ALAHIM SPOKE THROUGH MANY PROPHETS, WHO ALL PROPHESIED THE ARRIVAL OF YAHUSHA THE MESSIAH / SON OF MAN, AND THE OPERATION OF HIS BRIDE IN THE LAST DAYS. AS A YOUNG MAN OF THE PRIESTLY LINE, EZEKIEL LIVED TO SEE (IN VISIONS) THE DESOLATION OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM, UNDER THE KING OF BABYLON – NEBUCHADNEZZAR. HE HAD ALSO SEEN VISIONS OF ALAHIM'S PRESENCE LEAVING THE TEMPLE & ISRAEL BECAUSE OF THEIR VARIOUS ABOMINATIONS. THE TEN NORTHERN TRIBES HAD BEEN TAKEN INTO ASSYRIAN CAPTIVITY, AND NOW THE FIRST & SECOND DEPORTATION OF JEWS HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE ... SO BOTH DANIEL AND EZEKIEL WERE TAKEN AMONG THE CAPTIVES TO BABYLON. EZEKIEL IS ABOUT 30 YEARS OF AGE WHEN HE HEARD THE CALL, YET HE LIVED TO HEAR JEREMIAH’S PROPHECY (THAT THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY WOULD ONLY LAST 70 YEARS). SO WITHIN THIS “BABYLON/CONFUSION” OF CAPTIVITY (JUST LIKE TODAY) THE WORD OF ALAHIM SPEAKS FRESH TRUTHS ONCE MORE TO A GENERATION WHO WILL LISTEN! AND HIS WRITING IS ONCE AGAIN BEING `WRITTEN ON THE WALL' (NEW HEARTS) TODAY - TO THOSE WHO WILL HEAR YAHUSHA KNOCKING, OPEN THE DOOR AND LET HIM IN ...
1 On the 5th Day of the 4th Month in the 30th year EZEKIEL WAS 30 YEARS OLD (as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar) that the Heavens were opened, and I saw visions of Alahim. 2 Yes, on the 5th day of the month, (the 50th year of King Jehoiachin's captivity), 3 the Word of Yahuah came expressly to me (Ezekiel the Priest, son of Buzi) in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar, and the hand of Yahuah was there upon me.
4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind (DIVINE BREATH) that came out of the north, a great cloud (SHEKINAH-PRESENCE), with fire infolding (DIVINE CLEANSING & CONSUMING) and flashing within it, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst there was the colour of amber (like glowing metal) in the fire.
THIS IS THE POWERFUL SUPERNATURAL EXPRESSION OF ALAHIM'S PERFECTION (JUST LIKE THE BURNING BUSH, THE DIVINE SINAI/TAB/TEMPLE FIRE AND THE TONGUES OF FIRE AT PENTECOST). HOW COULD ONE POSSIBLY COMPREHEND OR PUT IN WORDS, THE GLORY AND MAJESTY OF THE ONE TRUE LIVING ALAHIM? NO WORDS CAN POSSIBLY EXPRESS WHAT EZEKIEL IS EXPERIENCING WITNESSING THIS.
5 Also I saw (what looked like) four living creatures within the whirlwind, and this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man. 6 Every one of them had four faces, and also four wings. 7 Their feet were straight feet and the sole of their feet were like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like the colour of polished brass.
8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings (on their four sides) and they all had faces and wings. 9 Their wings touched one other and they didn't turn when they moved, but travelled straight-forward. 10 All four had the face of a man, but also the face of a lion (on the right side and the face of an ox (on the left side) and also the face of an eagle.
11 Yes, this is what their faces looked like, and their wings were stretched upward; two of each wing were joined one to another, and two wings covered their bodies. 12 And each one went straight-forward, wherever the Spirit went - they went, and they did not turn when they went.
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of fire-lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures, and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
LIKENESS OF THEIR FACES:
1. FACE OF A MAN = HIGHEST MASTERPIECE OF ALAHIM'S CREATION
2. FACE OF A LION = HIGHEST KING OF BEASTS. CARNIVOROUS.
3. FACE OF AN OX = HIGHEST KING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
4. FACE OF AN EAGLE = HIGHEST KING OF THE BIRDS.
ALL THESE CREATURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ROYAL KINGSHIP & MAJESTY !
( NO ANGEL EVER APPEARED IN THIS WAY ... THESE ARE CHERUBIM )
WITH 2 WINGS THAT FLY & 2 THAT COVER, THESE CREATURES HAD SUPERNATURAL TRANSPORT AND THE COVERING NEEDED IN THE DIVINE PRESENCE OF THE LIVING ALAHIM.
THEIR FEET WERE STRAIGHT = NOT A CROOKED WALK OR PATH ...
