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   From: .robert@mu.way   
      
   I suggest that you read the whole chapter, in it is a prophecy for a future   
   time, which is not afar off, of the Nation and Peoples of Israel. Yes, the   
   literal people of Israel, a people chosen by God. It is a picture of the   
   blessings of God upon a people who have turned away from him to follow other   
   gods, and so were scattered upon the nations of the world.   
      
   This shows that the Lord honors his word, that which he has spoken, and he   
   does not rescind his word or override it. He Honors his word so that people   
   can have full confidence in Him.   
      
   The scriptures I posted here were chosen to share as they reflect the Mind of   
   God, and His Glory, to peoples who reject Him, including his word as given to   
   the Born Again Believers of this day. No one should ever make excuses for Him   
   for what he speaks, he will do. He honors his word for He is a righteous God.   
      
   This is by no means all encompassing of the topics here. However I wanted to   
   share this so as to prove the false teachings of some, as well as to offset   
   the doubters in regards to the future of Israel, as well as those who doubt   
   the promises of the Lord to the Body of Christ Jesus, and the power he gave   
   to them via his Holy Spirit. Those who doubt the workings of God reap what   
   they sow.   
      
   A Promise of God to His Chosen people. What he intends to do with them and   
   for them.   
      
   Ezk 36:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand,   
   Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.   
      
   Ezk 36:8 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.   
      
   Ezk 36:9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be   
   tilled and sown:   
      
   Ezk 36:10 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:   
      
   Ezk 36:11 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.   
      
   Ezk 36:12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and   
   they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt   
   no more henceforth bereave them of men.   
      
   ...   
      
   Why God Does This for Israel, and what he will do.   
      
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   Ezk 36:22 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 have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.   
      
   Ezk 36:23 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.   
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   Ezk 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of   
   all countries, and will bring you into your own land.   
      
   Ezk 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean:   
   from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.   
      
   Ezk 36:26 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.   
      
   Ezk 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my   
   statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and dothem.   
      
   Ezk 36:28 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.   
      
   Ezk 36:29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call   
   for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.   
      
   Ezk 36:30 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.   
      
   Praise the Lord, he fulfills his promise to His people as they see the   
   fulfillment realized of the promise of the Messiah in spite of their sins   
   against Him.   
      
   ......   
      
   For whose sake does He do this for the peoples that divorced Him both north   
   and south?   
      
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   Ezk 36:32 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.   
      
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   Ezk 36:33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you   
   from all your iniquities I will also causeyou to dwell in the cities, and the   
   wastes shall be builded.   
      
   Ezk 36:34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in   
   the sight of all that passed by.   
      
   Ezk 36:35 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 become   
   fenced, and are inhabited.   
      
   Ezk 36:36 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.   
      
   Any religion who lays claim to being an inheritance of being the replacement   
   for Gods Chosen People, are false teachers, false prophets, and will bear   
   their guile.   
      
   HEAR THE WORD OF GOD TO HIS CHOSEN PEOPLES of old, ISRAEL!   
      
   Yes, they will be going through a very rough time as satan is in an all out   
   war against them both spiritually as well as in this physical world. Their   
   hearts much change within them and they must turn to Him showing themselves   
   upon his mercy, for they will soon see what seems as if the entire world is   
   against them during which the Day of the Lord will be poured out over the   
   peoples. Yet, when the seeming end of the nation seems immediate, and they   
   turn their hearts in desperation for seeking deliverance from what appears to   
   be a certain end for them, then it is they will turn to the Messiah for   
   deliverance, and as in the days of Old, BC he will instantly deliver them and   
   provide a way of escape and all that was quoted above will happen, and for   
   those reasons, they PTL, they will be restored, fully restored.   
      
   The Prophecy in the Book of the Revelation reveals the interim between these   
   days, when it ends, and the beginning of this prophesy in Ezekiel. The Great   
   Tribulation as revealed to us by Yeshua.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)