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	<description>The latest blog posts on God&#x00027;s Kingdom Ministries.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:07:24 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 19, The Object of Horror</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 5:15 shows Jerusalem becoming a public warning to the nations—the reverse of her calling to demonstrate the wisdom of God’s ways:
15 So it will be a reproach, a reviling, a warning and an object of horror to the nations who surround you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath and raging rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken.
This fulfills the warning of Deuteronomy 28:37, where the law of tribulation says,
37 You shall become a horror, a proverb, and a taunt among all the people where the Lord drives you.
Ezekiel is applying the sentence already announced through Moses. The four descriptions explain how the surrounding nations would respond. “A reproach” signifies disgrace. Jerusalem’s destruction would expose the failure of her claim to enjoy divine protection while practicing rebellion.
“A reviling” indicates the well-deserved taunts and insults that would follow her humiliation.
“A warning” gives the judgment an instructive purpose.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/11/ezekiel-part-19-the-object-of-horror/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 18, A New Temple Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 5:11 says,
11 “So as I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.”
Ezekiel 5:11 identifies the central offense behind Jerusalem’s judgment: the people had defiled the sanctuary where God had placed His name. “As I live” makes this a solemn divine oath. God pledges the certainty of the judgment by His own life. Jerusalem’s inhabitants might dismiss Ezekiel’s warnings, but their disbelief could not cancel the sentence. Keep in mind, of course, that few people would have agreed with God. Ezekiel was a notable exception.
“You have defiled My sanctuary” explains why the temple would not protect them. They treated the sanctuary as a guarantee of security while violating the holiness it represented.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-18-a-new-temple-site/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 17, This is Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 5:5 says,
5 Thus says the Lord God, “This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.”
Jerusalem occupied a strategically central position among the nations, near the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe. Therefore, it was well positioned to extend the Abrahamic blessing to the surrounding nations—if, indeed, the covenant people had been willing and able to do so. Jerusalem was pivotal in the divine plan under the Old Covenant, but that covenant itself was destined to fail and become “obsolete” (Hebrews 8:13). Paul explains in Galatians 4:22-30 that the Old Covenant was Hagar, corresponding to the earthly city and that it had to be “cast out” in order to give way for the New Covenant—Sarah, representing the heavenly Jerusalem.
Hence, also, we read that Abraham, the father of the New Covenant, sought a heavenly country and a city not made with hands (Hebrews 11:10, 16). There are, then, two Jerusalems, as its name indicates,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-17-this-is-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 16, The Prophecy of Hair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 5:1-4 says,
1 As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword; take and use it as a barber’s razor on your head and beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide the hair. 2 One third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword all around the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will unsheathe a sword behind them. 3 Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges [kanaph, “corners”] of your robes. 4 Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread in all the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 5:1–4 presents a prophetic picture of Jerusalem’s coming judgment. Ezekiel’s hair represents the people, and the way he handles it shows how thoroughly the Babylonian siege would scatter and consume them.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-16-the-prophecy-of-hair/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 15, The Substitution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After God told the prophet to cook his food over dung, rendering it unclean, his reaction came in Ezekiel 4:14, which says,
14 But I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”
Ezekiel is not objecting to the hardship of eating a small ration. He objects to what he understands as personal defilement. As a priest, he had lived with particular attention to the distinction between clean and unclean. The action God commands seems to conflict with the pattern of obedience that had governed his life.
His reference to an animal that “died of itself” recalls Leviticus 17:15 and Deuteronomy 14:21. An animal that died naturally had not been slaughtered and drained of blood in the prescribed manner. His mention of an animal “torn by beasts” recalls Exodus 22:31.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-15-the-substitution/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 14, Eating the Defiled Word</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 4:7 says,
7 Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it. 8 Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
Ezekiel must face the besieged city with his arm uncovered and prophesy against it. His fixed face expresses determination. Earlier, God had strengthened Ezekiel’s forehead against the people’s resistance (Ezekiel 3:8, 9). Now that resolve appears in his unyielding posture toward Jerusalem.
The uncovered arm suggests readiness for action. Isaiah 52:10 speaks of God baring His holy arm to bring salvation; here, the exposed arm accompanies a prophecy of judgment. The same divine power that delivers can also execute a sentence. Ezekiel is therefore doing more than illustrating military events. His posture declares that God has taken an active judicial position against the city.
Verse 8 recalls Ezekiel 3:25,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-14-eating-the-defiled-word/</link>
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		<title>25th Annual Convention in Saharanpur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Fiaz sent me this report today…
Dear Dr. Stephen E. Jones,
Greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
I am delighted to share a brief report on our 25th Annual Convention and Open Evangelism in Saharanpur. We are grateful to God for the opportunity to hold this annual convention and share His Word with people from different villages.
During the convention, I had the privilege of presenting the message of the Gospel using your book Key Words of the Bible. It was a wonderful opportunity to explain the Good News of Jesus Christ and encourage the participants through the teachings of Scripture.
People came from various villages to attend the convention. We also distributed your books among the participants. They were deeply impressed by the books and their titles, which sparked their interest in learning more about biblical truths.
At the conclusion of the convention, a meal was served to all the participants,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/25th-annual-convention-in-saharanpur/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 13, The Prophet&#x00027;s Intercession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 4:1–8 presents the coming siege of Jerusalem through a prophetic sign. