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1A0EZEKIEL CHAPTER 23
What is idolatry? Strictly speaking it denotes the worship of deity in a visible form, whether the images to which homage is paid are symbolical representations of the one and only true God--ELOHIM--or of one of the false divinities which have been made the objects of worship in his stead, plainly speaking, it is the worship of idols. Worshipping anything which is not our Creator, our Father, is worshipping an idol, whether that be a physical material item such as a boat, a car, a house; or a hobby; a sport; a false god; denominationalism with false teachings and\or man's traditions.
Our Father does not like idolatry; and, in this Chapter, Ezekiel 23, He gets very descriptive and graphic when addressing the subject. Her likens idolatry to (1) a married woman who commits adultery by cheating on her husband; and (2) a young woman who is out to bed-down and have sexual relations with as many men as she can. His descriptions are very accurate considering that we are His children and therefore owe our being, and our love and worship to Him and He alone. Father’s graphicness in His description of idolatry is the reason most preachers stay away from this Chapter. However; He, like always, lays His emotions on His sleeve where we all can see them. In this Chapter, He likens the House of Israel and the House of Judah to two sisters in order to show us how He feels. It is because of His analogy and terminology; that most preachers today say; "We just don't talk that way in our church, it's to disgusting." If that is the case in your church, then your church just doesn't teach the Father’s Word in its entirety. Brethren, this is YHVH doing the talking, and He is doing so in an effort to get your attention. Never make any apologies for anything written in our Father's Word. The Words of the Scriptures must be taught exactly as given by Father, through the Spirit of God to the Prophets.
The whole purpose of this chapter is that you can come to know the emotions of our Eternal God. God wants you to know how He feels about certain things that you do. Your heavenly Father has feelings, and He expects you to relate to them.
At Father's appointed time everybody will be judged. To the over-comers, that judgment is the gift of eternal life, becoming joint heirs with Christ. However, when that judgment does come, don't put yourself in the position of being judged on the things given in this chapter. This is the chapter that tells us what is on the top of the list that He doesn't like.
So, without further ado, let's get to it.
23:1-49 JERUSALEM. (TWO SISTERS.) (Introversion.)
23:1-4 Aholah and Aholibah.
Ezekiel 23:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -> This is the beginning of the subject and Father is speaking to His prophet; Ezekiel, and, He has something important to say.
Ezekiel 23:2 “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: -> Two women...one mother=The one mother is Israel; the Nation, and the two daughters are the House of Israel and the House of Judah. Remember, this is an analogy. We are in the Book of Ezekiel which takes place approximately 482-480 B.C. and Father is using Ezekiel to prophesy to the two houses to tell them they are disappointing Him in a big way.
Before we continue any further, let's lay little more ground work: After Samson--the last judge of Israel--the nation of Israel; all 12 of the tribes, came under rule of a monarchy, with Saul being the first king. It's ironic, for all their want of a man king; Israel had only three kings who ruled over the entire Nation, these kings were Saul, David, and then David's son, Solomon, who built the Temple for YHVH.
Because of Solomon’s lust of flesh, he had acquired 700 wives and 300 concubines; and, sadly, because some of these women were foreigners who worshipped other gods (lower case “g”), Solomon too fell into worshipping them. As the old saying goes, “where the king goes, so goes the nation,” and when Solomon fell off into idolatry, so did the entire Nation of Israel and Father told Solomon that He was fed-up with their turning their back on Him for their other false gods and He therefore was going to divide the Nation into two separate Houses: The House of Israel, comprising of 10 tribes, which would stay to the northern region, and the House of Judah, consisting of two tribes and the Priests, who would basically stay to the southern region. Father told Solomon He would do the separating; however, He also told him He would not separate the Nation while he was still alive, but after he died.
When King Solomon died, there was a conflict over who would rule, and take Solomon's throne, and this conflict brought about a civil war. The conflict was much like the war between the States of the United States of America, only in the end; the nation of Israel was split in two. The "House of Israel" the larger of the two Houses comprised of all the tribes except the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. The king of the House of Israel was king Jeroboam, while the king of the House of Judah was king Rehoboam. Bear in mind that the tribe of Levi--the Priest line--was mainly with the House of Judah; however, they were scattered amongst all the tribes.
The "House of Judah" was then the small nation to the south, and it was made up of those two tribes of Judah and Benjamin. From the time of the split of Israel into the two Houses, the trouble started from the beginning, for is centered over the worship practice of going to the Temple in Jerusalem, and worshipping as God had commanded them, by His instructions through Moses. King Jeroboam of the House of Israel, with its capital city Samaria, did not want his people to go to Jerusalem; because, he feared the people would desire to return to join with the tribes to the south, and form one nation again.
It is in Genesis 49:10 that the scepter was passed from Jacob to Judah; and Judah had the right to rule, and make the laws. Then we read in Genesis 48:17-22 that it would be the two tribes or sons of Joseph--Ephraim and Manasseh--which would receive the Abrahamic covenant blessings. So, we see that a thousand years after the blessing and scepter promises were passed on from Jacob, Israel is now split, with one of the Houses, the "house of Israel" having the Abrahamic covenant blessing, while the other house, the "House of Judah" retained the right to rule and make the laws. Can you see how the conflict is starting to boil? The tribe of Judah would not give up her God given rights and submit to the tribe of Ephraim (Joseph).
When the split came, the first thing that was done by king Jeroboam of "House of Israel" [the ten tribes to the north], was to set up a different form of worship To assist in this, the tribe of Dan made two golden calves, as recorded in I Kings 12:28, and placed one in the area of Dan, and the other in Bethel. So we see coming out the gate; that the House of Israel went directly into many forms of idolatry. In 722 B.C. the "House of Israel" was scattered by the Assyrians, and as the Israelites left, Assyria filled the land with foreigners of other lands [nations], and at the time of Christ they were known as Samarians.
In due time, the "House of Judah" fell into the same pattern of idolatry, only Judah became much worse in the end; and put judgment on the House of Judah. Father used His servant king Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian army to captured Judah, and killed the king.
So we will see that Father dealt separately with each of these two houses, for in the book of Hosea we see that Father kept Judah to wife, and He divorced the House of Israel.
