Ezekiel 37 sadrži dva proročanstva o povratku kuće Ephraima (Izrael). U prvoj polovici Ezekiela 37, kuća Ephraima je oživljena iz doline suhih kostiju. (U sljedećem odlomku, hebrejska riječ za dah ista je kao i riječ za duh. Ta riječ je ruach.)
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:1-7
1 The hand of Yahweh came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
2 Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.
3 And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Adonai Yahweh, You know.”
4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh!
5 Thus says Yahweh Elohim to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath [spirit] to enter into you, and you shall live.
6 I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath [spirit] in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am Yahweh.”‘”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling [רעש]; and the bones came together, bone to bone.
U redku 7, riječ zveckanje je ra’ash (רעש). Ova riječ je također ispravno preveden potres (što je kako se riječ prevodi na modernom hebrejskom).
OT:7494 ra`ash (rah’-ash); from OT:7493; vibration, bounding, uproar:
KJV – commotion, confused noise, earthquake, fierceness, quaking, rattling, rushing, shaking.
Ranije smo vidjeli da potresi predstavljaju promjene (ili potrese) u društvu. Otkrivenje navodi potrese na pečatu 6, pečatu 7, truli 7 i šalici 7. Može biti da postoje manja ispunjenja u svakom od prva tri trenutka. To jest, na pečat 6, pečat 7, a također na trubu 7, neki Ephraimites će tražiti više istine. Veliko ispunjenje održat će se na ili neposredno nakon šalice 7, u Armagedonu (svadbena gozba).
Tu je i simbolička vrijednost, jer kosti predstavljaju vodstvo kuće Ephraim. Značenje bi moglo biti da se na svakom “društvenom potresu” još nekoliko vođa probudi u svojim ephraimitnim identitetima i počne se spajati. Međutim, veliko ispunjenje održat će se u kupu 7 (Armagedon), jer masa ephraimita shvaća svoje identitete. To je također kada je “vojska” kuće Ephraim je obnovljena. Odlomak se nastavlja:
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:8-14
8 Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.
9 Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath [spirit], prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath [spirit], ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Come from the four winds, O breath [spirit], and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”‘”
10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’
12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 Then you shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.
14 I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it,” says Yahweh.'”
Druga polovica Ezekiela 37 je poznato proročanstvo dvaju štapića (ili dva stabla). U ovom odlomku, Jahve kaže Ezekielu da uzme dva štapa za sebe, a zatim da im se pridruži jedan drugome u ruci. Oni predstavljaju kako će se Ephraimiti pridružiti Židovima.
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:15-20
15 Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
16 “As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.’
17 Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.
18 And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Will you not show us what you mean by these?’
19 say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”‘
20 And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.”
Štap Jude ispunjen je cionističkim pokretom, koji je započeo u Europi 1890-ih. Osnovna ideja cionizma je da židovski narod može ispuniti ulogu Mesije. To znači da cionizam uči da je židovski narod Mesija. Može se činiti ironičnim da takav pokret koji nije sveta pisma može ispuniti proročanstvo, ali razmotrimo povijest.
U Francuskoj 1890-ih, francuski Židov po imenu kapetan Alfred Dreyfus bio je podmetnut za zločin koji nije počinio, a antisemitizam se rasplamsao diljem Francuske. Čovjek po imenu Theodore Herzl tvrdio je da Židovi nikada neće biti sigurni sve dok žive među kršćanima. Proglasio je da se Židovi trebaju vratiti u zemlju Izrael i uspostaviti vlastitu vlast (što je nešto što pravoslavni judaizam uči ne može se dogoditi dok mesija to ne donese).
Cionizam apsolutno nije sveta pisma, a Theodore Herzl je vezan i za Iluminate i za (Blackhorse) Rothschild bankarsku obitelj. Mnogo je dokaza koji ukazuju da se cionistički pokret savršeno povezuje s proročansništvima Alberta Pikea.
