THE JUDGMENT OF THE LIVING NATION OF ISRAEL

THE JUDGMENT OF THE LIVING NATION OF ISRAEL

 "As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, (1948) into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD."  Ezekiel 20:33-44

• The Proclamation of Judgment upon the Nation of Israel. Ezek. 20:35-36

"And there will I plead with you face to face."

More particularly, I will judge you.

•  The People Coming under Judgment are the People of Israel. Ezek. 20:40,44

"All the house of Israel" - vs. 40

"O ye house of Israel" - vss. 39, 44

NOTE: While this fact is explicit in the reading of the text, yet because of the spiritualization of Scripture and the amillennial interpretation of the Bible, it makes it necessary to call this to your attention.

•  The Period of Judgment upon the Nation of Israel is Future. Ezek. 20:33

"Will I rule over you" - vs. 33 KJV

"Will I be king over you" - vs. 33 ASV

This passage makes clear this will take place after a regathering from the people (Gentiles) and countries, not just from Babylon. This must refer to the future.

• The Particulars of this Judgment do not Involve Resurrection, so this must be Living Israel

An earthly people will be regathered - vs. 34

"And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out."

This people will be judged, caused to pass under the rod - vss. 35, 36, 37

"And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant."

There will be a purging and a separation - vs. 38

"And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD."

There will be the ritual of worship for earthly people - vs. 40-41

"For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen."