END TIMES EVENTS – SO YOU CAN RETURN TO HIM…..
8/27/24 3:55 AM
Matthew Siew
I have the following to share ….
GOD gave me Eze 14 on Saturday (24th August 2024) about 0845am.
The understanding that I have when reading through the chapter is that HE is telling us the causes of HIS actions (End-Times Events) are mainly attributed by our idolatry & rejecting of HIM.
What HE is doing & how will HE do to bring the people back to HIM e started here Ezekiel 14 and in Revelation….
Interestingly, how HE “deceived” the prophets (who conjures)…
And we can’t be saved by others’ righteousness….
HE wants us to know the End-Time “whys” …..
So not everything is of the devil, he’s being used to drive GOD’s people back to HIM…..
His graceful acts are in chapter 15 & 16 but it’s a hard read and please don’t misunderstand HIS grace (not the chill, nothing will happen cause we are Christians)….
Read through the verses, NLT gives better understanding of the texts.
NLT
Isaiah Chapter 14 v1-v23
*The Idolatry of Israel’s Leaders*
1 Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were there,
2 this message came to me from the LORD:
3 “Son of man, these leaders have set up
idols in their hearts. They have embraced things that lead them into sin. Why should I let them ask me anything?
4 Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I, the LORD, will punish the people of Israel who set up idols in their hearts so they fall into sin and then come to a prophet asking for help. I will do this to capture the minds and
hearts of all my people who have turned from me to worship their detestable idols,
6″Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your loathsome practices.
7 I, the LORD, will punish all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts so they fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.
8 I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, destroying them. Then you will know that I am the LORD,
9 And if a prophet is deceived and gives a message anyway, it is because I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet. I will stand against such prophets and cut them off from the community of Israel.
10 False prophets and hypocrites-evil people who claim to want my advice-will all be punished for their sins.
11 In this way, the people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Sovereign LORD”.
*The Certainty of the LORD’s Judgment*
12 Then this message came to me from the LORD.
13 “Son of man, suppose the people of a country were to sin against me and I lifted my fist to crush them, cutting off their food supply and sending a famine to destroy both people and animals alike.
14 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, declares the Sovereign LORD.
15 Or suppose I were to send an invasion of dangerous wild animals to devastate the land and kill the people.
16 Even if these three men were there, the Sovereign LORD swears that it would do no good-it wouldn’t save the peo-
ple from destruction. Those three alone would be saved, but the land would be devastated.
17 Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I told enemy armies to come and destroy everything.
18 Even if these three men were in the land, the Sovereign LORD swears that they could not save the people. They
alone would be saved.”
19 “Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic of disease into the land, and the plague killed people and animals alike.
20 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living there, the Sovereign LORD swears that they could not save the people. They alone would be saved by their righteousness.
21 “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How terrible it will be when all four of these fearsome punishments fall upon Jerusalem-war, famine, beasts, and plague-destroying all her people and animals.
22 Yet there will be survivors, and they will come here to join you as exiles in
Babylon. You will see with your own eyes how wicked they are, and then you will feel better about what I have done to
Jerusalem.
23 When you meet them and see their behavior. you will agree that these things are not being done to Israel without cause, says the Sovereign LORD.”
