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Pamphlet 1194 Ezek 3-1

Some people don't think that there are any "things" in the spiritual dimension,
so that when you die and go to heaven
(assuming you have accumulated enough points by going to church regularly
and making sufficient monetary contributions to be in good standing on the church roster)
you really go sit on some cloud and play a harp, and sing "Holy, Holy, Holy" all day long.

Wait a minute, harps ARE things!
How do they reconcile that?

Note: I'm not knocking going to church or giving,
but for some that's about all their Christianity consists of and they ignore His Word.

Then too, many folks tell their kids that Santa Claus
travels around the world in his sleigh pulled by his cherubims,
the reindeer, lead by Ruldolph,
and they go forth as a flash carrying he who brings gifts
and good tidings to the world from out of the "north". Ho, ho, ho?

Not so!

It makes you wonder if someone isn't sort of mocking Ezekiel chapter 1, doesn't it?
What do the Zoon at the throne of God say?
Rev. 4:8 "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him;
and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night,
saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."

Would Satan mock God and His mode of transportation?
Do you think our Father looks like the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent fat boy
dressed in red and white?

White robes are the dress of the saints and their Christ.
Rev. 19:13 says concerning the description of Christ,
"And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood:
and his name is called The Word of God."

And how about Santa's white beard and hair?
Rev. 1:14 "His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow;
and his eyes were as a flame of fire;"

Oh, that was Christ's description, not Santa's. Hmmm.

Anyway, here's another question to consider.
What have you always been taught happened to Elijah, the great prophet?

I don't know about you,
but I was taught that he got sucked up into the middle of a giant whirlwind.

This belief was confirmed when I saw the Hollywood movie, "The Wizard of Oz",
and Dorothy and Toto made the trip by tornado to Munchkin Land.

But is that really what happened to Elijah?

Let's check it out.

2 Kings 2:1  And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
This word "whirlwind" is the EXACT same Hebrew word "caar"
that Ezekiel saw coming toward him from out of the north.

You can read the entire account in 2 Kings, so let's skip to verse 9:

[9] And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
[10] And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
Elisha will see Elijah taken up in a "whirlwind".
[11] And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Look up the word "chariot" in Strong's Concordance. It is:
rekeb, reh'-keb, Hebrew 7393; from Hebrew 7392 (rakab); a vehicle; by implication a team; by extensive cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone :- chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude [from the margin], wagon.
This was not bad weather!

It was same the highly polished bronze fiery vehicle that Ezekiel describes in more detail.
This one landed between Elijah and Elisha,
and Elijah was taken on board and up he went into the heavens!

Yes, he flew bye, bye!

Someone is going to write and ask,
"Are you saying that Elijah was taken up in a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)?"

The answer is NO!

He was taken up in an IFO (Identified Flying Object),
for Ezekiel identified them for us.

Again, no one until the 20th century could have even asked that question,
much less have it understood!

Think about it.

[12] And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel,
How would Elisha have known it was the CHARIOT of ISRAEL,
unless he saw the EMBLEMS of ISRAEL, i.e.
the faces of the LION, the MAN, the OX, and the EAGLE?

If you saw a plane land with the American Eagle on it
you would KNOW that it was a UNITED STATES PLANE,
right?

To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you accomplish both.


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