Ezekiel 23:3And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. -> This is referring back almost 1,000 years to when the Nation of Israel was in captivity to Egypt. It was just three chapters ago that Father chastised them yet again for this, let's read it: Ezekiel 20:7 Then said I unto them, ‘Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.’ -> What idols or gods were the Egyptian worshipping? Before I answer that question, let’s first remember the “why” the Israelites were in Egypt to begin with. The reason for this is found in Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, “Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land (Egypt) that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; (listen to the reason why they are in Egypt: [15:14] And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. -> He--Father--further explains many (430) years later to Moses the reason: Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.. The gods\idols the Egyptians worshipped were numerous and varied: from the sun, moon and stars, to animals, to fish and frogs and the like. Truth be told, the reason we have the description of satan (the devil) that we have today—of him being in long-handled red underwear with a trident, looking like a half man\half beast—is because of what the Egyptians were doing thousands of years ago. They were practicing bestiality and from that spawned the image of the half man\half beast devil. [20:8] But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, ‘I will pour out My fury upon them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.’ -> They just could not put away the false gods they worshipped, and as we're about read here in Ezekiel 23, they still haven't learned.
Ezekiel 23:4 And the names of them were Aholah (My tabernacle or her tent [that is, idolatrous sanctuary]) the elder, and Aholibah (my tent (is) in her) her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria (watch mountain or watch station) is Aholah, and Jerusalem (the habitation of peace) Aholibah. -> They were mine=The whole reason for the creation of the Adamic seed-line was to bring forth Father in the flesh. This is why they are a peculiar peoples as He declares several times in His Word, let's read it in Deuteronomy: Deuteronomy 14:2For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. -> Peculiar=In both the Hebrew and the Greek this means "special." And they were special as this seed-line was and is
the seed-line which would bear Christ. Being "special" doesn't mean they were better than the ethnos, it just means they were "set aside" for a special purpose and that purpose, I just told you about, to bring forth Christ.
It was just six chapters ago that Father threw His skirt over Jerusalem and took her to His own to be His wife. So let's go back to Ezekiel 16 and read of Father taking His bride: Ezekiel 16:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [16:2] “Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, -> What abominations? Her whoredoms. Over and over again, the children of Israel left off from loving and worshipping Father—their Spiritual husband—in favor of other false gods. However, here, Father is describing how He found the land of Jebus which was inhabited by the Jebusites, otherwise known as Canaanites with a further break-down of Amorites and Hittites. But listen to Him describe His bride, this land, His most favorite place in all His created universe, His most prized possession, and feel His emotions as He (like always) puts them right out there on His sleeve for everybody to view. [16:3] And say, ‘Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; ‘Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. -> Father had told Abraham in Genesis 15 that He would give him the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession. However, as soon as He revealed this promise to Abraham, satan moved in and occupied both the land, and the capital, in order to again try to disrupt Father’s plan. [16:4] And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel (umbilical cord) was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. -> Jebus was a bloody mess when Father found her inhabited by the Jebusites; He cleaned her up.
Thou wast not salted=Rubbed or washed in salt, this was the custom in the land at that time. [16:5] None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. -> Like a discarded, used up whore, Father found her and took her under His loving care. [16:6] And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, ‘Live;’ yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, ‘Live.’ -> Polluted=This of course is referring to the city Jebus, and when Father found (she was always there and He always knew where she was, so this is just an expression or figure of speech) her she was trodden under foot.
When thou...blood=As proved today by the remains of the human sacrifices discovered on the foundations; Canaanite cities were “founded” in blood. [16:7] I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. -> Hast increased=Did increase or multiply. This is in reference not to Egypt, but the city of Jebus.
Fashioned=Developed. [16:8] Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread My skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. -> I spread My skirt…entered into a covenant=Of this covenant nothing has been recorded, the secret is first revealed here. The spreading of one’s skirt was a symbolic act signifying the taking of another under your protection; it was a common way in the East at the time, of saying you are marrying the one that you have taken under your protection.
Thy time=Here Father saying that Jerusalem is now matured and ready for marriage.
Covered thy nakedness=Back in Genesis 9, when Ham "saw his father’s nakedness," as is explained in Leviticus 18, to uncover your father’s nakedness means to have intercourse with his wife, and when Ham saw Noah’s nakedness, it meant that he laid with his father’s wife. This phrase is also used in the case of Reuben lying with Jacob, his father‘s wife. One's nakedness is ones wife. YHVH made, and entered into a covenant with this geographical location. When He declared it, and sealed Jerusalem as His, it became His forever. This is why it is so important for us to keep our eyes on the happenings which are taking place in Jerusalem today, for it is the key to the signs of the end times. The city is being groomed for the false peace which will come, and we will see a false peace treaty will be reached. This is all part of the process of preparing the way for the false saviour, satan, to come and rule with his children from that location. [16:9] Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. -> I Anointed thee with oil=This is part of the purifying process. Spiritually speaking, Father is taking Jerusalem as His holy city. This is why all of Israel was commanded to go to the Temple in Jerusalem for their sacrifices and worship; however, we know that Jeroboam forbade the House of Israel to go to Jerusalem to worship YHVH so he built two calves of gold for the House of Israel to worship there in Samaria. Later, even the house of Judah fell into the same rut. [16:10] I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. -> This verse is looking backward in time, to when King David came to Jebus and took the city. He renamed the city to Jerusalem and changed it to a place of very high respect and beauty. So, we see the city was changed from a place of filth, to Jerusalem. "Jeru," meaning “to teach,” and "salem" which means “peace.”
The analogy that Father is showing us is that Jerusalem was like a woman who was so bad that nobody wanted her, yet He took her, and cleaned her up, married her and gave her respect. [16:11] I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. [16:12] And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. [16:13] Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. -> Father is reminding us that when Kings David; and then Solomon ruled, He made Jerusalem the best any city could be. It was a wealthy; and blessed nation, and Jerusalem was the capital city. Jerusalem ruled the entire region. The crown of Jerusalem is Mount Zion. That crown will be where the king of king will rule from, and in the eternity, that is where the entire Godhead will be.
We are all Father's creation, His children. However, there is a significant difference between the sixth day creation, the races, the ethnos, and the eighth day creation, the Adamic line. The Adamic line was to not mix with the ethnos, this doesn't mean the ethnos is "bad," or anything as such; because, spiritually speaking we are all the same, it's just that, that line was designed to bring Him into the flesh Age. Therefore they are His.
The other thing that makes them peculiar is the fact that they were designed to bring forth His Word to all the earth, all the ethnos. So that the ethnos could hear the Word of YHVH and worship Him.
So, we have these two sisters and we know who they represent; the elder Aholah (Samaria) the House of Israel, and the younger Aholibah (Jerusalem) the House of Judah.
Both of these houses were God's possession, Israel. Samaria is the location, the capital of the ten tribes of the House of Israel, and Jerusalem is the capital of the younger sister, Aholibah, which is the house of Judah. This is addressed to two geographic locations; but, it is also directed to the peoples which make their capital Samaria and Jerusalem.
