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There is a set moment of time which the Lord has established for every project which He has planned to reach its completion. In reaching out in love and compassion toward a generation which has basically ignored Him there comes a time when His patience is exhausted. Ezekiel made the statement that; the time is come. Eze. 7:12 There is that cutoff moment which has been predetermined by the Lord for everything in this life. It has been said, that history repeats itself. This is frequently evidenced in the scriptures where we see events of the past repeated, sometimes, time after time. Because of the troublesome situations of that day, people who were in business, or bought and sold, simple walked off from their deals and took their losses. Eze. 7:13 Does that sound familiar?
In a time when the church is wealth oriented it is not easy to seek a balance and to search to see what the Word really teaches. Ezekiel would not be a popular minister in our day. He saw the fallacy of riches and how they would utter fail under circumstances such as the Lord was gong to bring upon the people. Jerusalem of that day was about to reach a condition where silver and gold would be thrown out into the streets and no one even bother to pick it up, for it was absolutely powerless to deliver or free them from that which was inevitable. Eze. 7:17-19 This too has its counterpart in the time of the coming of Christ. At the time when men will run into the dens and caves of the earth to attempt to hide themselves from the coming of the Lord they will despise their silver and gold. Isa. 2:19-21 Jesus verified that this is a reaction which will be seen at the time of His coming. Luke 23:29 Rev. 6:15
Then there is a very interesting observation concerning their silver and gold, ìit is the stumbling block of their iniquity.î Eze. 7:19 With it they had made for themselves idols of worship. These idols occupied their hearts when they should have given that place unto the Lord. When these would come to the prophet to have him inquire of the Lord on their behalf, the Lord gave the prophet a message of repentance and the abandonment of their idols. Otherwise the Lord would resist them. Eze. 14:4-8 The wealthiest among them could not find a means of deliverance through their silver and their gold, so it will be in that day of the coming of Christ. Zeph. 1:18 Tearing down the old barns and building of new will not bring eternal joy nor salvation to the human heart. The doctrine of eat, drink and be merry is a stumbling block to many and in many ways. Luke 12:18-20