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Hi all,
I'm sure there will be some disagreement over how prophecies are worked out. Just as we have disagreement over whether the prophecy of the Antichrist standing on a wing of the temple..., was fulfilled in 70 AD or is yet to be fulfilled. But...
Just to throw it out there, there does seem to be a rather amazing prophetic understanding of Ezekiel's words in chapter 4.
“Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it. Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the people of Israel. “Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side. I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel. “After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year. Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.
If one applies the the same kind of understanding of days being equal to years as is applied in Daniel's prophecy, the siege of God against Israel comes down to pretty much exactly the day and year that Israel was restored in 1948. Like I say, it's just amazing that such an understanding could be true and certainly would put to rest any arguments as found in this thread that Israel doesn't deserve the land that they possess.
The key to understanding this prophecy as it applies to the restoration of Israel is to take this punishment of God explained to Ezekiel and also apply God's word in the duration of their punishment found in Leviticus 26. In Leviticus we find that God promises to punish Israel for disobedience. However, He tells them that when He punishes them, if they still do not heed His correction, He will multiply their affliction seven times.
God bless you.
In Christ, Ted
I'm sure there will be some disagreement over how prophecies are worked out. Just as we have disagreement over whether the prophecy of the Antichrist standing on a wing of the temple..., was fulfilled in 70 AD or is yet to be fulfilled. But...
Just to throw it out there, there does seem to be a rather amazing prophetic understanding of Ezekiel's words in chapter 4.
“Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it. Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the people of Israel. “Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side. I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel. “After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year. Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.
If one applies the the same kind of understanding of days being equal to years as is applied in Daniel's prophecy, the siege of God against Israel comes down to pretty much exactly the day and year that Israel was restored in 1948. Like I say, it's just amazing that such an understanding could be true and certainly would put to rest any arguments as found in this thread that Israel doesn't deserve the land that they possess.
The key to understanding this prophecy as it applies to the restoration of Israel is to take this punishment of God explained to Ezekiel and also apply God's word in the duration of their punishment found in Leviticus 26. In Leviticus we find that God promises to punish Israel for disobedience. However, He tells them that when He punishes them, if they still do not heed His correction, He will multiply their affliction seven times.
God bless you.
In Christ, Ted
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