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Close Encounters of the Third
Kind was a science fiction drama
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that burst on the big
screen in 1977, and it was
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a blockbuster hit for
writer and director
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Steven Spielberg.
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For our younger
audience who may
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be unfamiliar with the film,
the main character played by
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Richard Dreyfuss was an
electrical lineman.
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Through a long series of events
too complicated to relay at
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this time, he ends up having
a close encounter with
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extraterrestrial beings
who descend in a
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mothership of a group of
unidentified flying
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objects, or UFOs.
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Spielberg followed
up with an even
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bigger hit five years later--
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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This science fiction flick tells
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the story of a boy named Elliot,
who comes in contact with
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a stranded extraterrestrial
that he names ET.
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In the end, Elliott helps
ET find his way back home.
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Close Encounters of the Third
Kind and ET are,
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of course, sheer fiction,
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created in the
minds of writers, directors,
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and filmmakers.
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But do you realize there
was a real encounter
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with extraterrestrials
found in the pages of
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the Bible?
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On this Tomorrow's World
program, I'm going to go
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into the account of Ezekiel's
close encounter, what
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the message was that was
given to him and what its
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significance is for
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The biblical prophet Ezekiel
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saw a strange vision of
living creatures and wheels
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within wheels.
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Many explanations have
been given for these
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wheels, but the message given
to Ezekiel has been almost
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universally ignored
or misunderstood.
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On this program,
I'll reveal what
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that message was, for
whom it was for, and when
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it was to be fulfilled.
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Time does not allow me to read
the entire description, so I
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hope that you will open your
Bible and read it for yourself.
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But for now, let's notice what
must have been a frightening
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sight beginning in Ezekiel 1
and in verse 4.
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The appearance of these
extraterrestrials is
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described in the following
verses--notice verse 5.
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What were these creatures?
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Chapter 10 and verse 1
answers this question.
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They are cherubim, angelic
beings of very high rank,
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and they are seen in some kind
of mobile vehicle directed
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by another spirit being.
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We'll see who that
might be in a moment,
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but notice how this object
appears to move about
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changing directions, defying
the laws of nature as
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we know them.
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Ezekiel 1 verse 9.
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Ezekiel next described something
that has puzzled many:
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wheels within wheels.
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Speculations are all
over the map.
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Some think the wheels
are angels.
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Others think that they're
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gyroscopes similar to tops
that many of us played
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with when we were children,
with the wheel inside
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providing stability.
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These were indeed strange
creatures, clearly
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not resembling E.T. or anything
else created by Hollywood.
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What was Ezekiel seeing
in this close encounter?
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Where did they come from?
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Was this a UFO from
some distant planet?
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There's no need to
speculate as the
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Bible interprets the Bible.
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Verse 1 of chapter 1 tells
us in plain language.
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The vision given to Ezekiel
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was apparently a portable
throne of God, being confirmed
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later in the chapter.
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Notice verse 26.
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Now notice Ezekiel's
reaction when he saw
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the throne and the One
sitting on it, verse 28.
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Ezekiel's vision was exactly
that, a vision of God, a vision
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of God on a portable throne.
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There is no indication
anyone else
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experienced a vision,
for as we read in
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chapter 1, verse 3...
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While many are intrigued by
this strange encounter, almost
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no one understands the focus of
the message given to Ezekiel.
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Welcome back to Tomorrow's
World, where the subject today
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is Ezekiel's encounter
with extraterrestrials.
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In vision, he saw strange-looking
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creatures, and wheels within
wheels, on what we would
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have to say was a
portable throne of God.
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Prior to the break, I said
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we'll look at the very
mysterious message given
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to the prophet, and at
the end of chapter 1 we
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read where Ezekiel fell on
his face when he saw One
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sitting on the throne and
a voice speaking to him.
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Let's pick it up in chapter 2.
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God did not speak
flatteringly of
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Ezekiel's intended audience.
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In addition to calling them
impudent and stubborn children,
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he also called them rebellious.
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But who exactly were
these stubborn rebels?
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Almost everyone thinks the
message was for the Jews,
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but that is not what
the Bible says.
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And that misunderstanding
is critical.
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Pick it up in verse nine.
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Now we come to chapter 3 where
Ezekiel is told to eat the
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scroll and the audience to
whom he was to take the
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message is revealed.
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Chapter 3 verse 1.
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Notice that he is to go
to the House of Israel.
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We next read that
he ate the scroll,
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and it was sweet like
honey in his mouth.
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Then he is told again to
go to the house of Israel
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with God's message to them.
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Begin in verse four.
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The message is unambiguously
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to a very specific people,
the House of Israel.
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Now why is this important and
what does that have to do
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with the message?
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Sadly, even theologians
are ignorant
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about the intended audience.
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Any serious student of the Bible
is aware of the split that
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took place between the
12 tribes of Israel.
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You can read of that
in 1 Kings 12.
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After the death of King Solomon,
his unwise son, Rehoboam,
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refused to lighten the taxload
on the people of Israel, causing
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ten of the twelve tribes to
rebel and set up their own
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king, leaving only Judah
from which we derive the
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name Jew, and Benjamin.
