Foolish prophets

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the word of Yahuah came to me, saying, “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Yisra’el  who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, ‘Hear the word of Yahuah!’ ” (Ezekiel 13:1-2)

Many so-called prophets say “This said Yahuah or God,” but was or is this false prophesy. People in-between us will prophesy and we believe they are speaking from Yah, when they are not. Anyone speaking outside of scripture must be questioned.

Ezekiel 13:3 Thus said the Master Yahuah, “Woe to the foolish prophets, who are following their own spirit, without having had a vision!

How easy can someone say he/she had a vision and not know if it's a false vision. How do we know when someone is a false prophet? To start off we need to know what the scripture says and therefore test everything said.

 

Ezekiel 13:4-5 “O Yisra’el, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins. “You have not gone up into the breaches, nor do you build a wall for the house of Yisra’el to stand in battle on the day of Yahuah.

The prophets did not help the people to repentance but instead gave them flattering promises and false predictions.

Ezekiel 13:6 “Their visions are false and their divinations a lie, saying, ‘Thus declares Yahuah,’ when Yahuah has not sent them, yet they expected the word to be confirmed!

We have heard this many times, in a church, on a youtube video or a voice note on Whatsapp saying they have seen visions. Are these visions true or false? The scripture says we must test all things. We can ask Yah through His Ruach (Spirit) to confirm if what this person is saying is from Him. We can ask Yah too give us one more witness to confirm if true or false.

Ezekiel 13:7 “Have you not seen a false vision, and have you not spoken a divination of lies? You say, ‘Yahuah declares,’ when I have not spoken.”

Some were false prophets of false deities and some falsely spoke in the name of Yahuah. There is a similar situation today; many falsely prophesy in the name of the Babylonian deity called “god” and others falsely prophesy using the true name of the Creator Yahuah. Many say “Yah said so, when Yah did not say so.”

 

Ezekiel 13:8 Therefore thus said the Master Yahuah, “Because you have spoken falsehood and seen lies, therefore see, I am against you,” declares the Master Yahuah.

Maybe these false prophets get it right to deceive people but they cannot deceive Yahuah.

Ezekiel 13:9 “My hand shall be against the prophets who see falsehood and who divine lies. They shall not be in the council of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Yisra’el, and they shall not enter into the land of Yisra’el. And you shall know that I am the Master Yahuah.

This verse tells us Yah will ensure these false prophets will not be among His people for long when they are removed by Yah.

Ezekiel 13:10 “Because, yea because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace. And when one is building a wall, see, they are coating it with whitewash!

One thing I have learnt over the past few years is to be careful of someone saying peace is coming soon.

 

Ezekiel 13:11-12 “Say to those who coat it with whitewash: it shall fall! There shall be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones: fall! –and a stormy wind breaks it down, and see, the wall shall fall! Shall you not be asked, ‘Where is the coating with which you coated it?’ ”

In ancient times walls had to be plastered yearly with lime to stop rain and mold from eroding the house. Here, the false prophets are telling the people that there will be peace. Elohim uses the analogy of someone plastering with lime that will not stick but fall as Israel will go into captivity and will not be able to plaster their homes. Peace will not be.

Ezekiel 13:13-15 Therefore thus said the Master Yahuah, “I shall break down with a stormy wind in My wrath, and a flooding rain in My displeasure, and great hailstones in wrath, to consume.“ And I shall throw down the wall you have coated with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, and its foundation shall be uncovered. And it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. And you shall know that I am Yahuah. “So I shall complete My wrath on the wall and on those coating it with whitewash, and say to you, ‘The wall is no more, nor those whitewashing it –

Punishment will come upon these false prophets who deceived Yah’s people.

 

Ezekiel 13:16 the prophets of Yisra’el who are prophesying concerning Jerusalem, and who are seeing visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ ” declares the Master Yahuah.

Jeremiah 6:14 “And they heal the breach of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

Be wise my friends, test all things! Ask Yahuah to confirm what is true and false.

Trust Yahuah.