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Ezekiel 8
and 9 is the main scene for us to look at, and it serves as severe warning for
what happens when man defiles the
“1: And it came to pass in the
sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine
house, and the elders of
2: Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the
appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from
his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
3: And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine
head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought
me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image
of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
4: And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to
the vision that I saw in the plain.
5: Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward
the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold
northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.”
Ezekiel 8:1-5 KJV
Ezekiel
wasn’t at
“For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.” Psalm 78:58 KJV
Verse 5
tells us that this image is at the gate of the altar, by the entryway. We aren’t out in the world, we are in the
“6: He said furthermore unto me,
Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of
7: And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
8: Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had
digged in the wall, behold a door.
9: And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that
they do here.
10: So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and
abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of
Greater abominations lay inside, images of beasts, idols, all the junk that the Israelites were serving. Now idols are shown to be demon worship (should be obvious anyway), and Paul adds some emphasis to it:
“19: What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in
sacrifice to idols is any thing?
20: But I say, that the things which the
Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not
that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21: Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye
cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table
of devils.
22: Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we
stronger than he?” First Corinthians 10:19-22 KJV
Remember, this is in the temple. Direct demon worship in the house of God.
“11: And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of
12: Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients
of the house of
13: He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see
greater abominations that they do.” Ezekiel 8:11-13 KJV
We see incense burning, but it’s not the kind that God was looking for, God considers this an abomination as well. It is in the dark, they think no one notices, they think God hasn’t noticed. Oh, He has noticed! And as bad as this is, we shall now see even greater abominations!
“14: Then he brought me to the
door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward
the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
15: Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this,
O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see
greater abominations than these.” Ezekiel 8:14-15 KJV
I have no
great knowledge of this Tammuz, but it is apparently a false god that came from
“16: 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.
17: Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this,
O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of
The final abomination is a bunch of men worshiping the sun. We also see violence, provoking to anger, and whatever this “branch to their nose” is. God’s people. God’s house. And you probably already know where I’m going with this.
“Therefore will I also deal in fury:
mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine
ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.” Ezekiel
At this point God is so fed up and angry with them that He won’t hear them when they call. That is one scary place to be. But the next chapter, amid all the destruction, we see the remnant that weeps over the abominations.
“1: 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.
2: And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every
man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with
linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside
the brasen altar.
3: And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,
whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man
clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
4: And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through
the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh
and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
5: And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through
the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and
women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my
sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.”
Ezekiel 9:1-6 KJV
We see the preparation for a great slaughter, but first a mark from God for those who are upset over the abominations! We see a parallel with Revelation here:
“2: And he opened the bottomless
pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace;
and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3: And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them
was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4: And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the
earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have
not the seal of God in their foreheads.” Revelation 9:2-4 KJV
We do see a separate sealing in Revelation 7 (which I have yet to understand), but we also see that true servants of God are already sealed with the Spirit in Ephesians. I’ve looked at it before and it makes sense to me.
But where
does this destruction begin? Verse 6
(back in Ezekiel) shows that it is in the sanctuary among men who do NOT have
this seal. Judgment begins at the house
of God (First Peter
“7: And he said unto them,
Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they
went forth, and slew in the city.
8: And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left,
that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt
thou destroy all the residue of
9: Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the
house of
10: And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have
pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
11: And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by
his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.”
Ezekiel 9:7-11 KJV
That is a lot of bloodshed.
It Is Our Church
This is, of
course, where I am going with this. Our
churches are filled with abominations.
It looks different of course, or we would recognize how much we are like
“1: Now the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2: Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot
iron;
3: Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God
hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know
the truth.” First Timothy 4:1-3 KJV
We see some specific examples here: Lies in hypocrisy (plenty of that going around, it’s pretty open-ended) with a seared conscience, forbidding marriage (hmm I may have to research that one sometime), and pushing vegetarianism. Eastern religion is big on that; it has crept into the church.
We see also in the Old Testament how they had doctrines from their idols:
“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.” Jeremiah 10:8 KJV
“My people ask counsel at their stocks,
and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit
of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have
gone a whoring from under their God.” Hosea
Then we have our secret sins where no one seems to know. Pornography is cake to throw in there; you can sin in the privacy of your own home and might never get caught. I’ve shown it before, we have greater than 50% usage among men in the church, and leadership is right up there too. Even if pre-trib were true, half the men would be left behind on this detail alone, as well as a good percentage of women. Think about it. Would God want to rapture someone in active sin, rewarding them for their selfishness and fornication? If you’re hooked you need to do whatever it takes to get free, you can’t accept it as part of your life!
This alone should be enough for you to be weeping for the church and separating yourself from wickedness.
I am interested in the planet worship. I believe that some of the New Age stuff gets into that, I know some New Age has crept into the church as well. Yoga certainly has. Some of those positions are the same ones that were used in worship of false gods from what I’ve learned in the past. http://www.letusreason.org/NAM1.htm has some good information on this subject, although I will not vouch for everything on this site.
If demons started manifesting on the Earth in the tribulation, would many embrace them as aliens? Just something to ponder.
Weep and wail and mourn for our backslidden church. Keep yourself separate, and endure to the end, no matter what happens. Judgment is coming, will you listen now?
Ezekiel Was Right
This is
what God told him when He first called him:
“1: And he said unto me, Son of
man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
2: And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon
my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
3: And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of
4: For they are impudent children and stiffhearted.
I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord GOD.
5: And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for
they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet
among them.
6: And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of
their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among
scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though
they be a rebellious house.
7: And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
8: But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be
not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I
give thee.
9: And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent
unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
10: And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without:
and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.” Ezekiel
chapter 2 in entirety KJV
The church
needs to listen to all this today. We
need to read the judgment in chapter nine and tremble. Sin is not all under the umbrella of grace,
and we won’t be raptured out of here so we don’t have to deal with it. God didn’t mess around with
Most will not hear. Will you hear?
I paralleled Jeremiah 25 with Revelation 18 before; this is what Jeremiah said early on in the chapter:
“4: And the LORD hath sent unto
you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have
not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
5: They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from
the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto
you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
6: And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and
provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no
hurt.
7: Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might
provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.” Jeremiah
25:4-7 KJV
You matter
too much, heed now. Choose life, keep
yourself pure, and endure. What is
coming is beyond what we can really understand; only by staying steadfast in
Christ will you make it. Do not be
deceived by the many who teach falsely.