Prophet Pearls #14 – Vaeira (Ezekiel 28:25-29:21)
This episode of Prophet Pearls, (Ezekiel 28:25-29:21), reveals Yehovah as maestro—orchestrating kings, nations and events to further the day when the house of Israel, and all mankind, will know who he is. Ezekiel’s prophecy that a revelation of God would … Continue reading →
This episode of Prophet Pearls, (Ezekiel 28:25-29:21), reveals Yehovah as maestro—orchestrating kings, nations and events to further the day when the house of Israel, and all mankind, will know who he is. Ezekiel’s prophecy that a revelation of God would result from the ingathering can be witnessed today. However, not all who see believe, and Nehemia Gordon draws an ominous parallel between Pharaoh claiming the Nile as his own and those who boast about modern-day Israel without giving credit to Yehovah.
Despite the firmest handle on language, history and context, every phrase in the Tanakh cannot definitively be explained and we meet several examples in this portion. Gordon and Johnson offer educated guesses on when Egypt was desolate for 40 years and to what monster and to which years Ezekiel refers.
Gordon examines Ezekiel’s prophecy of the horn that will “spring up” and looks at other verses in the Tanakh where “tsemach” is used. Gordon concludes that when Messiah “springs up,” all will know that Yehovah is the one who carries out judgments, who redeems, who is in control, and who is worthy of praise.
"Thus says Lord Yehovah, 'Behold, I am against you Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great crocodile that lies in wait in the Nile'" (Ezekiel 29:3)
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Prophet Pearls #14 – Vaeira (Ezekiel 28:25-29:21)
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Keith: Here we are folks. Welcome back to Prophet Pearls. This is Keith Johnson, I’m upside down on the earth. Nehemia Gordon is wandering somewhere on the western part of the United States. We’re going to try our best to do Prophet Pearls, and I will tell you right now, this is a 50:50 proposition. Why is that? Because technology is not cooperating. We’re going to get right into it. But before that, Nehemia, can we just let folks know that this really is… I mean, there’s no guarantee that we’re going to be able to continue to do this. Let’s just let them know what the situation is.
Nehemia: In the last episode, we had some serious technical difficulties. It was the second episode with you overseas, and it was a disaster. I mean, we had to keep stopping it and re-recording it. And you know, you really pour your heart and soul into doing this – we’re not reading from a script. We’re giving our souls to Scripture, and then to have to redo that – it’s tough. It really takes a lot. It might be like a 15-minute thing that takes a lot out of you, and we actually had the discussion – are we going to be able to continue this? We had tried some stuff when I was in China and the Internet was just so bad that I decided I couldn’t continue doing that. So yes, please be in prayer for us about this, and hopefully it’ll work out.
Keith: In all seriousness, you know, one of the things that we did is we’ve come up with a few backups, and those backups aren’t the best, but at least would potentially keep us in communication. But if it gets to the place where we just have too many issues, we’ll have to come up with something else, or who knows what will happen.
But for now, we’re going to go ahead and get started in Ezekiel. And I’ll tell you something, Nehemia, I’m excited about this section. It’s Ezekiel chapter 28:25 through 29:21, and we do have sponsors for this and instead of giving the name – I love this, I love this – these two people are calling themselves servants of the Most High, El Elyon Yehovah. They just want to be supportive of what we’re doing. They didn’t even have any questions or comments, they just have been Prophet Pearls Partners that have helped us to be able to do this. It’s interesting, Nehemia, we didn’t have any idea what the other issues were going to be regarding technology and phones and costs and all that. But we did have some people like these two servants of Yehovah who came alongside and supported us. So we want to give a shout out to them, and actually, there are a few that they sponsored. So hopefully we’re going to be able to continue to do this. But we’re in Ezekiel chapter 28.
Nehemia: Can I give them a Hebrew thanks?
Keith: Oh, absolutely.
Nehemia: The Most High, obviously, in Hebrew is El Elyon, and servants of the most high is avdei El Elyon. Todah lachem avdei El Elyon.
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This is what scares me that Israel is depending upon the USA for protection.
