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Ezekiel
Ezekiel is one of the four Major Prophets. His book starts in chapter 1 (and continues in chapter 10) with a description of modern vehicles, described as Ezekiel's "vision of God". Simon Peter is a car driver and I also hold a driving license. This provides evidence that the Old Testament is targeted at modern society.
1:10: "As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle". Like the leopard in "The Time of the End", these refer to two angels that can become one person as described in "Cool Stuff". An angel leads two lives because of the process of rebirth; two angels means four lives altogether and has four faces. In relation to cars, the description of the faces is reminiscent of logos of expensive cars. 10:6: "And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying Take fire from between the wheels." This is a reference to the engine. 1:13: "It went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning." The up/down motion is how an engine words and the lightning could be the spark plug.
1:24: "And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings [it sounds like a car door shutting], like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host; when they stood, they let down their wings." [they open the door to get out of the car]. 1:26: "And upon the likeness of the throne there sat a man upon it." This is the driver in the driver's seat. 10:16: "when the creatures rose up into the air and moved, the wheels went with them." This is an aeroplane. Chapters 2 and 3 describe Ezekiel being called to be a prophet. Chapter 4 describes a siege on Jerusalem. Ezekiel is told in 4:5 that he will suffer for 390 days because of their guilt, one for each year of their punishment. A quick calculation of 2006-390 gives 1616 (containing the mark of the beast) implying that the last 390 years have seen the consequences of not following Jesus (two World Wars and a huge number of other bad things that have happened). Then in 4:6, he is told to suffer for the guilt of Judah for a further forty days, one for each year of their punishment. The forty days represents the forty days of the flood of Noah. As mentioned in "The Time of the End", this represents 31.3 years, ending in 2039.
12:22: "'Mortal man,' he said, 'why do the people of Israel repeat this proverb: Time goes by, and predictions come to nothing? Now, tell them what I the Sovereign Lord have to say about that. I will put an end to that proverb. It won't be repeated in Israel any more. Tell them instead: the time has come, and the predictions are coming true!" Chapter 13 gives a reason for this apathy – it prophesies against false male and female prophets, who make up prophecy about the time of the end and teach people that everything is fine when it isn't. 16:48-50 compares the present time with Sodom (the Old Testament god claimed responsibility for the destruction of this town in Genesis): "As surely as I am the living God," the Sovereign Lord says, "your sister Sodom and her villages never did the evil that you and your villages have done. She and her daughters were proud because they had plenty to eat and lived in peace and quiet, but they did not take care of the poor and the underprivileged. They were proud and stubborn and did the things that I hate, so I destroyed them, as you well know." As mentioned in other letters, Egypt refers to the Western nations, because the Egyptians oppressed the Israelites as described in the book of Exodus: 29:11: "For forty years nothing will live there." The number forty suggests that it refers to the same time period as the forty days and forty nights of the flood of Noah (see "The Time of the End"). 29:12: "I will make the Egyptians refugees. They will flee to every country and live among other peoples." Chapter 34 denounces the shepherds of Israel (modern priests). It also talks about the flock, for example 34:18-19: "Some of you are not satisfied with eating the best grass; you even trample down what you don't eat! You drink the clear water and muddy what you don't drink! My other sheep have to eat the grass you trample down and drink the water you muddy." In other words, the actions of those in rich countries adversely affect those in poor countries. Chapter 37 describes "The Valley of Dry Bones" in which Ezekiel prophesies to the dry bones and they come back to life. This chapter in Ezekiel is probably referring to people coming to life by following Jesus; it may also represent the resurrection. 37:10: "There were enough of them to form an army." This is the army that builds New Jerusalem, which should be built in a place called the Great Rift Valley. This could be the Valley of Dry Bones; 'dry' implies protection from the predicted plague in 2039. Chapters 40-48 describe the temple (or rather the city of New Jerusalem). There is mention of Palm trees in several verses (relating to Palm Sunday, the return of Jesus to Jerusalem). Please refer to the letters on city planning.
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