2 The Lord said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It must not be opened; no one may enter through it. It is to remain shut because the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered through it.
This verse captured my attention but I didn't know where to go with it. I went to Tom's blog and he wrote a bit on what he has seen in person. His last sentence is how I often feel watching the news, trying to make connections but not trying to over read into today's situations in the middle east.
https://tomvanderwell.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/the-gate-is-shut/
with a chapter a day this week we will complete Ezekial. While we haven't made it through the entire bible it might be time to re-read a NT book connected with the Christmas season?
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I agree with Tom's sentiment, that he finds himself in tension over the issue. I feel the same way. I think that's why the bible tells us to not spend any time with mystics, or fortune tellers. We can't handle it. When I start thinking about the middle east situation....I can't help but think of the prophesies, and I go all the way back to Isaac and Ishmael. That immediately puts a mental wall up between me and the Muslims....then I start to think of them as the enemy, instead of loving them. Then I start to try to decifer the prophesies, and how they could be unfolding.....and them BOOM! I'm not even paying attention to the almighty God. I completely lose focus, that quick. I'm tangled up in the something that is taking up too much of my thought process. It will all happen in God's time. I think the prophesies are so we look back, not forward. The are evidence that he is in charge.....not intended to be clues for us to work out.
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