1 / 12 / 2024

MOREOVER He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find: eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." So I opened my mouth and He caused me to eat that scroll. And He said to me, "Son of man, feed your bellly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I gave you." So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness. Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. "For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, "Not to many people unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. "But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard - hearted. " Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. "Liks adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.' Morever He said to me: "Son of man, recieve into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears. "And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' whether they hear, or whether they refuse." Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: "Blessed is the glory of the LORD from His place!" I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creature that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise. So the Spirit  lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. Now it came to pass at the end of seven days that word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore You shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me: When I say to the wicked, you shall surely die,' And you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall died in his iniquity, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. "Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his way, he shall die in his iniquity but you have delivered your soul.  "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. "Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that righteous should not sin, and he does not sin he shall surely live because took warning; also you have delivered your soul."  Then the hand of the LORD was upon me there, and He said to me, "Arise, go out into the plain, and there I shall talk with you." So I arose and went out ito the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: "Go, shut yourself inside your house. "And you, O son of man, surely they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them. "I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and not be one to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.  "But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus  says the Lord GOD.' He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuse, let him refuse; for they are rebellous house. EZEKIEL 3:1-27                                                                  Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ''Say now to the rebellious house: 'Do you not know what these things mean? Tell  them, 'Indeed the king of Babylon / Egypt / perdition / the beast went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon. 'And he took the king's offering, made a covenant with him, and put him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land, 'That the kingdom might be brought low and not fit itself up, but they by keeping his covenant it might stand. ''But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered? 'As I live, say the Lord GOD, 'Surely in the place where thee king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke - with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 'Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company do any thing in the war, when they heap up a seige mound and build a wall to cut off many persons. 'Since he despises the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escaped.' " Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "As I live, surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense on his head. "I will spread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and try him there the treason which he committed against Me. ''All his fugitives with all his troops shall fall by sword, and those who remain shall be scattered to every wind / Anglican Church; and you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken." EEZELIEL 17:11-21

                                   Thus says the Lord GOD: ''I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twing a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent  mountain.  ''On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell. ''And all trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up  the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the LORD, have spoken and done it. EZEKIEL 17:22-24