Ezekiel 12:28 -b #2~ PROPHECY 6-4-11
Today Lord willing, I’m going to talk for a few minutes to do with Prophecy. Let me say first of all that Gods Prophets spoke or wrote what God had directed them, and all of what Gods Prophets prophesied or pinned down has come to pass at the predetermined time, God’s Prophets were and are 100% accurate, and because of their accuracy in happening exactly as God had said, we that believe are convinced the others will also at God’s set time.
Listen, before this world was ever created, God had His Great plan, He don’t wait until later too see what would be best at a certain time to do, He already knows what will happen before it happens, God knew mankind would fall into sin ever before there was a man, and so He foreordained that He would send His Only Begotten Son to be the Savior, He also knew that most would not be saved.
1 Peter 1:20 Who (Christ Jesus) verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world,----
God didn’t just step out on the portals of glory one day and take a look around so to speak, and suddenly had a brain storm and decide that He would send Jesus down to earth to save sinners, He sent Jesus at exactly the right time, the time that He had planned long before the earth ever was.
Galatians 4:4-5 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Let’s recall that there was the Babylonian Empire, the Median-Persian Empire, the Grecian Empire, and the Roman Empire. When the Roman Empire was in power, the Jewish people were under their authority. Let’s realize that the Jews were under the Mosaic Law at that time, they certainly were not under grace as we are today.
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
So God sent His Son Jesus when the Roman Empire was in control and the Law of Moses was the rule of the day for the Jews.
Once again: Galatians 4:4-5 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Notice; -- when the fulness of (the time) was come ----God sent His Son at the FULNESS OF THE TIME.----not just any old time, but at the exact time predetermined, “the fulness of the time” tells us that God had already a set time planned too send Jesus. He has a great plan and His plan has never changed, what might happen in the society’s of mankind does not change His plan, politicians may pass this law and that law but when the sun goes down, all of Gods plan is still on schedule, nothing is early nor late. The minute, hour and date of the rapture is still in tact.
Hebrews 10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
He will not tarry, He will not set it aside, no not for one minute.
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Listen as I read today’s text:
Ezekiel 12:28 -b ---the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.**
Now dear listener that is straight and to the point, there’s nothing to wonder or guess about.
--the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
He don’t say when it will be done but that it would be done, and we know that it’s according to His pre-set time.
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Gentiles have always been the rulers of the world, a gentile is some one that’s not a Jew, if your not a Jew then you’re a gentile, but there’s coming a day when that will end, King Jesus will rule the world for 1000 glorious years as we’re plainly told in Rev.20:, Jesus was a Jew as for as His humanity is concerned, Hebrews 7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah;-- the tribe of Judah.
These people that are not friendly with the Jews are walking on dangerous ground, as the enemy neighboring countries around Israel will find out soon. (Please read Ezk. chapters 38:- 39: as soon as you have the chance, don’t put it off or if your like me, you may forget it, there God kills 5/6 of their enemies. And let me just point out right here that there in Ezk. 38: - 39: reaffirms what we’ve already said, God knows all things; He knows what’s going on there around Israel, and Ezk. 38:-39: assures us that He knew all about that matter even before there was a world, but He tells all that will believe the report of the out come of the battle that we recognize as “THE BATTLE OF GOG AND MAGOG, it is the most one sided battle that there’s ever been, it happens at the 3 ½ year mark of the tribulation, He already has it scheduled on His Prophetic Calendar and time is ticking away.)
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Listen as I read to you the prophecy of the four gentile world Empires in Dan. 2: and they were fulfilled exactly in the right sequence as God said they would be, it also tells of another and last Gentile Empire to come, it’s called “the revived Roman Empire”, and it will be headed up by the Antichrist that may very well be alive and on the scene today, we may have saw him already, but he is not revealed until the True Church has left the earth, the rapture happens in chapter 4: of the Revelation and the Antichrist comes on the scene in chapter 6:
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King Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon had a dream and none of his magicians, astrologers, or sorcerers could interpret the dream, to make a long story short Daniel was brought before Nebuchadnezzar and told him what he dreamed and then what it meant. In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream he saw a great statue, or image made of different metals. And lets be sure to notice that the further down the image of different medals; they decrease in value, showing that the gentile ruling empires are becoming more corrupt as time passes. –{GOLD-SILVER-BRASS- IRON & IRON & CLAY}
Dan. 2: 31-35 Daniel said--Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.**(dreadful, & fearful) 32This image’s head was of fine gold, (Babylonian empire) his breast and his arms of silver, (medio-persion empire) his belly and his thighs of brass,(Grecian empire) 33His legs of iron, (roman empire) his feet part of iron and part of clay. (revived roman empire-the 10 toes)
Now Daniel tells about the return of Christ to the earth as He sets up His KINGDOM.
34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Notice- this tells of the last day empire of the Antichrist being crushed by this GREAT STONE and ground to powder.
35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, (notice the reverse order,** this points out for certain which empire will be in power when He returns.)NOTICE- broken to pieces together, (from this point on there will never be another gentile empire) and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: (IT WILL BE AS THOUGH THEY NEVER EXISTED) and the stone (JESUS) that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. –(The KINGDOM REIGN OF CHRIST.)- Lets skip to verse’s 41-43.
41-43 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, (roman rule) forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. (Feeble human democracy) 42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
The toes of this statue correspond to ten individual kings ruling simultaneously in the area of Roman dominion.
--Verse 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. This is going to happen as sure as your listening to my voice.
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Jeremiah 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, (JESUS) and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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This gives the course of history from King Nebuchadnezzar’s day (the 1st Gentile world empire) about 2,500 years ago, to this present day and into the future telling about Jesus Christ’s Kingdom.
----The first empire, represented by the "head of gold," was the Babylonian Empire, which was the ruling empire at the time that Daniel gave this prophecy. Babylon oppressed Israel for 70 years, from 616 B.C. to 546 B.C.
--- The second empire, represented by the "breast and arms of silver," was the Medo-Persian empire, which ruled until 334 B.C.
---- The third empire, represented by the "mid-section of brass," was the Grecian Empire under Alexander the Great.—and lets be reminded that we can read about these empires in our history books, Daniel was giving the order and sequence of these gentile empires.
---- The fourth empire, represented by the "iron legs," was the Roman Empire, eastern and western divisions, two legs.
Notice-the foretelling of the sequence of coming world empires, and its clear and unmistakable specifications, and they have been fulfilled exactly as God said through the prophet Daniel.
All that remains with the sequence of world empires being completed is to do with the images "feet" and the "ten-toes," the ten toes representing the "ten-toed" government (revived roman empire) which will exist just prior to the establishment of Christ’s coming Kingdom.
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Listen to these prophecies concerning Jesus Christ that were given in the Old Testament approximately 1700 BC - 400 BC.
These prophecies were fulfilled hundreds of years later, during Jesus Christ’s life on earth.
In each of these prophecies we have the scripture references for both the prophecy and the fulfillment.
1. He would be born of a Virgin
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Fulfilled in -- Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
He would be of the tribe of Judah
Genesis 49:10 The scepter*(authority-ruler- staff) shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Fulfilled in-- Luke 3:23- And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
He would be of King David’s seed
Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Fulfilled in-- Luke 3:31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,--.
He would be born in Bethlehem
Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting-
Fulfilled in-- Matthew 2:1-2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
He would be a prophet
Deuteronomy 18:18-19 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Fulfilled in-- Matthew 21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
Lord willing we’ll continue on next time with some of these Old Testament prophecies about the Christ and read of them being fulfilled in the New Testament.