[Tehnički, izraz Zion (זיון) znači “gay”, dok se izraz Tsion (ציון) odnosi na planinu u Izraelu. Ne smeta nam koristiti izraz Sion s obzirom na lažni pokret, jer ga mnoge gay skupine u Izraelu podržavaju. Međutim, za planinu u Izraelu uvijek koristimo izraz Tsion (ציון)]
Iako Sotona planira okupiti Židove u Izraelu i uništiti ih, to ne znači da će Jahve dopustiti da se taj plan ispuni. Knjiga o Esteri bilježi da je Yahweh osujetio Hamanov plan da uništi Židove u Babilonu, a Zechariah 12 nam govori da će Jahve također spasiti Judu u nadolazećem velikom ratu (koji je najvjerojatnije Armagedon). Također znamo da će naša braća u Judi biti spašena u ovom trenutku, jer nam stih 10 govori da će Židovi gledati Yeshuu koju su proboli i da će tugovati za Njim dok jedan tuguje za gubitkom prvorođenog sina. Onda će biti velika žalost u cijeloj zemlji. To se može odnositi samo na Židove u zemlji Izraelu, budući da su oni jedini ljudi na zemlji koji su oboje u smrt udomili Yeshuu i živjeli u zemlji Izraelu.
Zekaryah (Zechariah) 12:7-14
7 “Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not become greater than that of Judah.
8 In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like Elohim, like the Messenger of Yahweh before them.
9 It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me [Yeshua] whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him [Yeshua] as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
11 In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
12 And the land shall mourn, every family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;
13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves;
14 all the families that remain, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves.”
Ranije u ovom poglavlju vidjeli smo da će, nakon Armagedona, Jahve uskrsnuti efraimite duhove, što znači da će Jahve osvijestiti o svojim identitetima. Kad Ephraimiti znaju tko su, prirodno će se htjeti vratiti kući.
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) 37:21-28
21 “Then say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;
22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
23 They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their Elohim.
24 David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
25 Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David shall be their prince forever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.
28 The nations also will know that I, Yahweh, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”
Redak 24 nam govori da će David biti kralj nad narodom, a ne Yeshua. To se slaže s onim što smo rekli ranije, o Yeshua nije bio na zemlji tijekom tisućljeća.
Neki ljudi vjeruju da stih 24 znači da će povijesni kralj David izaći iz zemlje i sjesti na prijestolje. Međutim, kao što smo vidjeli ranije, uskrsnuće suhih kostiju bit će duhovno uskrsnuće, a ne fizičko. To znači da će izraelski budući monarh doći u moći i duhu kralja Davida, baš kao što je Ivan Krstitelj došao u moći i duhu Eliyahua (Ilija).
Luqa (Luke) 1:17
17 “He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for Yahweh.”
Ezekiel 37 govori o obnovi kuće Ephraima. Iako većina Ephraimita neće znati da su Izraelci sve dok ne dođe do Armagedona, Jahve će progresivno sve više otkrivati naše izraelske identitete, što smo bliže Armagedonu. To jest, on će dati sve više i više objave svojim ljudima na “točkama potresa” tuljana 6, pečata 7 i trulega 7. To jest, kada se svjetski poredak uzdrma, sve više i više ljudi će tražiti istinu – i naš je posao organizirati se, tako da im možemo pomoći da ga pronađu.
Kao poseban oprez, u posljednjem poglavlju upozorili smo protiv sudjelovanja u ranom ingatheringu. Čini se da ako se granice Izraela otvore nakon pečata 6, da će se mnogi hebrejski korijeni i mesijanski vjernici vratiti u zemlju – i da će to biti Ephraimov štap. Tada se mogu pokušati pridružiti ujedinjenoj svjetskoj religiji u pokušaju da utječu na njega »u pravom smjeru«. Ovo će biti tragična greška.
Budući da se Judini štap vratio u zemlju svojom snagom i snagom, čini se razumnim da će se Ephraimov štap pokušati vratiti u zemlju i u vlastitoj moći i snazi. Zapravo, čini se da je to ono što se prorokuje, kada Jahve zapovijeda Ezekielu da uzme štap “za sebe” i za Judu i za Ephraima. Oni koji se u ovom trenutku vrate u zemlju samo ispunjavaju proročanstvo i zato se trebamo moliti za njih. Trebat će im sve molitve koje mogu dobiti, jer će proći kroz ratove i nevolje koje Jahve namjerava donijeti na zemlju, kako bi je usavršili.
Nekada sam bio vrlo željan sudjelovati u ispunjenju proročanstava nad ephraim štapom. Onda sam shvatio da moram slušati Jahveov glas, i učiniti ono što mi kaže da radim, trenutak po trenutak. Ako se za života vratim u izraelsku zemlju, ili ako na kraju ostanem u disperzici (ispunjavajući Veliku komisiju) ovisi o njemu. Rado ću razmijeniti sve želje koje imam da prebivam u izraelskoj zemlji za povlasticu stanovanja s Njim, gdje god on vodi.