Why Russia Will Not Attack America - Church of God - NEO

Message to Israel, Not JudahNotice! Beginning chapter 3: Afterthe prophet "eats the roll" thatis, receives the prophetic warningmessage he is to "go speak untothe house of Israel" not to theJews among whom he dwelt.Remember he is already amongthe captives of Judah. But theEternal says to him, "Go, get theeunto the house of Israel" (verse 4).As we have often explained toreaders of The Plain Truth magazine,the 12 tribes of Israel had longbefore this divided into two nationsthe 10 tribes being the Houseof Israel, while Judah, Benjamin andLevi composed the House of Judah,who, only, were "Jews." For the benefitof those readers who do not understandthis vital distinction averitable "key" without which theprophecies cannot be opened to understandingthe special book TheUnited States and Britain inProphecy is available and upon request,a copy will be sent free.The Jewish people of today aredescended from the House of Judah.But the white, English-speakingpeople of the United States andBritain are the leading "birthright"tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,heads of the 10 tribes of the Houseof Israel.Ezekiel's message is for ourday and it is, therefore, a messagefor America and Britain, NOW'Notice chapter 4. The prophet isto place before him a tile, and traceupon it the city of Jerusalem, and"lay siege" against it. The war picturedwas against Jerusalem, capitalof Judah. But "this" (verse 3)"shall be a sign to the house ofIsrael." Then follows the wellknownkey to the "day for a year"method of reckoning prophecy.Continue chapter 5: "... For,"comes the warning message fromthe Eternal, "thereof shall a firecome forth into all the house ofIsrael " (verse 4). Notice, this is toportray vividly a warning of someFUTURE destruction upon theHouse of Israel! Not upon Judah,already largely conquered by Nebuchadnezzar.But upon Israel the10-tribed nation who had gone intoits first and original captivity 130long years before! The warning isnot of the captivity already so farback in history. It says "thereofshall a fire come" upon Israel! It isa prophecy relating to a future destructionand captivity.No such destruction and captivityhas ever yet come to the Houseof Israel since this was written.•Therefore it is still in the futureinour time. It is a warning toBritain and America now!A Captivity Yet FutureNotice more of this warning:"A third part of thee [America­Britain] shall die with thepestilence, and with famine shallthey be consumed in the midst ofthee: and a third part shall fall bythe sword round about thee; and Iwill scatter a third part into all thewinds [in captivity being removedfrom our own lands and scatteredover the world] ..." (verse I 2).Coming to chapter 6, the localscene of the vision shifts to themountainous land of ancient Israel,in the Middle East but the messageis for America and Britain,today.Will we heed it? God help us towake up!Listen: "... Behold, I, even I,"says the Eternal God (verses 3,5-7), "will bring a sword [invasion]upon you, and I will destroy yourhigh places .... And I will lay thedead carcases of the children ofIsrael before their idols; and I willscatter your bones round aboutyour altars. In all your dwellingplacesthe cities shall be laid waste[nuclear bombing] .... and ye shallknow that I am the Lord."Just a small remnant shall escapeand be spared (verse 8). These aredescribed in Luke 21 :36.Continue: "Thus saith the LordGod ... Alas for all the evil abominationsof [not Judah, but] thehouse of Israel! for they shall [notdid, in the captivity 130 years beforeEzekiel wrote, but shall] fallby the sword, by the famine, andby the pestilence" (verse II).The Time Is Yet FutureThis is not a popular message. Youprobably have never heard it before.The preachers and teachers ofprophecy almost unanimously willrise up to deny this warning messageto apply it to a different timeor people. But the warning is fromthe Eternal God, and it is sure! Thereader will do well to heed.Notice the time. It's important."All hands shall be feeble, andall knees shall be weak as water"(chapter 7, verse 17). "Howl ye;for the day of the Lord is at hand.. .. Therefore shall all hands befaint, and every man's heart shallmelt: and they shall be afraid ..."(Isa. 13:6-8). Plainly, the time isthe "Day of the Lord" yet in theimmediate future!Continue in Ezekiel: "They shallcast their silver in the streets, andtheir gold shall be removed: theirsilver and their gold shall not be ableto deliver them in the day of thewrath of the Lord ..." (Ezek. 7:19).Now compare that with ZephaniahI: 14-15, 17-18: "The great day ofthe Lord is near. ... That day is aday of wrath .... And I [the Eternal]will bring distress uponmen .... Neither their silver northeir gold shall be able to deliverthem in the day of the Lord'swrath ...." Both are speaking of thesame time a time shortly ahead ofus now, in this present generation!"Wherefore," continues verse 24(Ezek. 7), "I will bring the worstof the heathen, and they shall possesstheir houses: I will also makethe pomp of the strong to cease ....Destruction cometh; and they shallseek peace, and there shall benone. . .. 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