The House of Israel, ten tribes, "has her own tent,” in other words, she has her own religious form, and worships her own way and things, which are separate from Father’s ways. In fact because of their idolatry, Father later had the Assyrians take these tribes into captivity and then later scattered them and they migrated up over the Caucasus mountains, and went on to settle western Europe, and the Americas. Sadly, today they don't even have a clue as to who they are. They call themselves "Caucasians," after the event, but on the whole they think it refers to a race, a skin color. They are the majority of the whole House of Israel, and that is why they were called the House of Israel. Today they have no idea where they came from, and thus they have difficulty in understanding any Bible prophecy at all.
So, if an entire population forgets who they are in this day and age, they become listless and useless for Father's purpose in the spiritual battle of the end times. There is very little way that they can please Father, without being familiar with His word, and His plan.
The House of Judah is separate and we’ll discuss them in a moment.
23:5-10 Aholah=Samaria (Israel).
23:5-35 AHOLAH AND AHOLIBAH. (Extended Alternation.)
23:5 Aholah. (Samaria.)
23:5-6 Doting on the Assyrians.
Ezekiel 23:5 And Aholah (House of Israel) played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians (successful) her neighbours, -> Two hundred years prior to the House of Judah being taken captive by the Babylonians; the House of Israel was taken into captivity by the Assyrians, this happened approximately 613-611 B.C., Hoshea was king of the House of Israel, and Shalmaneser was the king of Assyria. II Kings 18:9And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser (fire-worshipper) king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. [18:10]And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixthyear of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. [18:11]And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor (beautiful banks or united) by the river of Gozan (a quarry), and in the cities of the Medes (Media, middle land): [18:12] Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. -> While in captivity to the Assyrians, the House of Israel served the gods of the Assyrians and Father therefore later scattered them to the four corners of the earth. (This next is history and not Biblical) Most went up over the Caucasus Mountains and later made up many of the European tribes, then later went on to from the Americas.
Ezekiel 23:6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. -> Clothed in blue…desirable young men=Oh they were oh so handsome and looked so “royal” in their pretty blue clothing, it took the breath of the women away. Really all this means is that the Israelites were having commerce with them, in other words, trade agreements, and religious intercourse. The House of Israel had picked-up and started practicing all of the religious forms, images and heathen rituals of worship, and then pretended that they were from and of God. It is time that we today be very careful and not accept those things that seem to be very religious, but just do not have their roots in the word of God. Appearances are a funny thing, they may look good from the outside; however, as Father showed us in the 8th Chapter of this same Book of Ezekiel, the things hidden deep inside those practices are an abomination to Him.
23:7 Her idolatry with them.
Ezekiel 23:7 Thus she committed her whoredom with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. -> Her whoredoms=Her idolatry, Israel’s worship of the Assyrian's false gods and images. The Assyrians practiced some of the corrupt form of worship in the world of religion, industry and commerce. This sister, Aholah just couldn't leave the Assyrian’s religions alone, and she had to play the role of the harlot in the eyes of the men of Assyria—a type for satan, in his role of the pretend-to-be-jesus: the antichrist.
Remember, when Ezekiel was writing this; Father had already scattered the House of Israel several hundred years prior. So, that makes this prophecy which is playing out in the events of our--the final--generation. The Assyrian is satan the antichrist, while the "chosen men" of satan are his offspring through Eve, the Kenites. They are the ones who place the idols and false doctrine before her, and she defiled herself by them.
Another point to focus on; is the fact that this House of Israel is not the “Jews,” but the Christian nations in all the earth today, they are the ones who call themselves "Caucasians" today. They are the ten tribes who went north up over the Caucasus mountains and then migrated to the northwest to settle western Europe. They were known by many names such as Celts, Scythians, Cimmerians, Brits, Isaac’s sons or “Saxons” and so forth; however, they all were called Caucasians after the event of the migration through the Caucasian mountains. It is sad when we see the things taught in so-called church systems as the Word of God. Father's people today have lost the memory of the event, and think the name is a race of peoples.
23:8 Her perseverance.
Ezekiel 23:8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. -> Sadly, what our forefathers were taught to worship by the Egyptians prior to when Father brought them up out of Egypt and told them to put away those things, they didn't harken to His voice; but, instead, passed those practices down to their children, and, as we're reading here, eight hundred years later, they are practicing them in front of the Assyrians. Even more sad is the fact that even to this day in the year 2013, many church houses still practice false teachings and worship: think easter; rapture and "talking in tongues," all man-made forms of false worship.
Do you feel Father's hurt and anguish in His words in this verse? It pains Him terribly that His children--who He created--turn around and say that they weren't created by Him buy, by, something else, today even, they say "we evolved from monkeys" another created creation of Father's. I'll say this for flesh man, they sure have allowed satan, another of Father's created beings, to totally skew them into believing a bunch of lies. What is really hard for me to believe is that in the First Earth Age, when we were all in spiritual bodies, walking and talking with our Father ELOHIM, that satan turned from Father then and so many allowed themselves to be deceived into believing satan was god - when they could see Father.
Their Laying with her and bruising her=This is the false teaching and traditions which have been passed-down, and have become difficult to purge from their minds. Traditions, which come from heathen rites and culture; and now, have become a way of life to the Christian world today. People think that if it came from your parents, it must be so, and this is the attitude which is taken; and sadly, they stumble blindly through their traditions.
23:9-10 Judgment executed.
Ezekiel 23:9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. -> Father did deliver the House of Israel into the hands of the Assyrians, they became bondsmen just like when they were in Egypt eight hundred or so years prior. And now, they are not only practicing the Assyrians forms of worship; but, they have brought in the Egyptian forms as well and are even teaching them to the Assyrians.
Ezekiel 23:10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. -> They took her sons and daughters=Think this through for a moment, if she has produced sons and daughters, as is stated; and the analogy is to whoredoms, what it is then talking about, is the worshipping practices of these people. So, then, let’s apply the analogy here, if she has been laying with everything that has come along, from the earliest times in Egypt, then who are her children? By the word "children," we are referring to the House of Israel’s religious practices. These aren’t physical children as they didn't do this; but, this is an analogy, and we are talking about religious the practices of every heathen custom which they came in contact with. Many of those practices are still common in most Christian church houses today.
