Ezekiel Describing the Mainstream Christian Church?


Ezekiel 22:25-28
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing prey. They have devoured lives, they take wealth and valuables, they multiply widows in her midst. 26 Her kohanim [priests] have violated My Torah [the law] and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, nor have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean. They shut their eyes to My Shabbatot. So I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing at prey, spilling blood and destroying lives for dishonest gain. 28 Her prophets have plastered them with whitewash, seeing false visions and predicting lies to them, saying ‘Thus says Elohim,’ when Elohim has not spoken.

This bit of scripture from Ezekiel 22 is a pretty harsh assessment.
Is this specifically speaking of the modern church?  No, not necessarily, but we can draw some comparisons…

1. “they take wealth and valuables
The mainstream church (in general) teaches that ‘the law’ has been done away with.  They teach that trying to keep the law is a burden and a curse, that it is extreme legalism.
And yet, they borrow the principle of the tithe from the law and teach it to be applicable today.
So… is the law and its principles done away with, or are they only done away with as long as they do not benefit the church?
A detailed, in-depth study of the tithe in scripture will tell us several things.  We learn that the tithe was always the increase of the fields.  It consisted of produce, grains, livestock, fruit, wine, etc.  The tithe consisted of commodities, not money.
Additional study will show the purpose of the tithe.  It was to support the Levites (priests of the temple) because they had no land inheritance. Tithes were also used to fill the store houses to feed the poor, and yet another was used for travel to observe mo’edim (Yahuah’s appointed times, outlined in Leviticus 23).
The temple is not in existence today. The Levites were scattered among the nations and no longer practice their intended purpose.

What do churches do with the tithes that they demand?
Most of it goes to purchase commercial property, maintain that property, and to pay salaries of church workers.
That is an enormous twisting and violation of what the tithe actually is…  I’ve heard many modern mainstream Christian church leaders claim to be the Levitical priesthood, and they use this claim to justify their salary.
Again, the Levites have been scattered among the nations and no longer practice their intended purpose.  Your pastor is not a Levitical priest, no matter what claims he/she might make.  Besides, why would someone who says the Old Testament Law is done away with want to claim he is a modern day Old Testament Law Levite?
I know why — because he wants ten percent of your income.

2. have violated My Torah”
Many, many times in scripture, Yahuah says that His Torah is forever, for all generations, a perpetual covenant, never-ending.
The mainstream church teaches that the Torah, the instructions for living, the law, is done away with. This makes Yahuah a liar, and that is not possible. Please refer to other teachings of mine to see why this is not possible…

3. “have profaned My holy things”
In Leviticus 23, Yahuah gives us His mo’edim, His set apart times, His appointed times that we are to honor.  These include the Sabbath, the Spring feasts, and the Fall feasts.  These are enormously important, and again we are told to do these throughout all of our generations.
The mainstream church does not observe these holy days, and instead, has adopted Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and other secular holidays.
Wiccans and pagans will quickly tell you all of these mainstream holidays are completly rooted in pagan practices.  They will tell you these customs come from their own religions, not from Christianity. Do a little research.  It won’t take you long to figure out this is a huge problem…

