OUR FATHER WHO GAVE WARNING TO ISRAEL.OF THEIR COMING JUDGEMENT

The book of Ezekiel chapter 4 verses 3 - 5 says this;

 Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the people of Israel.

“Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side. 

I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.

The prophet Ezekiel was charged by the Lord to bring a word of warning to the people of Israel that judgement was coming to visit them because of their rebellion against their God.

He was commanded to construct a miniature representation of the city of Jerusalem and then he was to enact a siege against the miniature city.

As directed, Ezekiel took an iron pan and placed it to represent an iron wall that protected the city. He then was to turn toward the city and represent the city was under siege.

This was a warning to the people of Israel of what was to come.

Ezekiel was the commanded by the Lord to lie on the ground before the city for 390 days to represent the number of years that Israel had sinned.

For those days, Ezekiel was to bear the sin of the people of Israel in a representation of how the Messiah would bear the sins of the world.

Whereas Ezekiel was mortal, he could only bear the sins in a figurative way and only for a finite period. The Messiah, who is eternal, would actually bear the sins of mankind and thus save mankind from the penalty of death because of our sins.

Amen.

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