29 / 11 / 2024, 1 / 7 / 2025

AND He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.  Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me. And He said to me: "Son of man, I am sending you to the children of I srael, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their father have transgressed against Me to this very day. "For they are impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, 'Thus say the Lord GOD.' "As for them, whether they hear or weather they refuse - for they are rebellious house - yet they will know that a prophet has been among them. "And, you, son of man, do not afraid of them nor be afraid of their word, though briers and throns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, though they are a rebellious house. "You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious. "But you, son of man, hear what I sat to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you." Now when I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it. Then He spread it before me; and there was on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentation and mourning and woe. EZEKIEL 2 :1 - 10 

 MOREOVER He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find: eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." So I opened my mouth and He caused me to eat that scroll. And He said to me, "Son of man, feed your bellly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I gave you." So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness. Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. "For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, "Not to many people unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. "But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard - hearted. " Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. "Liks adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.' Morever He said to me: "Son of man, recieve into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears. "And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' whether they hear, or whether they refuse." Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: "Blessed is the glory of the LORD from His place!" I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creature that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise. So the Spirit  lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. Now it came to pass at the end of seven days that word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore You shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me: When I say to the wicked, you shall surely die,' And you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall died in his iniquity, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. "Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his way, he shall die in his iniquity but you have delivered your soul.  "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. "Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that righteous should not sin, and he does not sin he shall surely live because took warning; also you have delivered your soul."  Then the hand of the LORD was upon me there, and He said to me, "Arise, go out into the plain, and there I shall talk with you." So I arose and went out ito the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: "Go, shut yourself inside your house. "And you, O son of man, surely they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them. "I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and not be one to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.  "But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus  says the Lord GOD.' He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuse, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house. EZEKIEL 3:1 - 27

Church of England  / a rebellious house of the earth on earth  

AND the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ''Son of man, pose a riddle, and speak a parable to house of the Israel, ''And say, 'Thus say the Lord GOD: ''A great eagle with large wings and long pinions, full of feathers of various color, came to Lebanon and took from the cedar the highest branch.  He cropped off its topmost young twing and carried it to a land of trade; he set it in a city of mecrchants. Then he took some of the seed of the land and planted in it a fertile field; he placed it by abundant waters and set it like a willow tree. And it grew and become a spreading vine of low stature; its branches turned toward him, but its branches turned toward him, but its roots were under it. So it became a vine, Brought forth branches, and put forth shoots. EZEKIEL 17:3 - 6

Protestant Church / a rebellious house of the earth on earth

''But there was another great eagle with large wings and many feathers; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and stretched its branches toward him, from the garden terrace where it had been planted, that he might water it. It as planted in good soil by many water, to bring forth branches, bear fruit, and become a majestic vine," ' ''Say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Will it thrive? will he not pull up its root, cut off its fruit, and leave it to wither? All of its spring leave will wither, and no great power or many people will be needed to pluck it up by its root. Behold, it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not utterly wither when the east wind touches? It will wither in the garden terrace where it grew." ' " EZEKIEL17:7 - 10

 Anglican Church / the rebellious house of the earth on earth

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ''Say now to the rebellious house: 'Do you not know what these things mean? Tell  them, 'Indeed the king of Babylon / Egypt / perdition / the beast went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon. 'And he took the king's offering, made a covenant with him, and put him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land, 'That the kingdom might be brought low and not fit itself up, but they by keeping his covenant it might stand. ''But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered? 'As I live, say the Lord GOD, 'Surely in the place where thee king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke - with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 'Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company do any thing in the war, when they heap up a seige mound and build a wall to cut off many persons. 'Since he despises the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escaped.' " Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "As I live, surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense on his head. "I will spread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and try him there the treason which he committed against Me. ''All his fugitives with all his troops shall fall by sword, and those who remain shall be scattered to every wind; and you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken." EEZELIEL 17:11 - 21

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