SOLE OF A CALF’S FOOT = A CLEAN ANIMAL (DIVIDED HOOF) REMEMBER THE DIVIDED TONGUES OF FIRE AT PENTECOST ALSO - FIRE TO PRODUCE CLEANLINESS.
FEET SPARKLED LIKE POLISHED BRASS = BRASS SPEAKS OF BURNING JUDGMENT AGAINST SIN.
THEY WENT STRAIGHT FORWARD = NOT TURNING TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT, BUT KEEPING TO THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH THAT YAHUSHA ALAHIM LAYS OUT.
BURNING COALS OF FIRE, BRIGHT FIRE & LIGHTNING = YAHUSHA'S SERVANTS PURIFIED BY FIRE
("HE MAKES HIS SERVANTS AS FLAMES OF FIRE" ... PSALM 104:4)
LIKE LIGHTNING = RAPID MOVEMENT - "SO SHALL THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE".
15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside each living creature (with its four faces). 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the colour of a beryl stone: and all four had one appearance, having a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 And whenever they moved, it was only in one of four directions and they did not turned aside any other way.
18 As for the rings, they were so high and spectacular, and their rings were full of eyes all around the four of them. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went with them, and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 And wherever Alahim's Spirit went, they went also, for they only followed His Spirit (THEY WERE ONE WITH HIM). And the wheels were lifted up together with them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 21 So when the creatures moved, so did the wheels, and when they stood, so dId the wheels, and when they were lifted up from the earth, so were the wheels lifted up with them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
THESE WHEELS SYMBOLISED THE CHARIOT OF ALAHIM, TRANSPORTING HIS THRONE. THE LIVING CREATURES WERE ONE WITH THE WHEELS, JUST AS THE CHERUBIM (OF OLIVE WOOD) IN SOLOMON’S TEMPLE WERE ON CHARIOT WHEELS IN THE MOST SET-APART PLACE. EYES ALL OVER THE RIMS SPEAKS OF YAHUSHA'S ALL-SEEING, ALL-KNOWING CYCLES OF TIME AND SPACE FROM BEGINNING TO END, ETERNITY TO ETERNITY.
22 And above the heads of the living creatures was a shape (like a foundation-stone) as clear as crystal, stretched out over their heads. 23 And under this crystal clear shape were their wings straight, the one toward the other - they all had two wings which covered one side, and two wings which covered their bodies. 24 And when they moved, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, yet also the ferocious noise of an army, and when they stood, they let down their wings.
A TRANSPARENT REIGN - ALL THINGS MADE CRYSTAL-CLEAR IN THE SPIRIT OF ALAHIM.
THE DOOR TO HEAVEN IS OPEN TO THE CHOSEN PURE, BUT CLOSED THROUGH SIN.
25 And when they stood, and let down their wings, there was a voice from the crystal clear foundation above their heads. 26 And above it was the image of a Throne (shining like a sapphire stone) and on the Throne was the image of a man (OBVIOUSLY YAHUSHA) seated on it. 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, with the image of fire all around and within it, and from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his waist and down, I saw the appearance of fire, and it had radiant brightness all around it.
THE VOICE OF YAHUSHA WAS HEARD FROM THE SAPPHIRE FOUNDATION (JUST LIKE ON SINAI) ...
AT THE SOUND OF YAHUSHA'S VOICE THE CREATURES LET THEIR WINGS DOWN ...
SAPPHIRE ALWAYS CONNECTED WITH THE VOICE & THRONE OF ALAHIM HIMSELF ...
28 And as the appearance of a rainbow that's in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the image of Alahim's powerful esteem. And when I saw it, I fell down on my face, and I heard a voice of One that spoke.
THIS IS THE IMAGE THAT JOHN SEES OF THE NEW CITY + RAINBOW-THRONE IN REVELATION ...
THE WHOLE PICTURE HERE IS OF THE NEW COVENANT (FIRST-FRUIT) ALAHIM-MAN AND THE RESPONSE TO HIS VOICE THAT THESE DIVINE LIVING CREATURES BEHAVED, FOLLOWING HIM ...
AS A MAN, EZEKIEL'S RESPONSE WAS TO FALL ON HIS FACE - NO FLESH CAN SURVIVE THIS !
THE PROPHET EZEKIEL, BEING A PRIEST-IN-TRAINING, SAW THIS VISION. BEFORE THE TEMPLE WAS DESTROYED BY BABYLON, HIS MIND WOULD BE SATURATED WITH THE CONCEPTS OF THE CHERUBIM. WITHIN THE SANCTUARY, THE CHERUBIM WERE FIGURES CARVED IN THE WALLS OF THE TEMPLE. THEN WITHIN THE HOLIEST OF ALL, THERE WERE THE TWO GREAT CHERUBIM WITH THE CHARIOT WHEELS AND THEIR WINGS STRETCHING OUT ACROSS FROM WALL TO WALL IN THE MOST SET-APART PLACE. THEN BENEATH THE WINGS WAS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WITH ITS CHERUBIMED MERCY-SEAT. THOUGH THE EARTHLY TEMPLE WOULD BE DESTROYED, THE HEAVENLY REMAINS UNCHANGED AND ETERNAL.