A good example of this is what is called "Scripture followers." They believe that if they can find a verse to back up what they want to do, it becomes “something of God.” Even though they take it out of context; and stretch and twist the word to make it fit. This is exactly how satan works with half-truths; much like he did with Eve in the Garden of Eden and Jesus when he tried to tempt Him in Matthew 4 and Luke 4, and, Father is saying that if you want to play games with His word; then, He will deliver you into the hand of your harlot lovers, satan’s offspring, the kenites.
The Book which we call the Bible today, is only a transcription of the original manuscripts and even those manuscripts make up the entire story of Father’s Plan for the ages that we all will go through. Because of the sins and fall in the First Earth Age—when we were all still in our spiritual bodies--all souls must now enter and go through this Flesh Earth Age. Father’s and or adversary satan, fell in that First Earth Age, and was judged and sentenced to die, and that is why he is called the "son of perdition"—the only one in all of Father’s Word named already to die the Second Death, the death of the soul. He knows he is going to die—though the falsely believes he can subvert Father’s Plan and can defeat Father--and he wants to take you with him into the Lake of Fire. This is why he tempted Eve in the garden, and this is why sin entered into this Age. It was through that sexual relationship with Eve that Cain was born, Cain's offspring are the ones who are the kenites, and they are kept alive by Father as the negative part of his plan.
Once you understand this simple pattern, you will see how it is interwoven throughout the entire Word. Now, every evil deed that man can think of is recorded as part of the Bible, and to take a part of the Scripture as the basis of your action, requires that you know the subject and object that is spoken of, and that you keep that verse in proper context, or it becomes and lie, and an abomination to Father. Remember, an abomination is when you attribute something to YHVH when it is of the devil; or, even, the other way around, something is of satan and you claim it is of Father. When you take one sentence, or word and build upon it to say what pleases you; then, you become no better than our ancient forefathers in their whoredoms, which is being talked about in this chapter.
Don't stray from the topic being covered by Father here. This is only an analogy; it did not happen, but, it is a story to show us living in the last generation how they played around with false religions, so that we will prepare ourselves not to do as they did.
If we take the analogy of the last verse, verse v23:9, and apply it here, it would say that these foreigners took this woman and stripped her down and took her sons and daughters and killed her with a sword. For this act she became famous among all women. If you were not familiar with the subject and the object of this entire chapter, this verse could not be understood. You could even turn it into a novel though.
However, we know why they discovered her nakedness, and, that was because she was whoring around with other peoples religions. The whoredom is the act of worshipping strange gods and practices; and it happens does people don't know Father Word. She is too lazy to study it, and therefore allows strangers the kenites, to interpret it for her. In ignorance she had been sampling all religions that passed her by. Once again, this "she" is the "House of Israel," that we today know to be the Christian nations of today, and all those who call themselves "Christian." This is not in reference to Father's Elect, for they know the truth.
A good example of this is the way the many Christians are accepting the “speaking in tongues.” Those who do so, say they have read of it in Father’s Word; yes, in Acts 2, the Apostles did in fact speak in the “cloven tongue” on Pentecostal Day. That tongue which they spoke, was understood by everybody within earshot, there were no interpreters needed. Unlike those who speak in their funny language today and say “it is of the Holy Spirit.” It is something man-made, that is all it is. The word tongues is used of two different instances—or two different words--and in the Strong’s Concordance they are Greek word number G1100 - γλωσσα, - glōssa, pronounced - gloce'-sah, and means: Of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication a language (specifically one naturally unacquired): - tongue. , and G2084 - ετερόγλωσσος, - heteroglōssos, pronounced - het-er-og'-loce-sos, and means: From G2087 and G1100; other tongued, that is, a foreigner: - man of other tongue (I Corinthians 14:21).. So, what tongues really is, are languages, the one you have been taught and raised with, such as an American being raised to speak English, or a Chinese person raised to speak Chinese – that is naturally acquired, a language which is unnaturally acquired is, say, an American being taught in school or other such programmed instruction to speak a language such as French, Spanish, German or any of the other languages spoken throughout the world.
The prophet Samuel reveals to us what Father calls things such as this in I Samuel 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft (which is divination or necromancy; i.e. dealings with spirits), and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry, because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord... -> You have rejected the Word of the Lord in ignorance, does this make you innocent? Not when you have allowed others to misinterpret Father's word for you. This is what Father is saying, that, this is the whoredoms which "Aholah" the "house of Israel" (Christians) are committing.
When these demonics enter our mind, Jesus tells us we are to order them out in His name. Yet many Christians say that it is a revelation from God or His Holy Spirit.; however, if you allow these thoughts to continue, then, you, brethren, are demon possessed. Brethren, this is an abomination to Father.
Executed judgment upon her=If you think Father is unjust or unfair or that His laws are tough, have you ever read or learned about the Assyrians laws? If one was caught in adultery, the Assyrians cut off the nose or the ears who was caught; they marked them, for life. Look at our (the United States) laws today; today, if you don't accept and agree with the humanism laws which support homosexuality; but, instead, accept Father's Word as law, then you can be thrown in jail or at the minimum are persecuted for agreeing with the Word of our Creator and are considered "hateful." All because you don't believe or accept a lifestyle sexual choice that is being forced upon all the world.
We now turn and focus our attention on the younger sister, Aholibah.
23:11-35 Aholibah=Jerusalem (Judah).
23:11 Aholibah. (Jerusalem.)
Ezekiel 23:11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in herwhoredoms. -> Aholibah=As we learned at the beginning of this Chapter, Aholibah is the House of Judah, the two tribes consisting of Judah and Benjamin, with a sprinkling in of some of the Manessites and the Levites - the Priesthood.
But, Father is saying in this verse that when the House of Judah saw what the House of Israel had done in their committing the idolatry against Father, they not only liked what they saw, they practiced even further abominations than the House of Israel. Think of this, the House of Judah had within it, both the king line and the priest line. The House of Judah should have been the guide-on, the standard bearer to the House of Israel; however, the became even worse than the one whom they should have been chastising for the idolatry.
23:12 Doting on the Assyrians.
Ezekiel 23:12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. -> Young men=Again, this is an analogy, and, as such, these "young men" are the images and idols which the Assyrians were worshipping - oh they looked oh so good. As you picture this, think of the teraphim which Rachel stole from her father Laban when Jacob packed up his wives and children and in order to return to his own land - Canaan. Genesis 31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images (teraphim, family idols ) that were her father's. -> Let’s continue down to verse v31:30: [31:30] And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? -> Since Father created this Flesh Age and even before, we, His children, have forsaken our Father in favor of other, false gods. There is no man in the flesh who has not sinned, save One, Immanuel, God with us, Jesus. Anything you put before your Father, becomes an idol.
