It's interesting to note that, having dedicated 42 claims to the book of Isaiah, the list maker only dedicates eight to the book of Jeremiah and three to the book of Ezekiel. This claimed prophecy is not about Jesus, it is about the man made the ruler of the Jews by the Emperor of Babylon after the king (and his direct family) from the royal family of David is killed. Tzidkiyyahu / צִדְקִיָּהוּ / Zedekiah exalted king is deposed. Gedaliah / גְּדַלְיָּה the son of Ahikam -- not of the royal line (humble) is made the ruler / governor of Judah. by the Babylonian Emperor Nebuchadnezzar II. The image is of a seal found at Lachish (southwest of Jerusalem), dating to roughly 600 B.C.E., which says: “Gedaliah, who is over the house.” The passage in Ezekiel is not a messianic prophecy -- and yet again the list maker (and the Christian bible) lays claim to something completely out of context and immaterial. The exalted king is removed by the Babylonian emperor and the humble son of a scribe is made ruler by the Babylonians. Gedaliah / גְּדַלְיָּה is mentioned in M'lachim Beit / 2 Kings 25:22 - 26, Y'rmiyahu / Jeremiah 39:13 - 14. and Y'rmiyahu / Jeremiah 40. The passage in Ezekiel is not a messianic prophecy, it is not about Jesus or about generic "humble" replacing generic "exalted" ones. . . No -- it is about a very specific happening in history -- the deposition of the king of Judah and his replacement with a puppet ruler by the Babylonians. Talk about out of context claims! Y'chezkel / Ezekiel was a kohein (a priest) born in Jerusalem who was one of the exiles to Babylon. There were many idolaters among the Jewish exiles and Ezekiel was the prophet G-d assigned to bring them back to Him through teshuvah (repentance). "The soul that sins, it shall die; a son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and a father shall not bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself." And if the wicked man repent of all his sins that he has committed and keeps all My laws and executes justice and righteousness, he shall surely live, he shall not die " Y'chezkel / Ezekiel 18:20 - 21. It is not surprising that the list maker ignores chapter 18 -- G-d clearly says there is no need for Jesus and that men are not doomed to hell through sin. No, people can turn to G-d and repent -- He will forgive. No sacrifice needed. In Y'chezkel / Ezekiel 21 G-d is speaking of Babylon -- it has nothing to do with one person (Jesus). is speaking of G-d's prophecy of what would happen to the Jews during the Babylonian exile Because the people have not turned to G-d the rulers and royalty will die by the sword (Y'hoyakim, Yosiah and the sons of Tzidkiyyahu / Zedekiah, who lived some 600 years before Jesus). Tzidkiyyahu / Zedekiah will be the last Davidic king until the time of the messiah. When Ezekiel says "So said the L-rd G-d: I shall remove the turban and lift off the crown; neither this nor that [will remain]; the humble will be uplifted, and the high will be humbled." Y'chezkel / Ezekiel 21:31. G-d is saying that the rulers -- including Tzidkiyyahu / Zedekiah -- will lose power (and lives) -- and those who were formerly not rulers (humble) will rule. This has nothing to do with Jesus. Rashi says "Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to whom it did not belong, will take it, and Zedekiah, to whom it did belongit will be taken from him." Gedaliah was made governor of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar after he exiled most of the Jews from the land of Israel. Jeremiah stayed in Judah -- to Mizpah, north of Jerusalem, where Gedaliah ruled. Jeremiah was given the support of Gedaliah. Gedaliah was submissive to Babylon to ensure the few Jews who were allowed to remain in Judah. Under his rule the Jewish colony prospered. He was assassinated by Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, a descendant of the royal house of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah. After his death the Jews were scattered and what little control there had been by the remaining Jews was lost. His assassination is commemorated yearly with the Fast of Gedaliah. By birth, humble -- by fate a ruler. Luke 1 and Mary's song aside, this has nothing to do with Jesus or Mary or the messiah -- it has been lifted out of context to be made to seem to fit Jesus.
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