EZEKIEL.2
1 And He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, so that I speak to you.” 2 And the Spirit entered into me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet. And I heard Him who was speaking to me. (THIS SAME DIVINE ENERGY ENTERS US WHEN YAHUSHA ALAHIM BAPTISES US IN HIS SPIRIT IN ORDER TO ENTER HIS REIGN & HEAR HIS VOICE). 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against Me. They and their fathers have sinned against Me, until this day. 4 And the children are stiff of face, shameless and hard-hearted to whom I'm sending you, and you will say to them, ‘The Master Yahuah says ...’ 5 And they (whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they're a rebellious house) will know that a prophet has been in their midst.
SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT REBELLION IS AS THE SIN OF WITCHCRAFT. REBELLION MEANS “SEDITION, BITTERNESS, APOSTASY" - ARMED, OPEN-RESISTANCE, DEFIANCE & OPPOSITION TO ANY AUTHORITY. THIS IS ISRAEL'S CHARACTER! - SATAN'S CHARACTER - ONE OF THISTLES, THORNS & SCORPIONS!
6 And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or discouraged by their looks, for they're a rebellious house. 7 And you shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious. 8 And you, son of man, hear what I'm speaking to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house, open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”
9 And I looked and saw a hand stretched out to me. And see, a Scroll of a book was in it, 10 and He spread it before me, and it was written on the inside and on the outside. And written on it were Lamentations and mourning and woe.
(IE ... MORE JUDGMENT COMING ON THIS WHORING NATION OF ISRAEL).
EZEKIEL.3
1 And He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find, eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” 2 And I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll. 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I am giving you.” And I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
REV 10:10 "I TOOK THE LITTLE SCROLL FROM THE ANGEL’S HAND AND ATE IT. IT TASTED AS SWEET AS HONEY IN MY MOUTH, BUT WHEN I HAD EATEN IT, MY STOMACH TURNED SOUR". YAHUSHA'S WORDS ARE BEAUTIFULLY SWEET IN THEORY (WHEN READ) BUT TAKE ON THE BITTERNESS OF SUFFERING AND DEATH TO US WHEN ACTIVATED AND EXPERIENCED PRACTICALLY.
4 And He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and you shall speak to them with My Words. 5 For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and of difficult language (AS JONAH WAS), but to the house of Israel, 6 not to many people of foreign speech and of difficult language, whose words you do not understand. For if I had rather sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel is going to refuse to listen to you, for they refuse to listen to Me. For all the house of Israel are hard of head, and hard of heart. 8 See, I shall make your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. 9 Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I shall make your forehead. Do not be afraid of them, nor be discouraged at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.”
10 And He said to me, “Son of man, receive into your heart all My Words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears. 11 And go! Come to the exiles, to the children of your people, and speak to them and say to them,‘The Master Yahuah says...,’ whether they hear, or whether they refuse.”
EZEKIEL IS BEING SENT TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH IN BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY.
12 And the Spirit lifted me up, and behind me I heard the sound of a great rumbling voice, “Blessed be the glory of Yahuah from His place,” 13 and the sound of the wings of the living creatures touching one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of a great rushing. 14 And the Spirit lifted me and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, while the hand of Yahuah was strong upon me. 15 And I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, who were dwelling by the River Kebar. And I sat where they were sitting, and sat there, stunned among them for seven days.
16 And it came to be at the end of seven days that the Word of Yahuah came to me, saying 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. And you will hear a word from My mouth, and shall warn them from Me. 18 When I say to the wrong,‘ You will certainly die,’ and you have not warned him, nor spoken to warn the wrong from his wrong way, to deliver his life, that same wrong man shall die in his crookedness, and his blood I require at your hand. 19 But if you have warned the wrong and he does not turn from his wrong, nor from his wrong way, he shall die in his crookedness, and you have delivered your being. 20 And when a righteous one turns from his righteousness and shall do unrighteousness, when I have put a stumbling-block before him, he shall die. Because you did not warn him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done is not remembered, and his blood I require at your hand. 21 But if you have warned the righteous one that the righteous should not sin, and he did not sin, he shall certainly live because he has been warned, and you have delivered your being.”
SHOULD WE TAKE THIS MINDSET LITERALLY INTO 21st CENTURY SOCIETY TODAY ?
OR BE READY WITH RIGHTEOUS BEHAVIOUR TO SERVE YAHUSHA WHEN HE SAYS ?