Rev, isn’t scripture. It is part of the Roman religion, christianty.
wrong, jc never lived I don’t believe…Deut 4:2 comes to mind.
yup I believe pharaoh made his own neck stiff. How could he learn otherwise.
at the time of WWCG, I enjoyed listening to GTA. It was when the I started to study scripture.
(Sorry for all the comments) there seemed to be some confusion over the line “i will give you the opening of the mouth”, but God struck him dumb early on and gave him conditions for his mouth being opened, and i might be missing something, but is ezek 29:21 different than that? If 24v27 is a forewarning of 33v22, shouldnt 29v21 be a forwarning of the same pattern, that God would literally open ezekiels mouth in his lifetime under the listed conditions?
Ezk 3: v26. And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb… v27. But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them…
Ezk 24: v27. In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb…
Ezk 33: v22. Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
Oh, and the america, england/ephraim, manasseh thing is a doctrine from the old worldwide church of god. I was born into that church, and so far as i know every church that split off from it (and there was a lot, it was a disaster) retained that doctrine. I remember hearing garner ted talk about it all the time. The thing is, all the split off churches became bitter rivals with every other split off church. The insult that the man suffered from you suggesting they knew each other does not surprise me in the least 😅
I thought this was also relevant in 2 kings:
2Ki 18: v21. Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
Rabshakeh says 2Ki 18: v25.”…The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.”, its such a similar idea, it kinda makes me wonder if God told him to say that first part about egypt, sorta like a “words of Necho from the mouth of God” kinda thing
I believe you are correct when you say that the 10th year refers to the exile years. Ezekiel 1:1 says that in the 30th year, Ezekiel had his vision. Then in Ezekiel 4:4-8 it states to lay on his one side for Judah for 40 years to represent the remaining years of iniquity. And we know from Jeremiah that the years of exile were to be 70 years. 70 – 40 = 30th year of the vision.
Thanks for the mental imagery of Egypt in kilts. Bwahahaha I learn while getting a good laugh. Thank Y’all btw I’m actually from Texas. How y’all know Egypt ain’t Texas? LoL
I have read this post. Usually, I read in the Russian language, my mother tongue language. I like to compare and dig deeper for the truth. However, I have found that Ezekiel 29;2 says, ” Behold, I am against you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great dragon that lies
in the midst of his streams,
that says etc.. however, there is no word “great dragon”, but “a crocodile” in Russian translation. In addition, I would like to add that there are so many words in scripture that were translated differently.
I should point out that the ESV indeed translates 29:3 as, ‘ the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams’ , and years ago heard entire sermons on the radio go off on a tangent as some end-time prophecy of satan. Since moving to Texas, I too, get rather nervous hearing all this talk spouting “Pride” of this, that and the other thing (when even the local football team has nothing to be proud of) – it just seems like wishful thinking. Factoring in what the Bible says, I sometimes tell parents maybe what they feel should be described as ‘Joy’ for their children, or state, or team and quote Proverbs “Pride goeth before a stumble, and a haughty spirit before a fall”. I always enjoy hearing these pearls, even years later. Please keep them coming!
Very important to capture Ezekiels dates as 30day months, 360 day-years, in his prophecies, i.e. laying on one side then another but ANYWAY
Egypt had presidents from 1953… Oslo toilet accords 1993, then 2000, then 2007, then Spring Uprising, cuz Egypt currently isn’t Israel’s God-given land yet. The spring failed btw, so Ethiopians populating Egypt in new testament, ik ik, wud be ousted by Islam in 800-ish.
BTW Keith, the heart of pharaoh was hardened by pharaoh himself cuz of the actions of YHVH…Like spanking a child who then vows revenge on ur chastise…ing. lol
I like this Ministry because it really brings to life the readings for me. May the lord bless you Keith and Nehemia. We are now in 2021 and i want to believe that you are aware of the fact that Ethiopia built a dam on a part of the Nile and it could cause a drought situation in Egypt. Right now the two countries are not really in good term. If the other countries like Uganda, Burundi etc decide to claim their portion of the Nile, Egypt will run into problem. What I am saying is that the Nile is no longer the monopoly of Egypt and may be it is the beginning of the 40 years prophesied in the passage. Pharaoh could be Egypt itself as a country run by a government which may not be that friendly to Israel in spite of signed agreement.
once again please stay away from christain teachers. also once again Israel is on the verge of depending on a superpower for protection(the USA) in peace talks between Israel and the palestinians. remember what happened to them the last they did that (with Egypt).