23:13-18 Her idolatry with them.
Ezekiel 23:13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, -> Both Houses: The House of Israel and the House of Judah tried to take all these other forms of worship, and make them into one common form of worship, all rolled up into one neat abominable package. They tried to take a little of each and every one of the heathen practices and doctrines and ascribe it to, and make it blend with what is in Father's Word.
Ezekiel 23:14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, -> When she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall=The etched and painted phallic symbols and other images and idols, looked like such a wonderful religion to practice. Do you think for one moment that they were more civilized or barbaric than we are today? They used the media they had available to them then; the walls of buildings and caves, tree trunks and limbs, since they didn't have the availability of paper that we have today, they couldn't "print" their images out for transport; however, we, today, have all sorts of pornography, magazines, movies and videos, internet etc. Back then they birthed the babies in order to throw them into a fire and burn them in sacrifice to Ishtar the fertility goddess, Father called it molechism; today, we don't even let them be born, but, just sacrifice them right there in the womb and call it abortion. Abortion isn't the correct term, is should be abomination, because, that is what it is, a revolting disgrace.
Vermilion=The bright red and eye-catching robes and gowns of worship looked so enticingly beautiful, oh so religious. Do you remember who angered Father by taking one of these? Achan did, back in Joshua 7, let's go read of it: Joshua 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan (troubler), the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi (my gift), the son of Zerah (rising [of the sun]), of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. -> What was the accursed thing? Joshua 7:21 When I (Achan) saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment (a baal priests robe), and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. -> It was the "coveting and stealing" of the robe and the gold and silver which had been accursed, that Achan stole and hid amongst his things, that made all of Israel accursed and unclean. What did Father think about this? Because of this stealing of the accursed thing, and the fact that Joshua didn’t come to Him to seek His counsel as to whether the Israelites should go to war against the people of Ai; He—Father—took them behind the wood-shed and allowed the men of Ai to spank them, in other words the men of Ai put serious hurting on the Israelite Army and killed 36 men, they would have killed many, many more; but, the Israelite Army fled before the men of Ai could do more damage. Let’s skip down to verse v7:10: Joshua 7:10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, “Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? [7:11] Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. [7:12] Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. -> Every bit of it--the oh so pretty robes and garments, the false doctrines and man's traditions--is junk though, it cannot save you for nothing.
Notice the "comma" indicating the verse continues to the next.
Ezekiel 23:15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: -> Girdles....dyed attire...princes=Like the accursed thing, all of this looks oh so good and pretty; but, other than that, what good is it? They aren't good for anything, for they are nothing but inanimate objects--except the princes--which cannot save anybody.
After the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea=All five dialects.
Ezekiel 23:16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. -> She=She being Aholibah--Jerusalem, the House of Judah. They saw the abominations the assyrians and the babylonians were committing and they coveted them; much as Achan coveted the accursed thing, and they fell right into the accursed practices of the Assyrians and Babylonians.
The Israelites; both Houses, left off from following Father's Commandments, Laws, Ordinances and Statutes, they also left off from worshipping Him, His Way, in favor of their own. Sadly, we once attended a church that was doing these things, we even heard a member say that when his son had told him of this church, he had asked his son if they do "such and such" for worship, because if they don't then I don't want to and won't attend there.
Ezekiel 23:17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. -> The House of Judah not only started practicing the religious practices of the Assyrians and Babylonians; but, showed them the practices of the Egyptians which they had brought out of Egypt with them. It all became a big melting-pot of false religions and practices.
You need to look at how you and the church you attend worship, and then take inventory of that. If you aren't reading and studying Father's Word; Book-by-Book, Chapter-by-Chapter, Verse-by-Verse, during your attending, then you need to reassess why you're there. You cannot learn all of Father's Word, by hearing only a verse here and there, and a bunch of man's speaking in between those few verses read. In reality, even by studying Father's Word for 30 minutes a day for 5 days per week--which most church houses only attend one per week--it still takes 5 to 6 years to completely go through Father's Word. So, if the churches are only attending one day per week, then it will take many more years to completely go through Father's Word. In our little Study group, we started Studying Book-by-Book, in Dec 2007; and today--Jan 2013, we are presently in the Books of Samuel. So, as you can see, it has taken us a full 5 years to go through just the first 8 Books of Father's Word. But the benefits are truly wonderful, as we have learned so much more, than when we attended the 2 churches for the 4 years previous.
Father's Truth and Word are not a "religion;" they are a reality, a way to live so that you can have eternal life, not just a flesh life; but, live forever with Him. When you depart from worshipping His way, then you are part of "religion." One of my favorite mentors puts it best: "Religion is not a gradual evolution to what is higher; but, a declension to what is lower." Joshua warned them many years earlier; in Joshua 24, to put away their idolatry, let's read it: Joshua 24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD (revere - to reguard with respect), and serve Him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. [24:15] And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers serves that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. -> So here we are, hundreds of years later, and they still haven't learned, though they have chosen; but, sadly, they chose to serve all the other false gods, and for this Father is going to punish them.
Ezekiel 23:18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. -> When the House of Judah discovered just how they had gone off from Father's plan, did this stop them or make them change? No, they just kept going in the same direction – away from Father. He then turned His mind from them; because, their ways were no longer His ways, and they were doing just like as the House of Israel had done, and practiced idolatry. Father is saying that He is now setting His mind away from them as well.
23:19-21 Her perseverance.
Ezekiel 23:19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. -> They just could not put the false religious practices they learned while down in Egypt away from them. No, they had to teach those abominations to the Assyrians and babylonians too.
Father is about to be very graphic, so I'll give you a heads-up.
Ezekiel 23:20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. -> Do you understand what this is really saying? In the Hebrew it says that she was acting like animals in heat, chasing after all the strange religions. It’s no different today; for today, people still like to make fools of themselves over strange religions, like animals in heat. They excite themselves over things like humanism, evolution, the rapture doctrine, speaking in tongues, reincarnation and many other forms of false dogma which are nowhere near close to being of Father's word. The so-called Bible book stores are full of books which are called “of Father’s Word (New International Version, New Living Translation, English Standard Version, American Standard Version and others);” however, if you look at them closely, you’ll discover that you don’t know who the scribes were which penned these so-called books of “Father’s Word.” However, the seminar circuit is growing rich over them. Many Christian churches and book store owners are like wild asses in heat, to gain their profits, and draw some poor ignorant soul off into another religious form of whoredoms. Their shelves are full of teachings that try to show shortcuts and alternates to Father's Word. Ways that look so good, yet are not in YHVH's Word.
