekiel 7:10 AKJV] — ‭“Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.

[‭Ezekiel 7:10 FBV] — ‭“Can't you see? The day is here! It has arrived! The consequences of your actions have come full circle—the walking stick has blossomed, pride has come into full bloom.

Again what I earlier said about other Bible's English translation in the use of “Morning” applies here also.

“The Day” here is also called “The Morning:” It's not morning for planting or fresh beginning, but morning for harvest or reaping things that were planted or sown. As illustrated in the bible verse above, the rod has blossomed and pride has bloomed or budded - all that were sown have ripened in their full harvest morning: Everyone must reap both what he sowed and the fruits of what he did on earth and in his body.

[Galatians 6:7-9 GW] — Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you’ll harvest. If you plant in ⌞the soil of⌟ your corrupt nature, you will harvest destruction. But if you plant in ⌞the soil of⌟ your spiritual nature, you will harvest everlasting life. We can’t allow ourselves to get tired of living the right way. Certainly, each of us will receive ⌞everlasting life⌟ at the proper time, if we don’t give up.

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[‭Ezekiel 7:11 AKJV] — ‭“Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.

[‭Ezekiel 7:11 BSB] — ‭“Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.

Those who sowed violence in diverse ways will find what they sowed have increased into a rod of wickedness that shall damn them and consume all their increase in the day or morning of harvest. All the treasures of the wicked shall be wasted following the damnation of the wicked, who sowed violence on earth.

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[‭Ezekiel 7:1 NIV‬] — The word of the Lord came to me:

[‭Ezekiel 7:1 NKJV‬] — Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

To this man of God or son of man came the Word, and the man is about to open quote of the exact saying the Word of God spoke to him and through him, without adding or subtracting from the exact words used by the Word of God. Therefore, these that are about to be quoted are not just scriptures or bible, but are words of the Word of God.
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[‭Ezekiel 7:2 NIV‬] — ‭“Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: “ ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land!

[‭Ezekiel 7:2 NKJV‬] — ‭“And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: ‘An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

The man of God quoted the Word of God, and the Word of God quoted the saying of the LORD God to the land of Israel. Let’s say, here I am quoting/citing the word of Ezekiel, in which Ezekiel was quoting/citing the Word of the Lord, in which the Word of the Lord was quoting/citing the word/saying of the Lord God to Israel. We Christians can now understand it this way, the Spirit of Christ came to Ezekiel quoting/citing to Ezekiel what the Spirit of God is saying to the land of Israel:
“The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land…”
It does not matter how many people recite or re-qoute the Words of God, they are true.

This was not just what He was saying concerning Israel, but saying to Israel. But as at the time Ezekiel was hearing this, perhaps no flesh in Israel had heard nor understood the Lord God saying that to Israel. Hence the need for the Word to come to the son of man who is given to receive, understand and prophesy the communication that already transpired in the spiritual and higher realms, declaring the end has come upon the four quadrants of the Promised land, that is, the land of Israel. The land of Israel is one of the lands on earth that experienced the end more than ones, and yet survived as habitation for mankind, unlike the lands of Sodom and Gomorrah. Another end ahead.
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[‭Ezekiel 7:3 AFV‬] — ‭“Now the end has come upon you, and I will send My anger upon you and will judge you according to your ways, and will lay upon you all your abominations.

[‭Ezekiel 7:3 BSB] — ‭“The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.

Understand that “Endtime” or “The End” could be general for all or could be relative to one or few without affecting the others. One man or one nation's end may come upon some, while other men/nations are unaffected. As individuals, when a man dies, his end has come upon him. And, whether generally or privately, when end comes to any, these four things in the bible verse above also follows:
1. End of Grace period,
2. Anger of God,
3. Judgment,
4. Retribution or Reward.

Briefings on themm:

¤ "Now the end is upon you": This means an imminent conclusion to a period of grace or opportunity. That is, a point of no return has been reached.