Shalom, y’all! Regarding Egypt being brought low and such, I thought about the fact that Egypt got trounced by the Greeks (I think), and the native pharaohs got replaced by Greek rulers. My Greek and Egyptian history is extremely weak, so I could be totally off.
In Revelation Yerushalaim is called Sodom and Egypt, in my understanding it’s also the Babylon in this book.
Ritualistic abuse handed down by the rabbis as well as the Talmud. The is the script that is used so that the programmers know how to reinenforce the programming for the human software. This is a computer code that is used to enslaved millions of unseen captives from Hollywood to military, all the way to synagogue and churches.
I’m very proud of everyone on your team involved in getting the message of the Tora out. Sometimes it’s a little hard to follow with the additional joking going on and be aware of the ramifications of that according to Proverbs because it Can effect the potentcy of the message.-Shalom.
I’m so happy to have discovered your ministry Nehemia. I stumbled accross you while doing a you tube search when I found you on an A Rood Awakening broadcast. I am in a small country town in rural Queensland, Australia and your teaching is an enormous blessing! I’ve really enjoyed your joyous banter and your excitement at the truths you’re revealing is infectious. May Yehovah bless you in all your endeavours. Shabbat shalom and todah rabah!
It was interesting to find out why Nehemia used a cocradile picture for this prophet pearls, hmmm.
Also, Nehemia was expecting Keith to say that Pharo was hasatan…well yes that’s the way we (Christians and messianics) perceived pharaoh/ Egypt as an evil creature or Hasatan, And we also rebeuke him ( hasatan/Egypt)in Yeshua’s mighty name.
Nehemia, I believe YHVH put the thought in my head/spirit about 3 years ago that “Egypt” in these prophecies is an end-times “spiritual Egypt” as you suggest. We’ll soon see. shalom
whoman:o did Hebrew have capital letters
…and thirdly, a horn represents the authority of office. So, a horn can be all three; physical strength, holy anointing and legal authority. When it’s done right(as in YHVH’s will) the three aspects certainly seem interdependent.
shalom all, Yehovah say he will sanctify his name and I wondered about this until I remembered Ezekiel 36:20 “They came among the nations where they came,and they profaned my holy name when it was said to them, “these are the people of yehovah but from his land they went out”. Remember what Moses said to yehovah when he was about to destroy Israel Numbers 14 specifically verse 13-17. Israel’s presence among the nations is a desecreation of his name. Hence not because of anything Israel does but because of his name yehovah brought back israel into the land but he is not yet finished purifying his name that will happen on the mountains of israel
Shalom! I’m forever grateful for the resources and knowledge you pass on to us. Yehovah Bless you mightily!!!
by the way how do you call one servant [female] of the most high in Hebrew
Shalom brothers and sisters. The Torah pearls and Prophet pearls sections pertaining are awesome and I have a suggestion concerning the 10 years of vrs 1 and the 40 years of vrs 11. Could this be a Jubilee Cycle? Whenever I see ambiguity in scripture, I know it is purpose driven and therefore default to foundational aspects that, in this context, seem to point to multiple time periods and if we overlap the Jubilee cycles of the respective time periods, we see clarity of what Yahovah is putting forth. Advanced information of our day and time can afford us to accomplish this heretofore impossible feat. Now, concerning the 27 year juncture of 29 vrs 17,, I have no clue as yet. Hehe! Sorry. I hope this helps. Blessings to all!
I looked up the Egyptian God Sobek which had a crocodile head and human body God of strength and power patron of the Egyptian army and royal warriors defender of Egyptian people and Pharaoh was also believed to be a God of creation…in light of this as I re-read Ezekiel 29 the words of YAH made more sense and was not Judah forging alliances with Egypt at this time of Ezekiel’s words? I really believe once again YAH was going to show Pharaohs that there is only one true GOD and that this crocodile god which Pharaohs thought made him invincible would once again prove to be nothing and HIS chastise ment of Judah for not trusting YEHOVAH. THANK YOU KEITH AND NEHEMIA! Excellent study.