Ezekiel 23:21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. -> They were such a young nation when they went down into Egypt; they were only 70 people strong, plus Joseph who was already established there, bringing their to total seventy-one. So they were in their youth and they saw the idolitrous practices of the Egyptians and soon fell into worshipping what the Egyptians were worshipping. The main diety of the Egyptians was the golden calf; but, they also worshipped other things too, fish, frogs, the sun and moon and stars and such.
Remember, the two sisters were to be one;—the House of Israel—and that one, was to be Christ's bride upon His return to earth; however, they both ended-up being whores in Father’s eyes. The lewdness of both the House of Israel and the House of Judah started when they were forming into a nation while in the land of Egypt, and it was there that they started to take on all forms of idolatry, which they refused to depart from even to this day, as a nation.
Though this is aimed at the House of Israel on a National basis; individually, we can repent of everything which stands between us and Father, and Father’s love will draw you back into a close fellowship with Him. This is a bond and fellowship which is real and at the same time, comforting to the soul, and in these final days of this Earth Age; it gives us something that the world cannot.
23:22-35 Judgment threatened.
23:22-35 JUDGMENT THREATENED. (Alternation.)
23:22-26 Enemies.
Ezekiel 23:22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; ‘Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; -> Father is saying that because of their idolatry with all the false gods of those they were friends with; He'll will no longer be their protection. Therefore, they better be praying those things which they worshipped better be real--which we know they're not--and that they can help the House of Judah, because He is done and has washed His hands of them.
Judgment is about to come upon the House of Judah. Father is going to cause a strife to come between the House of Judah and those with whom she is committing her whoredoms, He is going to make the House of Judah their enemies. Eventually, they'll go into captivity to the Babylonians for seventy years.
Ezekiel 23:23 The Babylonians (confusion) (Nebuchadnezzar), and all the Chaldeans, Pekod (punishment or visitation), and Shoa (rich), and Koa (he-camel or cutting off; curtailment), and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. -> The Babylonians scattered the House of Judah and took the all the royal family captive. Likewise, thousands of years later, it was the Romans, then the Germans in World War II; and, it shall come to pass very shortly again, though this time it will be by the pretend-to-be-jesus. Father said that it is He Who brings these things to pass on them. Why? Because of the whoredoms which they have committed with false worshipping, false teachings, man’s traditions and such. The greatest sin however, is the allowing of the priestly duties and the scribeship to be turned over to the nethinims and satan’s offspring, the kenites.
Ezekiel 37 documents of a time in the near future when Father will join both Houses—the two sticks—back together, and He will draw them to Himself. That appointed time is at His coming at the Second Advent, and not before. The artificial means being tried through the United Nations, and the One World Order will fail; however, it will be fused temporally by satan in his role as the antichrist. At that time however, the Father’s Elect will not be part of those commitments; but, will make that stand against those things.
These nations named here represent all the people of the world. The Babylonians are all the religious orders, while the Chaldeans are those of the wise and intellectual system. Pekod is the rich, while Shoa [the he camels] are the working class, and the Koa are the poor and indigent, notice though, at the end of the list, are the kenites. They all come riding to Aholibah Jerusalem with their whoredoms; and, sadly, they do find comfort there. So, we see there is not much difference today as there has been in biblical times, two to four thousand years ago.
It seems that Father's people tries to make room for all peoples--which can be a good thing if all of Father’s children put away from them the false gods and idols--but, sadly, we like to welcome them to bring on their forms of worship with them. What Israel sees and likes, she adopts as her own. Christians today like to be noticed, and have their notoriety placed with the renowned. We even sell-out to be placed with the ruler, lords and captains of the world today. Don't let this happen in your life, for the world has rejected our Lord, and He will reject you, and they will reject you also if you reject their whoredoms. After all, our heavenly Father is the noblest of all, and, He is your closest kin.
Ezekiel 23:24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. -> They shall judge thee according to their judgments=Father caught the House of Judah--and her sister, for that matter--in the act of idolarty (adultery) and is therefore going to use all these heathen nations, whom they also worshipped their gods and idols, to judge them. In other words, Father is going to judge them by the standard by which they wanted to be in: the world, and when you are judged according to the judgments of the world, it will never be a fair judgment. Their standards are not YHVH's standard, and they use those judgments to set their agenda, and not to establish Father's ways.
Have you ever heard of the Judgment of the Middle East where if you're caught stealing; they cut your right-hand off? Unlike Father's judgments where we have forgiveness for our sins, their's is a judgment for life. Father's only life--in the flesh--judgment, is for murder (premeditated criminal homocide, not for killing in a passionate fit of rage or other such killing) or rape. Even David was forgiven (I'll not judge him, as He is Father's Standard Bearer by which all the other kings were compared) for his murder--and that's how Father looked at it--of uriah the Hittite.
Ezekiel 23:25 And I will set My jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. -> My jealousy=Let's look at some of the examples on Father's Word where He--or one of His servants--declares He is a jealous God: Exodus 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:, Deuteronomy 4:24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God., Deuteronomy 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the father upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me,, Deuteronomy 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth., Joshua 24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, “Ye cannot serve the LORD: for He is an Holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. -> Yes, our Father today--since He has gone to the cross and shed His blood for us--will forgive us if we get stupid and chase after another god, if we repent and turn our hearts back to Him. This is what He wants: II Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. -> Thankfully, today, we live in the dispension of Grace. Thank You Father!
I guess Oprah was wrong; oh, maybe not, guess she doesn't serve YHVH, she serves another god. And that brethren, is a shame for her.
Ezekiel 23:26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels. -> Our Father is loving and will forgive you; whereas, the ways of this world are harsh and unforgiving. Today we are witnessing an attack on Christianity not seen since the time just after Jesus was crucified on the cross. Today right is considered wrong and wrong right, and it's all for the sake of their god humanism. If you speak against it, they'll chase you to the end of the earth to persecute you. Mention YHVH or His Son Jesus and they attack you as if you're the most vile creature that ever lived. Of course we have to understand the reason this is, and it isn't just "because Pastor Scott said so." No, it's much deeper than that, it isn't even just because Father has told us in His Word--Amos 8:11--that this would come to pass, it's even deeper than that, for it is because this world (Age) has to be set-up to accept the one who comes in his role of pretend-to-be-jesus, the pretend-to-be-saviour, the pretend-to-be-messiah, antichrist: satan.
23:27 Purpose. (Negative.)
Ezekiel 23:27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.' -> Father is about to chastise the House of Judah harshly enough to get their attention that they won't want to follow after the false gods nor even remember what their forefathers did while in Egypt. Judgment is coming and it's discussed in the next verse.
