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SIGNS IN EZEKIEL'S LIFE

 

 

This prophecy should be read in connection with the one entitled "Ezekiel's Vision and the Body of Christ " which appeared in the third issue of Prepare Ye THE WAY of the Lord . Additional details are given here which were not in the other one.

 

"In Ezekiel's vision which he saw by the river Chebar, the Cherubim were lifted up from the earth in his sight; even so shall I lift up before My people a vision of that which I desire for this day. (Ezekiel 1:1-28). And with this vision will I give understanding and wisdom to know what to do and how to bring about the realization of the vision. For each of the living creatures were shown to have faces of a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle (1:10); so shall I give to My people, courage, fortitude, wisdom, and perception. And so shall My people fulfill that which I have shown them.

 

Now consider the way in which the living creatures moved at the behest of My Spirit (1:12,20). Shall not My Spirit be mightily upon My people, that they maybe enabled to work that which I purpose? And shall I not cause them to go forth in My Name to gain a mighty victory for Me? You shall also consider the way in which the living creatures made a sound with their wings as a host which goes to bat­tle (1:24); so shall I send forth My people as a mighty host to do battle for Me in this day. Their voice shall be heard as the voice of the Almighty, and above them shall be the expanse of My protecting love; for in that expanse or firm­ament I will have My angels on duty to keep and protect from all harm, and from the throne shall all things be direc­ted to carry out that which I have purposed (1:26), None shall be able to stop that which I will do as My people are sent forth.

 

Did not the living creatures continue to move forward until they were stopped by My Spirit (1:12)? And shall not My people move where I send them and shall they not stop when I show them, and shall they not continue to come and go at My directive until all that I have determined is ful­filled? I say My plan cannot be thwarted! For I will be in the midst of My people and I shall be a wall of fire to protect them; and they shall consume their enemies before them. The fire which was between the living creatures shall go be­fore them, and none shall be able to withstand the mighty workings of My Spirit in their midst (1:13).

 

Now consider further that which was seen by Ezekiel as he observed the living creatures. It was even that they were flying swiftly to fulfill the destiny that I had determined for them to portray, even a swift work which I will do (1:14). For I will cause My Spirit to move on those I have prepared, and I will cause them to fulfill My purposes for this end-time. It will be a work swiftly accomplished; for all things have been made ready, and I will make a quick end of all things, I will do a quick work and I will cut it short in My righteous indignation. (Romans 9:28).

 

And now I want you to consider the way in which My people are to be united together as the living creatures were united. Is it not written that when they moved they all moved together (1:9)? They acted as one. They did not move individually, but they moved together at the direction of My Spirit. So shall I have an end-time body which shall move at My direction as one man. They shall be perfectly joined together to form that body and temple which shall be filled with My glory. And were not the living creatures lif­ted up from the earth as they flew by the power of their wings? And will I not lift up My people to Me when that work is finished which I have given them to do? I say, I shall lift them out of this world and change them into the heavenly realm, and the heavenly glory; For the Cherubim are heavenly creatures. Even so does this show that My body which is filled with My glory has its destiny and inheritance in the heavenlies.

 

And now, when shall all of these things be? Is it not written that Ezekiel was to lay on his side for four-hundred and thirty days bearing the iniquity of My people? (Ezekiel 4:5-6). And has it not been four-hundred and thirty years since I began to move in power by My Spirit to bring deliver­ance from the bondage of the Roman System? And have not My true servants been bearing the iniquity of the people, and speaking forth My Words since that time? Was not Ezekiel lying on his side, and was he not partially bound so that he could not go out of his house? (Ezekiel 3:24-25), Even so does this picture the partial deliverance of My people, but also the partial bondage which has kept them from fully entering into the liberty of the message and ministry which has been reserved for this end-time. Did not Ezekiel set up siege works against the pattern of the city of Jerusalem which he had drawn on the tile? (Ezekiel 4:1-3). And am I not now preparing to bring destruction on the earth, allowing the enemies of Christendom to prepare siege works against you? Even so if you will count the years from the time that the Reformation, begun by My servant Martin Luther, began to go forth in power against the corruption in his day, and those who were joined with him began to bear the iniquity of the people by receiving their reproach and wrath, so shall you come to that time when I am ready to do My final work, even according to the number of days port­rayed by Ezekiel as he lay on his side; for I have appointed a day for a year. (Ezekiel 4:6).

 

Now I would speak to you My People. Did not Ezekiel eat his bread and drink his water by measure during the days he was bearing the iniquity of the people? (Eze­kiel 4:9-11). I say, this portrays more than one truth, but it does show that during the last four-hundred and thirty years I have been dealing out the Bread of the Word and the Water of My Spirit by measure. Much of the time there has been a great famine in the land, and a great lacking in My people of that which I am ready and able to give. But now the time has come for My people to eat freely, and to drink freely, for I have made ready a great feast of spiritual things for those who will hear My voice and come to My banquet table. For in fullness will I give the bread of My Word, and the water of My Spirit in these days, and My people shall be satisfied says the Lord.

 

Did not Ezekiel bare his arm as a sign to My people? And am I not ready to bare My Mighty arm of wrath on the inhabitants of the earth? (Ezekiel 4:7). Will not I also bare My Mighty arm of protection and vindication for My people? I say, My Word shall surely be fulfilled, and My Mighty arm shall get Me the Victory over all My foes. And did not Eze­kiel keep himself from all of the ways of the people, as they were rebellious and stubborn in their hearts? I say, those whom I have chosen must separate themselves to Me, as did Ezekiel, and they must be willing to stand on their feet and speak My Words. For those I am preparing shall be sent to a rebellious nation, says the Lord. (Ezekiel 2:1-4).

 

Now for a final word. Seek not to please man; seek rather to please Me. For those who are men-pleasers shall surely not enter into that ministry that I have reserved for My Ezekiel Company in this last day. For the fear of God rather than the fear of man shall be in their hearts, and they shall speak My Words with boldness, says the Lord." 

 

(End of prophecy)

 

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