Correction: Small g when referring to Egyptian god
AH! USA is Ephrayim, like I am. My Hebrew name is Ezracha Bat Ephrayim, We are “the tree that is growing over a wall. That is a picture of the northern tribes, namely EPhrayim, children of the covenant, and the fulfillment of it. HALLELLUYAH
leaving the land and climbing over the walls to escape the wrath of YHWH. running as an adulterous bride. Our ancestors left “The Belief,” Let us not continue on tat path which leads to outer darkness. Let us return to our Elohim at once.
this is the Good News of our Mighty One, YHWH is His name.; “Worship Him who made the shamayim h’eretz, the yom and fountains of mayim, for His judgment is eminent. We are the called back ones, and there are a multitude with me, some still not knowing who they are. Yah whistles, and we SHEMA.
Blow the ram’s horn and warn the people.
We, like our father Abraham, have had to learn to follow YHWH not knowing where we are going. (Saying good by to Babylon and leaving our idolatry behind,
We walk by this belief, that this YHWH does keep his promise to His Am. Isra’el. Am-erica is our name, but truly we are scattered all over the earth with the rest of our brothers, sons of Ya’acob, SHOOB (DO RETURN) which also means to repent, especially for the sins of our forefather’s which we have inherited.
As a nation spread out over a large area, like branches on a great tree ready to fall.Yeah, this people have worshipped many false mighty ones; the list is too long to bear. But I have seen a miracle in my life time, and I have seen more than one.
YHWH keeps His promise to His people Isra’el.
The Torah is forever, and King David said it was his lamp. The Torah of Eloah is my light.
My first name goes back to a Hebrew word meaning “native green tree.” Also, during Sukkot when I go to get my Sukka branches, I also feel connected to the Willow tree. It has always been in all the areas I have lived. I love water. The land of Ephrayim is on the West coast of Isra’el, along he Mediteranian Sea. Ephrayim gate, which was once a gate to a great people blessed by Elohim who became fat and spoiled, and forsook the ways of our father Abraham and went our own way, the way of the nations; as prophesied.
Ephrayim, yeah, these are the children of the promise. These are those of whom Yahushua H’Moshiach, Sar Shalom came, yeah the lost sheep.
Let our shame be turned to joy on that day, the Great Day of YHWH our LORD.
Shalom Yisra’el YHWH Elohenu YHWH echad!
Blessed is he who is coming in the name YHWH!
Worth is the lamb!
Amen Amen
Ephrayim and Yahudah one stick
Hi Kitty, Please have a look at Ezekiel 1:2. He dates his prophetic ministry to the Exile of Joiachin, who was a king of Judah. In Ezekiel 8:1 he is speaking to the elders of Judah. He is talking to the Judahites about their issues, which includes an ultimate reunification with their long lost Northern brothers. Ezekiel is not Hosea. Hosea is actually a prophet to the Northern Kingdom.
Is Ezekiel not the prophet only to the exiles of the Northern Kingdom, aka the Lost Ten Tribes, aka the House of Israel (as opposed to the House of Judah)? In the first chapter he says he was in the community of exiles by the Chebar Canal in the land of the Chaldeans, modern Iraq. Would not that lend a different interpretation to these passages (Ez. 28 – 29), indeed, to all of Ezekiel? Is Ezekiel saying that the House of Israel/Northern Kingdom is to be found in Egypt? Ez. 29:16 “Never again shall they (Egypt) be the trust of the House of Israel, recalling its guilt in having turned to them.”
Thank you guys for another interesting session. We have “strings of pearls”, do we not?
Looking further at the horn which will sprout into the BRANCH. Do you think this is related to the horns on the altar in the use of the same word to indicate the same power and authority?
@Karen Powell, thanks for the horn definitions.
David
So informative and engaging – thank you. Ezek.28:5 wisdom in trade – v-16 abundance of trade – v18 By iniquity of trading – It seems that trade or commerce is the basis of the pride and power of nations. Would this tie in with Rev.13;17 where buying and selling is controlled by having the mark of the system. Commerce again as the source of human needs rather than dependence on Yehovah?