23:28-34 Enemies.
Ezekiel 23:28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; ‘Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated: -> Into captivity to the Babylonians the House of Judah is about to go. Let's listen to the prophet Jeremiah tell of it: Jeremiah 25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar (don’t be thrown off by this spelling as it is only the Chaldean spelling of Nebuchadnezzar) king of Babylon; -> Babylon=Assyria isn’t mentioned because it had already fallen. Remember, Assyria had taken the House of Israel captive two hundred years prior to the Babylonians taking the House of Judah into captivity. So, since Assyria has already fallen at this time, this then tells us that the House of Israel has now been scattered and have gone up, over the Caucasus Mountains. [25:2] The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, -> Jeremiah was prophesying and telling them they were messing up and what the consequences were going to be for doing so.
Jeremiah the prophet spake=This is the first occurrence of this expression. We find “said” later and “prophet” in Jeremiah 1:5; 2:20; 28:5, 6, 10, 12, 12, 15; 29:1, 29; 32:2; and other places.
Spake=In Jeremiah 36:2 he (Jeremiah) is told to “write,” because the House of Israel (being already dispersed) could not be spoken to, as the House of Judah was spake to here. [25:3] “From the thirteenth (for a good Study of the number 13 see Dr. Bullenger’s Number in Scripture) year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. -> Over and over Jeremiah warned the House of Judah, and again and again they refused to listen.
Three and twentieth year=I.e., of Jeremiah’s prophesying, 18 years under Josiah, plus 3 months under Jehoahaz and 4 months under Jehoiakim.
Rising early and speaking=This phrase is most peculiar to Jeremiah, in whose prophesying it occurs 11 times. [25:4] 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. -> Jeremiah is telling them that Father even sent other prophets to them in order to warn them; but, they even refused to listen to them as well. [25:5] 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: -> Evil=Calamity, in the Hebrew this is “ra’a’.”
For ever and ever=From Age to age, this must read with “given,” and refers to YHVH’s counsel. We can compare and contrast this with Isaiah’s use of the word “ancient” in Isaiah 44:7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. -> “The ancient people”=The everlasting Nation of Israel. The Nation of Israel is everlasting, like YHVH’s Covenant with His children. The nations which oppressed Israel (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon and Rome) have all passed away; but, Israel still remains, and, when restored Ezekiel 37 will remain forever. [26:6] 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.’ -> I will do you no hurt=Bring calamity upon them. Again, listen to Father pour out His emotions and feelings in these saying. It does truly hurt Him when His children chase (or whore) after other false gods. [25:7] 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. -> Saith the LORD=This is YHVH’s oracle. [25:8] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; ‘Because ye have not heard My words, [25:9] Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. -> Nebuchadrezzar…My servant=Notice Father calls Nebuchadnezzar “His servant?” Considering Nebuchadnezzar is the king of Babylon, we can see that Father will use who He will to fulfill His Plan. [25:10] Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. -> This verse is quoted in Revelation 18, Let’s go and read it: Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. -> Revelation 18 details the judgment and destruction which shall come upon the city of babylon at the end of this Earth Age, the "Age of Flesh man." Yeah, she lived "high on the hog" for many years, she was rich through her merchandising. What were they merchandising? People, or, more properly stated, the minds of people. How and why are they doing this? They today--and that is where this leads us, as the Babylon of old is a "type" for the babylon of today--are doing it first through trying to convince everybody that all the evilness we are presently seeing, is "the new normal" and everybody should accept it. If that fails, then as we're seeing today, they're writing new laws in order to bring the Christians under subjection. The "why" is to make the whole world ready and accepting of satan's arrival in his role that he will be playing as saviour. This is exactly what he wants, all the world to fall at his feet and worship him as god. Those that are resistant, must be forced to accept. There are only a few who will not accept, and those are described in Revelation 9:4-5. The funny thing is, is that he (satan) knows Father's Word better than most Christians--because he didn't and won't come in the flesh, therefore his memory hasn't been erased by Father and he has full knowledge of everything that transpired in the First Earth Age--he knows Father's plan and he has done and is still trying to do everything within his power to subvert His plan. [25:11] And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. -> Seventy years=That was all the captivity was. One of the three depictions of a Generation in Father's Word, the other two are 40 years and 120 years. Father declared it would be seventy years, and it came to pass exactly as He prophesied. For us today, the final Generation of this Flesh Age began when Israel was established as a Nation in the land they presently possess (notice today the world coing against them to remove them) which was brought about in the year 1948. This is documented in Jeremiah 24. So, we are at present past teh 40 year generation and quickly approaching the seventy year. [25:12] And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. -> At the end of the seventy years, Father had Ezra and Nehemiah bring the House of Judah out of the Babylonian captivity. Of course, Father also used some from within the Babylonian Empire as well, such as king Artaxerxes and Darius. Our release from our captivity will be at the arrival of the True Christ and when we’re released, it’ll be the end of the Flesh Age.
Ezekiel 23:29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. -> Understand what is taking place here. Though Father is using an analogy to teach us, using fictional women characters to describe how He felt when the Houses of Israel and Judah accepted the then practiced the false religions of those around her and even the ones He sent them into captivity to; He is also showing us how He feels about the denominational church houses today. Throughout their kingdom, our forefathers whored after false gods and idols, and today the denominational churches are not different; for they too, like to chase after false teachings and fictional traditions of man. We can see where some of this stems from; but, to understand where the other came in, we have to go back to Joshua 9, when Joshua and the elders of Israel accepted the lies of the Gibeonites and brought them into their camp and made them the drawers of water and hewers of wood for the altar, they became “the nethinims: those given to service.” The Levites, liked this arrangement so well, that they later became lazy and allowed the nethinims to take-on more responsibility and they became scribes and then even the priests. Father knows who they are and what they are doing and he isn’t happy. He is angry that the Levites so easily gave up their duties, He is angry that they—the nethinims—are still in the priestly position (it was they who crucified Christ, and are still in charge of the church world today), and He is angry that today most of His children have not Studied His Word deep enough to know what is going on and who they are taking their direction from. Jesus pointed them out to us in both Matthew 13:36-43 and also in John 8:31-41; but, sadly, most—because of who is on charge of the churches and what people have “heard’—don’t know or understand what He was teaching us, and when one tries to bring it to light to them, Christians dismiss the Truth as “not biblical,” because they have never before been taught nor heard the Truth. It is for this very reason that most Christians will be deceived by the deceiver satan when he arrives in his role of pretend-to-be-jesus.
