The Way of Life

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:1

During the past four years (from 2020 to 2023), it felt as if the entire world was caught in a current much like that of the captives by the River Chebar. The River Chebar, nestled in the heart of Babylon, was where King Nebuchadnezzar issued an edict: a command to fall down before a golden statue upon the sound of "horn, flute, harp, and lyre, in symphony with all kinds of music."

"To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, that at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up; and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”

Daniel 3:4-6

This music played during the COVID pandemic was a relentless anthem entitled "Safe and Effective," played by a grand ensemble of entities—the voices and hands of global organizations, political leaders, mammoth corporations, healthcare systems, and the mainstream media (symbolizing “all kinds of music”).

During this period, two types of sheep emerged. In a biblical sense, we are all symbolized as sheep.

However, when the music played, you could see the sheep that chose captivity versus those who decided to walk through the gates into the "fiery furnace," shepherded by the Truth (i.e., the Son of God). Three men were cast into the fiery furnace, but then a fourth was seen (The Shepherd, The Son of God, The Truth). They were being led by “the Truth”.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?”
They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”

Daniel 3:24-25

The sheep in captivity were at the mercy of their keepers, consuming whatever was fed to them. They were fed directives such as “Stay at home, wear a mask, and get injected,” or they would be cast into the fiery furnace.

On the contrary, the sheep that were led out of the gate by the Truth (Jesus is the manifestation of Truth - “I am the Truth, the Way, and the Life”) were noteworthy. The Shepherd leads His sheep into green pastures.

“He makes me lie down in green pastures”

Psalm 23:2

The sheep that chose to be led into green pastures fed on whatever they found in the pastures (as opposed to the sheep in captivity who are fed whatever the keepers gave them). It symbolizes "independent thinking.”

To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

John 10:3-4

Signing off for now!
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