Keep Safe, My Love, II
by
Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (3/17/2019)
“And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of these that served themselves of them “ (Ezekiel 34:27, King James Version[God’s providence for his flock]).
Greetings in the Holy Name of Yahshuah (Jesus),
My sisters and brothers, I speak to you with the love of God that will not let me deny Yahshuah, the only begotten Son of God[John 3:16,KJV] for my love of God receives his Son, Yahshuah, knowing God’s desire for me is for me to keep safe, my love. With the love of God all things are possible —- even for us, to keep safe, in our lands —- where we live, in increase. Yes, increase is connected to Yahshuah, for “when I have broken the bands of their yoke” is what Yahshuah does for us, to deliver us out of the hands of those that served themselves of them” —- for whomever Jesus freed, is free, indeed. We understand disbelief of God’s Son is chains on our feet—- how could you run your course?
We find many people running yet they are not on the trajectory of God’s path to Jesus (Yahshuah). In fact, they are lost —- fallen by the wayside —- led to the slaughter. Trajectory means the curve that a body (as a planet in its orbit) describes in space. Do you see yourself running your course on earth.
Most importantly, “And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid” [Ezekiel 34:28] ... “Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD. And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God”[34:30-31, KJV]. Do you hear the words of the Lord God? Are you on the path of freedom —- the trajectory of Christ Jesus, for righteousness sake, for freedom, in order to keep safe, my love?
More importantly, as lands are laid to waste in wars of hate and wars that deny Christ Jesus (Yahshuah), we surrender to the fear of death when we must surrender all to God through Yahshuah. The fear you feel is just as deadly to you as your anxiety feels on your fear, —- as “those who served themselves on them” fed on you —- captured you[made you a captive], —-imprisoned you[made you a prisoner]. So, why, pray tell, did you on top of all of that, let them make of you, a disbeliever—- for had you not disbelieved, could they capture you? If ... then ... let us reason together; hypothesize and ponder in our thoughts using suppose, how the blessed became the unblessed; how the saved became the unsaved and how a man or woman of faith became chained in disbelief?
Furthermore, I need you Lord GOD, oh, I need you, every hour, I need you. As Christ Jesus saves you every hour—- again and again, why is your flesh so weak that your Christ Jesus (Yahshuah) finds you captured when you must keep safe, my love. There are so many lands with souls running to escape death in the chains that bind their flesh, praying to the God they serve for the freedom in the will of God that frees the soul —- that will not let them bind their flesh and provide a way to escape, we pray to God, Lord, save us. Hence, we prophesy Israel is restored and we reflect on the Word of the Lord GOD. Lord, save us[save the lost sheep].
Accordingly, in Ezekiel chapter 36 KJV, we find Israel is promised blessings:
“Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
Therefore ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear the shame.
But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
For behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD:
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shall be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more saith the Lord GOD.
Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen anymore, neither shalt thou bear reproach of the people anymore, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their doings I judged them.
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Then I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
I will also save you from all your uncleanness: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are lbecome fenced, and are inhabited.
Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places and plant that that was desolate. I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am LORD.”
Christ be with you. His mercy endures forever. Prayers for keeping safe are always a virtue for the pure in heart. Amen.