Ezekiel 23:30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. -> I Will do these things=How many Christians (House of Israel today) and also our brothers of the House of Judah truly red and understand these words "I will?" Let's look at some of Father's other uses of this phrase in His Word, we can start in the very first Book, the Book of Genesis, this is the very first prophesy of Christ's coming in Father's Word:
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity (to hate; be hostile to and an enemy of) between thee (satan in his role here in Genesis 3 as the serpent; but, this is in name only as he really wasn’t a snake) and the woman (Eve), and between (listen carefully to what Father says) thy (satan’s) seed (posterity, child: Cain) and her (Eve’s) seed (posterity, Child: Abel); It (Christ) shall bruise thy (satan’s) head (satan’s destruction at the end of Revelation 20, the Great White Throne Judgment), and thou (satan's offspring) shalt bruise His (Christ’s) heel (crucified on the cross). -> If you think or believe that Father was speaking an analogy or "just of people who do bad" when He referred to satan's offspring, you would be incorrect, as satan impregnated Eve and their child was Cain; he was not Adam's, Abel was Adams. Cain and Abel were feternal twins, of two separate fathers. But, notice it was Father who put the enmity between the two children of Eve.
Now let's go through some other examples of calamity that Father will bring upon His children for not obeying Him, His Word or his Commandments: Jeremiah 11:2 “Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; [11:3] And say thou unto them, ‘Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, [11:4] Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be My people, and I will be your God: [11:5] That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.’’” Then answered I, and said, “So be it, O LORD.” -> Let’s continue this; but, let’s skip down to verse v11:11: [11:11] Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. [11:12] Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. [11:13] For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. [11:14] Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto Me for their trouble. [11:15] What hath My beloved to do in Mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. [11:16] The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. 11:17] For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel (notice Father has included the other sister Aholah, back in this judgment) and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.” -> This was\is just one of the many places in His Word where Father says He will bring calamity for not following His commandments or His Truth and have instead chased after denominational dogma, traditions and false teachings. Let’s now go to II Thessalonians 2; II Thessalonians 2 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: -> Our Father doesn't like it when His children chase after these false doctrines, dogma and teachings! You must Study His Word in-depth, Book-by-Book, Chapter-by-Chapter, and Verse-by-Verse to come to His meaning, not man's. Sadly, far too many Christians today are chasing after the teachings of satan's children who had taken over the priesthood, and this was their plan. Father knows they are there, He knows what they are doing, and He is leaving them alone in order to see who will be fooled by them, it's all part of His test to see who will marry the false husband, the pretend-to-be-jesus and who will wait for the True. I know there are many Christians out there who will try and refute this statement however; Revelation 13 makes it quite clear: Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. -> Do you know when the “foundation of the world” was and what this phrase means? In the Strong’s Concordance it is Greek word number G2602 - καταβολή, - katabole, pronounced - kat-ab-ol-ay', and means: From G2598; a deposition, that is, founding; figuratively conception: - conceive, foundation., now let’s look at G2598 - καταβάλλω, – kataballo, pronounced - kat-ab-al'-lo, and means: From G2596 and G906; to throw down: - cast down, lay., so in other words it was when Father destroyed the Age before this one—when we were all in our spiritual bodies—because of satan’s rebellion and drawing of one third of Father’s children with him in his rebellion. But this verse is saying that there are some whose names were and are written in the Book of Life from the end of the First Earth Age because they stood with Father during that rebellion and since they stood with Him, they have already been judged, therefore the second death has no power over them as can be read in Revelation 20: Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. -> This phrase “they shall be priests of God and of Christ” does not mean in this Age; but, during the Day of the LORD, Jesus’ one thousand year millennium reign. [13:9] If any man have an ear, let him hear. -> Do you have the ears to hear? There is only the Father, Son and Holy Spirit Who gives such ears and if He hasn't given you; you will not hear and understand as Luke told us in his Gospel: Luke 24:45 Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,.
Ezekiel 23:31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.’ -> Here, Father is talking to Aholibah; however, both Houses had put the love of their idols, false gods and false teachings before our Father ELOHIM, the one and only True God, our Creator. He therefore is going to make them both drink of the same cup, that cup of wrath spoken of in Isaiah 51: Isaiah 51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. -> Is Father angry about the two Houses whoring around on Him? You’re darn tootin He is, and just as He made the two Houses drink of the cup of His wrath, He is going to make the Christians who whore after satan in his role of instead-of-jesus, drink from it as well, let's read of this in Revelation: Revelation 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, [14:10] The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: -> There is only one way to not drink of this and that is by loving Father and His Word enough to come to His meaning, so that you will not whore after satan.
Ezekiel 23:32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; ‘Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. -> Whoring after all their false gods, idols and religions, can you picture the Book of Life and their names in it with? There can barely be anything good written by their names, it's sad really. Because of the false doctrines and teachings they chased after the false christ and became spiritually impregnated by him and his lies. It is because of this that Jesus said of them in Matthew 24:19, Mark 13:17 and Luke 21:23 "And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!" Brethren, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a woman being pregnant; but, as we're reading, He is talking concerning spirituaully impregnated with satan's lies, but even more importantly, he is analogizing, saying that they have married the wrong husband. They fell for the fake, the pretend when in reality the True has not yet arrived andd when He has and finds them with child, He knows what they did.
Ezekiel 23:33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. -> .
Ezekiel 23:34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. -> .
23:35 Purpose. (Negative.)
Ezekiel 23:35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; ‘Because thou hast forgotten Me, and cast Me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.’” -> .
23:36-49 Aholah and Aholibah.
23:36-37 Judgment.
Ezekiel 23:36 The LORD said moreover unto me; “Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; -> .
Ezekiel 23:37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto Me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. -> .
23:38-44 Incrimination.
Ezekiel 23:38 Moreover this they have done unto Me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned My sabbaths. -> .
Ezekiel 23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into My sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of Mine house. -> .
Ezekiel 23:40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger wassent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, -> .
Ezekiel 23:41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set Mine incense and Mine oil. -> .
Ezekiel 23:42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort werebrought Sabeans (being from Sheba) from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. -> .
Ezekiel 23:43 Then said I unto her that wasold in adulteries, ‘Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?’ -> .
Ezekiel 23:44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. -> .
23:45 Judgment.
Ezekiel 23:45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. -> .
23:46-49 Threatening.
Ezekiel 23:46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; ‘I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. -> .
Ezekiel 23:47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. -> .
Ezekiel 23:48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. -> .
Ezekiel 23:49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.’” -> .
Jan 2013