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The Prophetesses And Pillows of Ezekiel 13:17-23

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  When we read Ezekiel 13:17-23, we come across some unusual words that can leave us wondering what God is talking about. What were these “pillows” the women were sewing? What did God mean when He said they were hunting souls and making them fly?  To understand this passage, we need to look beyond the English wording and examine what God was revealing about these false prophetesses and the harm they were doing to His people. God was exposing those who used false spiritual claims to deceive people, take advantage of them, and lead them away from the truth.  Their practices may seem strange to us today, but God's message is clear.  He sees deception,  He knows who is being harmed, and He will not allow those who prey upon His people to escape His judgment. This warning also speaks to believers today, because God has never approved of those who use His name to deceive people, control their lives, or profit from their trust in Him.  We must be careful about w...
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When God Says ENOUGH!

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When we read Ezekiel 7 , we need to understand that God was not giving Ezekiel a message to make the people feel comfortable.  He was telling him to warn the people of Israel that the time had come for judgment, and there was no longer any room for them to pretend that everything was going to continue as usual.  They had been living their lives, making their plans, pursuing their own interests, and carrying on with their daily affairs, but they had failed to understand that their conduct had consequences before God. Now, God was telling them what was coming, and Ezekiel was to make sure they heard it! In verse 2, YHWH tells Ezekiel, קֵץ בָּא הַקֵּץ עַל־אַרְבַּע כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ / qēts bāʾ haqqēts ʿal-ʾarbaʿ kanfōt hāʾārets / An end has come; the end has come upon the four corners of the land.   The Hebrew reads קֵץ בָּא הַקֵּץ ( qēts bāʾ haqqēts ).  The word קֵץ ( qēts ) means an end, a conclusion, or the termination of something .  Notice that the word is re...
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The Earth Will Burn!

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Are We Actually Listening To God? Look around us. The world is filled with turmoil. We see wars, violence, fires, corruption, lawlessness, and people turning away from the God who created them. Nations rise against nations. Leaders make decisions that affect millions of lives. People argue over what is right and wrong, while the standards of God are pushed aside in favor of what people want to believe. Everywhere we look, we hear people explaining the world's problems through politics, economics, science, and human behavior. These things may explain some of what is happening, but there is a question we must not overlook. What has God said? Have we listened to His warnings? Have we taken seriously what He has told us about the earth, the wickedness of humanity, the coming judgment, and the future He has promised? This teaching is not an attempt to declare that every fire, war, riot, or natural disaster is a particular fulfillment of prophecy. We must not claim knowledge God has...
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