¤ "I will unleash my anger against you": God's anger here reflects His righteous judgment against the sins and injustices of Israel. This anger is not arbitrary but is a response to their actions and speeches.

¤ "I will judge you according to your ways": This determines responsibility and accountability. Each individual will be judged based on their own actions and speeches.

¤ "Repay you for all your detestable practices": The repayment signifies divine retribution in accordance with their deeds, sins and carelessness. Repayment (wages) of sin is death, even second death. The Judge will repay for all sins and abominations.
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[‭Ezekiel 7:4 AFV‬] — ‭“And My Eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity. But I will repay your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in your midst; and you shall know that I am the LORD.'

[‭Ezekiel 7:4 GNT] — ‭“‭I will not spare you or show you any mercy. I am going to punish you for the disgusting things you have done, so that you will know that I am the Lord.”

Sometimes, sparing, pitying, or being merciful, results in losing respect and loyalty; while other times reverse is the case as sparing, pitying, or being mercy, results in gaining respect and loyalty. In above bible verse here, the Lordship (Respect/Loyalty) of the Lord and Righteous Judge would be jeopardized if His Eye spares or shows mercy to certain sinners in final judgment of their end. Justice may not be blindfolded, but must not allow its eye to do unrighteousness in judgment even for mercy.

Oh, for His Lordship sake, the Lord will not spare or show mercy in judgment to certain sinners; neither will He show waiver or favor in punishment for their sins: Those who engage or continue in them undermine the Lordship of the Lord, disregarding Him.

[‭Jonah 2:8 NKJV‬] - Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own Mercy

[‭Isaiah 27:11 TLV‬] — “...for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore their Maker will show them no mercy—He who formed them will give them no grace.”
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[‭Ezekiel 7:5 TLV] — ‭“‭Thus says Adonai Elohim: An evil, a singular evil, behold, it comes.

[‭Ezekiel 7:5 NKJV] — ‭“Thus says the Lord God: ‘A disaster, a singular disaster; Behold, it has come!

Still quoting/citing the saying of the Lord God Himself, the Word of the Lord declared that evil, disaster or calamity, has arrived: and the seer is encouraged to behold it as it came. It came being singular or alone. But even though the evil or disaster was alone or singular, the Lord God Himself had to call out its presence twice as alarm to people.

Twice He called out: “An Evil (a disaster), A singular Evil (a singular disaster)” as if they were two or more when it was just a singular evil but worth mentioning twice because of the magnitude and impact of that evil or disaster. In the following Bible verse to the above, we understand that singular evil/disaster is basically "The End” that came.
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[‭Ezekiel 7:6 TLV] — ‭“‭An end has come, the end has come! It has awakened against you. Look, it is coming!

[‭Ezekiel 7:6 NKJV] — ‭“‭An end has come, The end has come; It has dawned for you; Behold, it has come!

That singular evil or disaster that was usually mentioned twice in article under the preceding Bible verse above is the same herein as “An End” also “The End” in both indefinite and definite articulation.

The End here is likened to a monster that had been in hibernation (sleeping) but just suddenly awoken and comes against the people to whom their end must come. When a man's end awakes from sleep against the man, it comes hunting for the man, who then falls into a different kind of sleep full of nightmares, not that of rest in peace.

You see, the end does not end the righteous or faithful in Christ; rather they are the ones who endure to the end. Whoever endures to the end shall be save. But if the end ends you, you are doomed. Death is never the end to the righteous and faithful in the Lord, but death is the end to the unrighteous as well as sinners. Remember, someone can be called Christian and still be unrighteous.

Whenever the message sounds like “The End comes” to the unrighteous, it sounds differently as “The Kingdom of God comes” or “Salvation comes” to the righteous.

[Isaiah 62:11 AFV] — Behold, the LORD has sent a message to the end of the earth, "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your salvation comes. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him.' ”

[1 Corinthians 15:24 AFV] — Afterwards the end comes, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to Him Who is God and Father, when He shall have put an end to all rule and all authority and power.