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Message to Israel, Not Judah
Notice! Beginning chapter 3: After
the prophet "eats the roll"- that
is, receives the prophetic warning
message- he is to "go speak unto
the house of lsrael"-not to the
J ews among whom he dwelt.
Remember he is already among
the captives of Judah. But the
Eterna! says to him, "Go, get thee
unto tbe house of Israel " (verse 4).
Surely we do not need to pause
here to explain to readers that the
12 tribes of ·Israel had long befare
this divided into
two nations-the
1O tribes being the House of Israel,
while Judah, Benjamín and Levi
composed the Hou se of Judah ,
who, only, were "Jews." For the
benefit of those readers who do not
understand this vital distinction- a
veritable "key" without which the
prophecies cannot be opened to un–
derstanding- the special book
The
United States and Britain in
Prophecy
is available and upon re–
quest, a copy will be sent free.
The J ewish people of today are
descended from the House of Ju–
dah. But the white, English-speak–
ing people of the United States and
Britain are the leading "birthright"
tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,
heads of the 10-tribed House of
Israel.
Ezekiel's message is for
our
day-and it is, therefore, a mes–
sage for America and Britain,
NOW!
Notice chapter 4. The prophet is
to place befare him a tile, and trace
upon it the city of J erusalem, and
"!ay siege" against it. The war pic–
tured was against Jerusalem, capi–
tal of Judah . But "this" (verse 3)
"shall be a sigo to the house of
Israel." Then follows the well–
known key to the "day for a year"
method of reckoning prophecy.
Continue chapter 5: " .. . For,"
comes the warning message from
the Eterna!, "thereof shall a fire
come forth into all the house of
Israel" (verse 4). Notice, this is to
portray vividly a warning of sorne
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FUTURE
destruction upon the
House of Israel! Not upon Judah,
already largely conquered by Neb–
uchadnezzar. But upon Israel-the
10-tribed nation who had gone into
its first and original captivity 130
long years befare! The warning is
not of the captivity already so far
back in history.
lt
says "thereof
shall a fire
come"
upon Israel!
lt
is
a prophecy relating to a
future
de–
st ruction and captivity.
No such destruction and captiv–
ity has ever
yet
come to the House
of Israel since this was written.
Therefore it is still in the future–
in our time.
lt is a warning to
Britain and America-now!
A Captivity Yet Futura
Notice more of this warning:
"A third part of thee [America–
Britain] shall die with the
pestilence, and with famine shall
they be consumed in the midst of
thee: and a third part shall fall by
the sword round about thee; and 1
wil! scaúer a third part into all the
winds [in captivity being removed
from our own lands and scattered
over the world] ..." (verse 12).
Coming to chapter 6, the local
scene of the vision shifts to the
mountainous land of ancient Israel ,
in the Middle East-but the mes–
sage is for America and Britain,
today.
Will we heed it? God help us to
wake up!
Listen: " ... Behold, 1, even
1,"
says the Eterna! God (verses 3,
5-7), "will bring a s.word [invasion]
upon you, and
1
will destroy your
high places.. .. And
1
will !ay the
dead careases of the children of
Israel befare their idols; and I will
scatter your bones round about
your altars. In al! your dwelling–
places the cities
shall be laid waste
[nuclear bombing] .... and ye shall
know that 1 am the Lord."
Justa small remnant shall escape
and be spared (verse 8). These are
described in Luke 21:36.
Continue: "Thus saith the Lord
God ... Alas for all the evil abom–
inations of [not J udah, but] the
house of Israel! for they shall [not
did,
in the captivity 130 years be–
fare Ezekiel wrote, but
shall]
fall
by the sword, by the famine, and
' by the pestilence" (verse 11).
Tha Time ls Yet Futura
This is not a popular message. You
probably have never heard it befare.
The preachers and teachers of
prophecy almost unanimously will
rise up to deny this warning mes–
sage-to apply it toa different time
or people. But the warning is from
the Eternal God, and it is sure! The
reader will do well to heed.
Notice the time. It's important.
"All hands shall be feeble, and
all knees shall be weak as water"
(cbapter 7, verse 17). "Howl ye;
for the day of the Lord is at hand.
. . . Therefore shall all hands be
faint, and every man's heart shall
melt: and they shall be afraid ..."
(Isa. 13:6-8). Plainly, the time is
the "Day of the Lord"- yet in the
immediate future!
Continue in Ezekiel: "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 ofthe Lord ..." (Ezek. 7:19).
Now compare that with Zephaniah
1:14-15, 17-18: "The great day of
the Lord is near.... That day is a
day of wrath.... And I [the Eter-
na!] will bring distress upon
men.... Neitber their silver nor
their gold shall be able to deliver
them in the day of the Lord's
wrath. .. ." Both are speaking of the
same time- a time shortly ahead of
us now, in this present generation!
"Wherefore," continues verse 24
(Ezek. 7), " I will bring the worst
of the heathen, and they shall pos–
sess their houses: I will also make
the pomp of the strong to cease....
Destruction cometh; and they shall
seek peace, and there shall be
none. . . . Then shall they seek a
vision of the prophet; but the law
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