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Thereafter we read of
the histories of two
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separate nations: the
House of Judah and the
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House of Israel.
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Ezekiel was a Jew, a captive
taken to Babylon prior to when
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the House of Judah fell to
King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC.
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So while he interacted
with his fellow captives
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of the House of Judah,
there is no indication
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whatsoever of him interacting
with the House of Israel,
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who were in captivity
to the north.
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Yet his message was clearly
to the House of Israel.
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He was even called a watchman
to these northern ten tribes
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of that house.
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Notice again,
Ezekiel 3, verse 17.
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The message Ezekiel was given
has important ramifications for
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Virtually everyone,
even so-called Bible
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scholars, think Ezekiel's
message is for the Jews.
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But this is not what the
Bible says, as I'll show you
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from Ezekiel's own words, and
the commands given to him
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in his close encounter with God.
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As we saw at the end
of the last segment,
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God told Ezekiel, in
chapter 3, verse 17...
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Any reading of the books
of Kings and Chronicles
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demonstrates that the
Jews and Benjamites
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compose the house of
Judah, whereas the other
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10 tribes of Israel are
known as the House of Israel.
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Did Ezekiel
make a scribal error?
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Or was he, a Jew, confused about the two different nations?
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Ezekiel had been
taken to Babylon
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in an early transportation
of Jewish captives.
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But the city of Jerusalem
was still holding out.
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We read in the opening verses
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of chapter 4 that the prophet
was to portray on the
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ground the siege of Jerusalem.
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We'll pick it up in verse 3.
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[That is the city of Jerusalem.]
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Notice carefully the
rest of verse three.
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How strange.
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The portrayed siege
is against Jerusalem,
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the capital of the
house of Judah,
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but the sign is to
the House of Israel,
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a different nation.
18:37.850 --> 18:40.853
Surely Ezekiel is
confused,
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not knowing the difference.
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Or is he?
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Did Ezekiel, to say nothing of
God, know the difference
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between these two different nations?
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Let's read on in verse 4.
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Now, notice the next part
of the command in verse 6.
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This is not the only
delineation in Ezekiel
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between the house of Judah,
the Jews and Benjamites,
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and the House of Israel,
the other ten tribes.
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In the 37th chapter, we read
of a time still ahead of us,
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the time of Christ's return.
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Ezekiel was told to take two
sticks and write on them.
19:54.726 --> 19:58.931
One stick is for Judah, the
House of Judah, and the other is
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for Ephraim, the leading tribe
in the House of Israel.
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He was then to join
them in one hand.
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When the people asked him what
this meant, he was to reply...
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Notice this carefully, "They
shall no longer be two nations,
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nor shall they ever be divided
into two kingdoms again."
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The two nations were never
brought back together from the
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time they were first divided.
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So when will this happen,
verse 24:
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This was written long after
David was in his grave.
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This is talking about
the future, when Christ
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rules over all the earth.
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Therefore, both the House
of Judah and the House of
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Israel must exist today.
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The prophet Ezekiel had a close
encounter, in vision that is,
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of God sitting on
a portable throne,
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manned by four cherubim (mighty
angels), with four wheels
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and wheels within the wheels.
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People are fascinated by
this description of this
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mysterious encounter, but
what does it all mean?
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What was the message the
prophet was to carry?
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In the previous portions
of this program,
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we've seen that the message was
not primarily for the Jews, but
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to a different nation composed
of non-Jewish Israelites
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far from where Ezekiel
resided in Chaldean captivity.
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However, this is only
the beginning of
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Ezekiel's mysteries.
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We read in the last
segment of the commission
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given to him by God.
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Chapter 3, verse 17 said,
"I have made you a watchman
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for the house of Israel."
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This commission is further
explained in chapter 33,
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beginning in verse 1.
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So far so good.
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Nothing mysterious about
this commission.
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However, this is
not as straightforward as
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you might imagine.
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The next verse is
shrouded in a mystery.
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I'll read it in verse 7
and then I'll explain it.
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Ezekiel was appointed
by God to be a
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watchman, not for the
house of Judah, but for
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the house of Israel.
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He was to warn them about a
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sword coming on the land.
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But here's the problem.
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The House of Israel had
gone into captivity
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to Assyria more than
100 years earlier.
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And this leaves us with
only a few options.
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Number one, God was
late in getting
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the message the people intended,
which is hard to imagine.
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Or Ezekiel recorded the
message to be delivered by
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others much later before
a different captivity.
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As we have seen, the House of
Israel will be in existence as
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a separate nation at the
time of Christ's return.
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Therefore, the message must be
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given by an individual,
or group of individuals,
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in the end-time who know who the
modern-day House of Israel is.
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Lesson four of our
Tomorrow's World Bible
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Study Course gives the key
that unlocks this mystery.
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It's titled "Revealed: The
Master Key to Bible Prophecy."
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It really is that simple,
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I hope you'll do so today.
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And I hope you'll join us again
next week when Wallace Smith,
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Rod McNair, and I share with
you the good news of the coming
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Kingdom of God, exciting end-time Bible prophecies,
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and the comfort and encouragement that come
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through our Savior Jesus Christ.
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