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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>EZEKIEL
- OVERVIEW - T3401R</b></u></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><u>“<font size="3"><b>GOD'S
GLORY: SEEN IN BOTH GOODNESS & SEVERITY”</b></font></u></p>
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<font size="3"><b>1. 3:1 (1-3 ASV '01) PREPARATION AND CALL OF
EZEKIEL. “And he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which you
find; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.” </b><span style="">Like
Ezekiel Father, we would become one with Your word! We would partake
of Your divine nature by acting upon Your great and exceeding
precious promises! Cooperation will be our watchword! </span><b><i>Hallowed
be your :name.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>2. 12:25 (4-24) JERUSALEM TO BE JUDGED. “For I
am Jehovah; I will speak, and the word that I speak <u>shall be
performed</u>; <u>it shall be no more deferred</u>: for in your days,
O rebellious house, will I speak the word and will perform it, says
the Lord Jehovah.” </b><span style="">Father,
Your awe and fear falls upon us with such words. May we profit from
them! May we not fall into the sin of Jerusalem! </span><b><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>3. 26:14 (25-32) JUDGMENTS ON SEVEN ADJOINING
NATIONS. “And I will make you a bare rock; you shall be a place
for the spreading of nets; you shall be built no more: for I Jehovah
have spoken it, says the Lord Jehovah.” </b><span style="">Father,
Your judgments are just, terrible and complete; if not in this life,
they shall surely show up in the next. Yet in justice You remember
mercy, and Your judgments actually reveal Your mercy! </span><b>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>4. 34:2 (33-34) FALSE SHEPHERDS VERSUS GOOD
SHEPHERDS. “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,
prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the
Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed
themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?” </b><span style="">Father,
forgive us for selfishness, carelessness and professionalism. We are
all shepherds, at least to our own families, and then to Your
Community, Your extended hand. </span><b><i>Our :daily :bread Give
us this day.</i></b><span style=""> </span><i><span style="">
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<font size="3"><b>5. 37:10 (35-37) VALLEY OF DRY BONES. “So I
prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and
they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.”
</b><span style="">Father, we see each individual
soldier as a city church, as the whole body of believers of each
local congregation in the city. </span><b><i>And forgive us our
:debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>6. 39:2 (38-39) GOD AND MAGOG DESTROYED: ISRAEL
EXALTED. “And I will turn you about, and will lead you on, and
will cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and
I will bring you upon the mountains of Israel.” </b><span style="">Just
as You brought and will bring judgment upon natural Israel, so You
have and will always deliver us and Your Messianic Community from the
plans of Satan. </span><b><i>And bring us not into temptation.</i></b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>7. 40:2 (40-48) FINAL TEMPLE, WORSHIP AND CITY.
“In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and
set me down upon a very high mountain, on which was as it were the
frame of a city on the south.” </b><span style="">A
temple, a city and the land! These were important in the times of
Israel. They are even more important to us as antitypes. Because of
these visions, we stand yet more solidly in our faith in You! </span><b><i>But
deliver us from the evil </i><span style="font-style: normal;">one.</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
Book of 48 chapters has much in it to consider. But consider Chapter
12 verse 25. This verse became important to me in June 1992, when
Marie and I attended a 5 week seminar in Jerusalem. </span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Before
we left the USA, the Spirit alerted me: “</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">I
am going to speak to you when you are in Jerusalem on Shavuot, the
Day of :Pentecost.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Seldom
does this happen, but on that year the Solar Feast of Pentecost
coincided with the Lunar Feast of Shavuot, the Jewish equivalent for
the same event. But - more than that - June 6</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of that year was the 25</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Anniversary of the Fall of Jerusalem back into the hands of Israel!
These 3 coinciding events will not coincide again! One million Jews
from the Diaspora gathered together at that time to celebrate these
three great events.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
celebrated it too. I attended a synagogue service till 2:00 AM, as a
guest speaker took us through the Book of Ruth. Then at 5:00 AM we
went to the Western Wall for the final celebration. Up to Ľ million
Jews gathered by foot from the various synagogues of Jerusalem, each
group carrying its respective Torah Scroll. At the close, as all
departed, we walked back to our Hotel past the King David Hotel.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">I
had expected God to speak to me as we all gathered at the Western
Wall. But when we passed the Gate of Zion He said to me, </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“This
day My decree has gone forth from My Throne. Time as you know it
shall speed up for the next 5 years. That you might know that this is
truly My Word, read Ezekiel 12:25.”</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
the next 5 years we indeed saw evidence of God's fulfillment of this
word. It was in July of this same year that in vision Marie and I had
a visitation from George Hawtin of the '48 Revival. He told us that
he was too old to lead in another visitation, but because we were
with him from 1945-48, we knew the prophecies and principles of that
time. He was passing the “Torch” to us. </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“Take
it,” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">he
said,</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"> “and
bring the 12 Embryonic Revival Principles of 1948 to maturity. They
shall be parameters of safety for the last great revival before the
Return of God's Son.”</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
- it was Jesus who said at the return of Jerusalem to Israel in 1967
- </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“This
generation shall not pass away, till </span><u>all things</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
be fulfilled!”</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
And - a generation is anywhere from 40 to 100 years. That timing is
rapidly coming to a close. If there seems to be a delay here,
remember that </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“A
day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as a
day!” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">-
J.A.W.</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></b></font>
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