OUR FATHER WHO COUNTERS FALSE PROPHETS

The book of Ezekiel chapter 11 verses 2 - 4 says this (NLT);

The Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city. 

They say to the people, ‘Is it not a good time to build houses? This city is like an iron pot. We are safe inside it like meat in a pot.’

Therefore, son of man, prophesy against them loudly and clearly.”

This passage describes a journey that the prophet Ezekiel was taken on by the Holy Spirit.

On this journey, he was taken to the temple area in Jerusalem where he saw 25 prominent men of the city giving bad advice to the people.

The Spirit of God told Ezekiel that this counsel being dispensed by these men was wicked and wrong because they were telling people that they were safe in the city of Jerusalem because the city was like a pot and they were secure while they remained in it.

Because of this false advise that offered the people false comfort, the Spirit of God instructed Ezekiel to loudly and clearly prophecy against those 25 men because they were obscuring the fact that the invading army was shortly going to overun Jerusalem and destroy it and take the people as captives.

The Lord wanted to counter the false narrative that was being generated by the prominent people in the city and Ezekiel was the one to speak up against the evil deception.

Amen.

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