Erdogan, Putin & Rouhani speak to media after trilateral talks on Syria | Ezekiel 38

Presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran have discussed the settlement of Syrian crisis. The Ankara summit takes place as US is accusing Tehran of the attack on Saudi oil facilities for which Yemen's Houthis claimed responsibility.

At the meeting in Ankara on Monday, Presidents Vladimir Putin, Hassan Rouhani and Recep Erdogan – of Russia, Iran and Turkey respectively discussed how to help Syrian refugees, many of whom are in Turkey, and the creation of "safe zones" so that could come back home.

The leaders also urged the creation of Syrian Constitutional Committee that should become the cornerstone of the political solution of the crisis. 

Rouhani criticized the presence of US troops in Syria saying Washington had "dangerous objectives" of "dismembering" the country, as well as Israel's bombardments saying they "violate the national sovereignty of Syria."

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Siria si Gaza vor fi nimicite/ Syria and Gaza Strip will be destroyed

[RO] "Iată, Damascul nu va mai fi o cetate, ci va ajunge un morman de dărâmături;" - Isaia 17,1.

 "S-a isprăvit cu cetăţuia lui Efraim şi s-a sfârşit cu împărăţia Damascului; dar rămăşiţa Siriei va fi ca slava copiilor lui Israel, zice Domnul oştirilor," -  Isaia 17,3

 "Vor mai rămâne doar câteva, ca la scuturatul măslinului: două, trei măsline pe vârful crengilor, patru sau cinci în ramurile cu roade”, zice Domnul, Dumnezeul lui Israel. - Isaia 17,6

"În ziua aceea, cetăţile lui întărite vor fi ca dărâmăturile din pădure şi de pe vârful muntelui, părăsite odinioară înaintea copiilor lui Israel: va fi o pustie!" - Isaia 17,9

Vai, ce vuiet de popoare multe, care urlă cum urlă marea! Ce zarvă de neamuri, care mugesc cum mugesc nişte ape puternice.  Neamurile mugesc cum mugesc apele mari… Dar când le mustră Dumnezeu, ele fug departe, izgonite ca pleava de pe munţi, la suflarea vântului, ca ţărâna luată de vârtej. Spre seară, vine o prăpădenie neaşteptată şi până dimineaţa nu mai sunt! Iată partea celor ce ne jupoaie şi soarta celor ce ne jefuiesc. - Isaia 17,12-14
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 ,,Am auzit ocările Moabului şi batjocurile copiilor lui Amon, cînd defăimau pe poporul Meu, şi se ridicau cu trufie împotriva hotarelor lor". (peste granitele lor) Tefania 2:8  (Moabul = Iordania Centrala de azi. Copiilor lui Amon = Iordania de Nord.)

 ,,Aşa vorbeşte Domnul, Dumnezeu: ,Pentrucă Filistenii s’au dedat la răzbunare, pentrucă s’au răzbunat în chip batjocoritor şi din adîncul sufletului, voind să nimicească totul, în ura lor străveche,
aşa vorbeşte Domnul, Dumnezeu: ,,Iată că Îmi întind mîna împotriva Filistenilor, nimicesc cu desăvîrşire pe Cheretiţi, şi prăpădesc tot ce a mai rămas pe coasta mării,"  - Ezechiel 25:15-16
(Filistenii = Gaza, West Bank Cheretiti = denumirea greaca a filistenilor pentru ca ei se trag din Grecia, pentru ca ei sunt pe coasta marii.)

,,Căci Gaza va fi părăsită, Ascalonul va fi pustiit, poporul din Asdod va fi izgonit ziua namiaza mare, şi Ecronul va fi smuls din rădăcini.
Vai de locuitorii de pe malurile mării, vai de neamul Cheretiţilor! Aşa a vorbit Domnul împotriva ta, Canaane, ţara Filistenilor: ,Te voi nimici şi nu vei mai avea locuitori!
 Malurile mării vor ajunge izlazuri de păşunat, locuinţe pentru păstori, şi tîrle de oi.
Malurile acestea vor fi pentru rămăsiţele casei lui Iuda; acolo vor paşte; se vor odihni seara în casele Ascalonului; căci Domnul, Dumnezeul lor, nu -i va uita, şi va aduce înapoi pe prinşii lor de război." - Tefania 2:4-7
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 [EN] The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. - Isaiah 17:1 KJV

 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts. - Isaiah 17:3 KJV

 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel. - Isaiah 17:6 KJV

 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. - Isaiah 17:9 KJV

 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.  And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. - Isaiah 17:12‭-‬14 KJV
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 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. - Zephaniah 2:8 KJV

Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;  Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. - Ezekiel 25:15‭-‬16 KJV

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.  Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.  And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.  And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
Zephaniah 2:4‭-‬7 KJV

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Restoration (Ezekiel 37:1-14)

God’s promises are so great that faith staggers before them. That’s how it was for God’s people in the time of Ezekiel. Jerusalem lay in ruins. Most of the people had fled or died. Those who survived were exiles in Babylon under a regime that had not intention of letting them go.

God’s people knew His promises. But the destruction of evil, the blessing of God on people from all nations, and the joys of the Davidic kingdom seemed like another world from the daily grind of God’s people, who struggled to sing the Lord’s song in a strange land.

God gave Ezekiel a vision in which he saw a valley of dry bones. It was a picture that fitted the mood of God’s people who were saying “Our bones are dried up and our hope in gone, we are cut off” (Ezekiel 37:11).

Ezekiel spoke God’s Word to the bones, and as He did, the bones came together. Then they were covered with tendons, flesh and skin. Then God breathed life into the corpses, just as He had breathed life into Adam. God was bringing new life from the grave.

Broad sweep of God’s promise.
- To create people in His image.
- To deliver His people from evil.
- To bring people from every nation into His blessing.
- To reconcile people to Himself through the sacrifice offered for our sins.
- To establish the Kingdom of His Son forever.
- To cause His people to walk in His ways, and now,
- To give new life from the grave.

Those who question the uniqueness of Jesus underestimate the promises of God. Who else could accomplish what God has promised?

God makes promises so great that only God Himself can deliver them. So God took human flesh. The Creator entered His own creation. God came and stood with us, acting for us, to fulfill His own promise. The Word who was with God, and was God, and by whom all things were made, became flesh and made His dwelling among us (John 1:2, 14).

All of God’s promises are sealed with His own ‘Yes’ in Christ Jesus, and you can add your ‘Amen’ with the full confidence that everything God has promised is yours in Him (2 Corinthians 1:20).



Colin Smith, Senior Pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church
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