Hi~When you were talking about how some Israeli’s are talking about how powerful they are & how they made their military, it brought to my mind 9/11 and how the President of the United States, the Mayor of New York City, etc. were saying that THEY would rebuild, not giving any credit to Yehovah or not realizing that they, too, were fulfilling this prophecy in Ezekiel 28.
Thank you. Keith & Nehemia for another interesting Prophet Pearl.
May you both be richly Blessed,
Michelle
Question for Nehemiah, what is the figurative picture (if any) regarding the concept of “open field” used for judgment in Ezekiel 29:5:
“I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; You will fall on the open field; you will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
And the compassion shown to Israel at it’s birth in Ezekiel 16:4-9:
“As for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not rubbed with salt or even wrapped in cloths. “No eye looked with pity on you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you. Rather you were thrown out into the open field, for you were abhorred on the day you were born. “When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ …Then I bathed you with water, washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil.
10th, 27th & 40 Years of Egypt
This seems to be the answer for the YEAR references in Ezekiel.
The 10th year refers to the Exile years.
I have a timeline tracking the Years of the Exile, Kings, & Prophets
So it is obvious when you put the Prophets together.
Ezekiel, Jeremiah & Daniel overlapped dates.
I would love some feedback and will stand corrected by any other insight.
Neb Yr 36 / Exile Yr 27th / BC 570 / Month 12 Day 1
Exe 29:13, 17
Nebuchadnezzar conquers Egypt
Egypt is given to Babylon in the 27th Year, 12th Month & 1st day.
40 Years (27 + 40 yr Prophecy = 67)
Belshazzar 1st Yr / Exile Yr 44 / BC 553
Darius 1st Yr / Exile Yr 48 / BC 549 / Dan 9-70 Yr
Vision
Darius 20th / Exile Yr 67 / BC 530 /Jer 29:17 40 Yr End
So approximately 3 years to the 70 years and End of Israel’s Exile
Cyrus comes in and sets Israel free and I’m guessing Egypt is left alone to re-gather?
Cyrus 1st Yr / Exile Yr 70 / BC 527
I stand corrected if any other information I may have missed will correct this.
Shalom to all and great Prophet Pearl
Paul
I have a Excel Worksheet if anyone needs to see this visually and with the permission of Nehemia & Keith I can share..
What Egypt now?
I am in agreement that coming together as YHWH calls us to, and expound with humility for He has a remnant left and all will learn about many facets in His Magnificent Wisdom toward His plan. Thank you for sharing and will return as long as YHWH permits.
I have been apprehended to see the unseen through the eastern culture and seek here for some word depth. For America has been taught based on sight…
http://ancient-hebrew.org/
Listen within for no interpretation comes by human or private translation ONLY by His Spirit.
I meant to say 10th year FROM the captivity…
I believe the 10th year is the Year of Captivity or when Jerusalem is over-run but before the Temple is destroyed – or 1 year before the Temple is destroyed…
Eze 31 goes to the 11th year, 3rd month 1st day…. then the Temple is destroyed
It’s not necessarily an either or,concrete or abstract, literal or figurative. A specific time, era, or a layering.But rather whatever the Creator uses to get his message across and what ever level the person is able, willing, or ready to receive his message at. Why does the Lord speak one moment in concrete manner and then in parables, or symbolism. It depends on who, the degree, and at what point in time, that he wants his message to be understood. It’s his timing not ours.Sometimes, he makes it easy, sometimes, people have to put in effort,exposure. Sometimes, he doesn’t want some people to get the message at all. It’s his field, uniforms, and his football, and no one else really gets to say who he loans out his football to. There is a difference between someone driving past a stadium, or in the parking lot, or one with a ticket that doesn’t go in, or one in the stadium, and one on the bench, and one on the field. It’s just the way it is.
Horn-(function of a horn).to prod, wound, call, assemble, alert.prepare,move out, stop, announce a coming, to announce/seal a kingship, pre request of the Lord’s protection and his coming. Just to name a few.
O.K. excessive use of commas but…
You guys are Awesone, our modern day Elijah and Elisha!!
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