“But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted” (Ezk. 3:7).
As followers of Christ, we are concerned. Like the prophet Isaiah, we have answered the call, and we have shared the gospel with others. And we wonder, “Why don’t the people we’ve witnessed to, respond?
He said that the people have eyes that do not see. They read the scriptures, but the truths therein are like white doves that flutter and lift off, and glide back up into the blue heavens from whence they came. They see only the natural, obvious things in the 3rd dimension, but not the spiritual operations behind the scenes. They hear His words, but they do not perceive the inward cause of the sounds.
“Isaiah 6:9-10 in the Greek version: And he said, “Go and say to this people, ‘When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend.’ For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes—so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.” [Compare Matt 13:14-15; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; Acts 28:26-27]
In a word, they are spiritually blind, deaf, and naked to the truth as to where we have been, where we are, and where we are going (Rev. 3:17-18).
“They Will Not Listen to Me”
This is difficult for us to understand—that God as the Author of our faith would write the script as seen above. And, yet, we have heard that “His ways are past finding out.” His thoughts are not our thoughts. His ways are not our ways (Isa. 55:8-11).
But we can study and pray, and He promised that He would send the Spirit of truth to lead us into all truth, until we realize that all things are of God (I Cor. 8:6).
It is God’s will that the people have their hearts hardened so that they cannot see his truth. At this time. It seems that God has a certain time in the future when the people will turn to Him. It is a question of timing.
But Isaiah cries, “How long, Yahweh, will they be blind? Until the cities are wiped out and depopulated. Sounds like the Tribulation Period. “How long, O Yahweh?” Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste (Isa. 6:11).
And so, we must ask, “What if the concepts of Christianity have been taught by people who “have eyes but cannot see and ears that cannot hear and understand”? What if they have it all wrong?
Thousands of denominations attest to this, for all of them cannot be right in their concepts. Somebody has got it wrong. What if “the blind are leading the blind”? Christ spoke this about the leading religious denominations of his day.
Likewise, today we see that mainstream Christianity has not uncovered a clue in solving the “mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.” They continue to apply third dimensional thinking. Their theology throws together doctrines that are not evidenced in the Bible—doctrines like the rapture. How convenient to fly away before the devastation hits! They pin their spiritual future on the word “rapture,” a word not even in the Bible. Moreover, they have a godhead with three persons instead of the Holy One of Israel [The phrase “Holy One of Israel” appears 31 times in the scriptures. Read all 31 verses and see if three persons appear. Yahweh speaks to this: “I am your Savior and shield. I am the Holy One of Israel.” Read them here: Blue Letter Bible – Search Results for KJV.]
Mysteries abound in the Bible. Most denominations have a very narrow view of the Bible story and are closed to “new” revelations through fear of being deceived. Also, confessing that you are mistaken in believing what they taught you about the Father and Christ and the Holy Spirit is the hardest thing to do.
And so it goes. But they will one day in Yahweh’s timing turn with broken hearts to your voice, my brothers and sisters. When the people you’ve ministered to have lost all their material goods that they trusted in, then they will see and hear you. Their day of humility will come as it did for Joseph’s brothers, who hated him and betrayed him. But Joseph waited on Yahweh for the time to shower his love and show mercy on his brothers. They were destitute through a famine.
Though few will listen to the Spirit’s voice that moves our lips, you and I keep on being that faithful witness to those He loves. Until a great shaking covers the land, we remain faithful to His cause. Only He can prepare hearts for the words that we shall continue to speak until that day. Kenneth Wayne Hancock
Wonderful writing!!! Yes it is easy to get discouraged to tell the truth of the word, but as you wrote with supporting scripture people are blinded as they close their hearts and minds to serve the Lord in spirit and truth. They go by what they see and not through faith believe in the unseen where God resides.
Many Blessings Always Dear Brother
Julia
Thank you so much for the encouraging comment. So, the waiting for the promise a la the book of Acts when power was given to reach out and call the blind to His harvest. Wayne
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As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the son of man.
In Noah’s day the masses would not hear him, they scoffed and mocked him and didn’t listen to YAH’s messenger.
still Noah preached the message of repentance to them because he loved YAH’s creation and he didn’t want any to be destroyed.
We love them by telling them the TRUTH and giving them hope of deliverance from destruction through Yahshua the one and only saviour for mankind.
So true. “Nothing new under the sun.” Thank you for your comment. Wayne