22 And the hand of Yahuah came upon me there, and He said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, so that I might speak to you there.” 23 So I got up and went out into the plain, and see, the Glory of Yahuah stood there, like the esteem which I saw by the River Kebar, and I fell on my face. 24 And the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
25 And you, O' son of man, see, they shall put cords on you and bind you with them, so that you do not go out in their midst. 26 And I make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be dumb and not be a corrector to them, for they are a rebellious house. 27 But when I speak with you, I open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ‘The Master Yahuah says ...’ He who hears, let him hear.
And he who refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house".
ALAHIM IS COMPLETELY IN CONTROL OF EZEKIEL, MAKING HIM MUTE AND CAUSING HIM TO SPEAK HIS DIVINE WORDS TO A RUTHLESS, STUBBORN PEOPLE WHO STILL DECLARE THEY ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE. ONE MOMENT HE'S TOLD TO WARN THEM LEST THEIR BLOOD BE ON HIM - THEN HE'S MADE DUMB SO AS TO NOT WARN THEM FOR THEIR REBELLION.
A BRIDE WHO WILL ADORE HER GROOM
REVELATION 4:6 "In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “‘Holy, holy, holy is Yahuah Alahim Almighty, Who was, and is, and is to come.” Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to Him who sits on the Throne and Who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before Him Who sits on the Throne and worship Him Who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the Throne and say: “You are worthy, our Master and Alahim, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by Your will they were created and have their being.”
THESE LIVING CREATURES THAT JOHN & EZEKIEL SEES ARE CREATED FREE TO DO ANYTHING AND BE ANYTHING, KNOWING AND SEEING ALL THINGS, YET THEY CHOOSE TO BE IN COMPLETE SYNC WITH YAHUSHA ALAHIM, FOR THEY ARE OVERWHELMED BY HIS GLORY & MAJESTY AND ARE ON THEIR FACES BEFORE HIS THRONE ... ONLY MOVING WHERE HE GOES, NOT TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT - AS SHADOWED IN THE CHERUBIMED-TABERNACLE THAT HAD TO FOLLOW THE FIRE AND CLOUD WHEREVER IT MAY GO.
THIS RESPONSE TO WHO YAHUSHA IS AND COMPLETE AWE AND ADORATION FOR HIM - IS THE ONLY HEALTHY, SANE, WISE, SMART RESPONSE TO HAVE, FOR IT IS THAT OF A GENUINE LOVE-AFFAIR BETWEEN A BRIDE AND GROOM.
DO WE TREAT YAHUSHA LIKE HIS FIRST WIFE ISRAEL, OR DO WE LAY PROSTRATE (READY & WAITING WITHIN OURSELVES) AS EZEKIEL AND JOHN AND ANYONE WHO EXPERIENCED THE POWER AND ESTEEM OF ALAHIM? ONLY SOMEONE IN SYNC THROUGH HIS ETERNAL SPIRIT-BAPTISM CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO SUCH.
YAHUSHA'S EXPERIENCE OF FIRE-CLEANSING & POWER IS AN EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE IN THESE LAST DAYS FOR ANYONE WILLING TO SEE WHO HE IS AND FOLLOW HIM WHOLE-HEARTEDLY THROUGH THE VEIN OF DELIVERANCE, THROUGH HIS BAPTISM OF SPIRIT AND THEN FIRE TO BE CLEANSED AND PREPARED FOR WILDERNESS SERVICE IN THESE LAST FEW YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY.
SO WITHIN THIS HISTORIC TIMELINE OF ISRAEL'S CAPTIVITY, EZEKIEL'S VISIONS ACTUALLY FORE-SHADOW YAHUSHA'S NARROW GATE AND VEIN OF ETERNAL LIFE THAT HIS NEW COVENANT BRIDE IS FOLLOWING AND MATURING WITHIN - BECAUSE THE GOAL (AS SEEN WITH EZEKIEL) IS TO NOT ONLY TO BE ON OUR FACES IN UTTER AWE AND AMAZEMENT, BUT TO ALSO HAVE OUR TEMPLES FILLED AND ENERGISED BY YAHUSHA'S SPIRIT IN ORDER TO INGEST HIS LIVING WORDS AND BE A SHINING MOUTH-PIECE OF TRUE WORSHIP TODAY, THROUGH THE CHANGING OF OUR BEHAVIOUR INTO HIS TWO ROYAL LAWS OF LOVE AND THE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. THIS IS THE RESPONSE OF CONSTANT PRAISE & WORSHIP, BUBBLING AND GUSHING UP WITHIN US THAT YAHUSHA OUR BRIDEGROOM AND FRIEND DESIRES & DESERVES ...
TO BE IN COMMUNICATION & AWE WITHOUT CEASING ...
THAT IS MY PRAYER !!
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