4.“nor have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean”
Go to just about any church function or potluck and you’ll find pork being served.  Go to a seafood restaurant with your pastor and don’t be surprised to see him/her ordering shrimp, lobster, clams or other shellfish.
The last mainstream church we attended prior to learning and following Torah had an annual pig roast right in the church parking lot.
Yahuah created man and all that there is.  Certain animals were created to be the garbage disposals of the earth, and they are not to be eaten.  They are unhealthy at best, and toxic and parasite ridden at worst.  Study the science of clean and unclean animals. You will find that clean animals eat healthy, and incorporate fermentation processes into their digestive systems.  This yields a meat with high nutritional value and low toxicity to humans. Unclean animals eat dead carcasses, rotting things, and will eat their own feces or the feces of other animals.  You will find that unclean animals do not have a fermentation process in their digestive system, and they hold in toxins and parasites.
Scripture tells us what fish are clean to eat, and what sea creatures are not to be eaten.  Shellfish are the poop-filters of the ocean.  They feed on feces and dead creatures that sink to the bottom.  They are the pigs of the oceans.
This one is simply a no-brainer.  If you buy a new car and its manual says to put 5W-30 motor oil in the engine, you are not going to put maple syrup or mud or cleaning products in the engine instead.  If you do so, that engine will fail, and everybody knows this without having to be told so.
It is the same with our bodies.  Scripture tells us what to eat and what not to eat, and it is for our health and for our benefit. Dietary laws are not just random, strange rules that we are to follow for no reason.
Again — study the science of nutrition and health regarding clean and unclean foods…  You will quickly come to understand these instructions.

5. “They shut their eyes to My Shabbatot”
Genesis chapter one clearly establishes the Sabbath as the seventh day.  Work for six days and rest on the seventh.  This is quite simple…
Shabbat (or Sabbath) is from Friday evening until Saturday evening.  It is to be a time of rest, and a time of meeting with Yahuah.  It is commanded for us to keep and observe the Sabbath. It is one of His mo’edim, or appointed times.
Scripture says the Sabbath is a sign between Yahuah and His people.  If you do not keep and observe the biblical Sabbath, then you do not have the sign of being His.
Scripture says that anyone who profanes the Sabbath will surely die and be cut off from the people.  These are not good things.
The biblical Sabbath was honored on Saturdays throughout time, until Constantine (of the Roman Empire) made it punishable by death to continue doing so.  He changed the ‘day of worship’ to Sunday, to merge his pagan traditions with biblical instructions, thus creating new doctrine in violation of Torah.

If you’d like to understand these things, start reading your bible at the beginning, and continue through to the end.
Take notes on the things that are mentioned to be forever, never-ending, for all generations, or is called perpetual.
When you get to the New Testament writings of Paul, which are used by the mainstream church to establish their doctrine, remember what Yahuah (God) said is never changing…
It will force you to make a decision.  Trust in the things that Yahuah said, or discard the things He said in order to create new doctrine in violation of His word.

If you do this, and you wonder how such things could happen…
Keep these warnings in mind:

2Peter 3:14-17
14 Therefore, loved ones, while you are looking for these things, make every effort to be found in shalom, spotless and blameless before Him. 15 Bear in mind that the patience of our Lord means salvation—just as our dearly loved brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom given to him. 16 He speaks about these matters in all of his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist (as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures)—to their own destruction. 17 Since you already know all this, loved ones, be on your guard so that you are not led astray by the error of the lawless and lose your sure footing.

This warns us that Paul’s writings are difficult to understand, and that some will twist them, along with all the scriptures, to their own destruction.  If what your church teaches about Paul’s writings makes Yahuah a liar, then you need to heed this warning and study some more.  Paul’s writings do not violate the words of Yahuah, and Paul upholds Torah.  
Just in case we missed this idea in verse 16, Peter reiterates what he is trying to say in verse 17:  Do not be led astray by the lawless, those who do not keep/follow Torah, the law.

Yeshua Messiah (Jesus, our Savior) says the same thing…
Matthew 7:21-23
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, and drive out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?’ 23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Get away from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’”

If you are unwilling to heed Peter’s warning, will you listen to the warning of your Messiah?  He will send away all who practice lawlessness.

If it still does not seem possible that the entire church could have all of these things wrong, check out Jeremiah’s prophecy saying this would happen:
Jeremiah 16:19-20
Elohim, my strength and my fortress,
My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and unprofitable things.”
20 Will a man make gods for himself,
Which are not gods?

Really??? Yes, really….
We are told that a day will come when all the Gentiles will realize they have inherited nothing but lies.
If you don’t believe me, will you believe a prophet in the bible?

Please study these things, and pray about these things.
You don’t want to hear, “Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.”

 

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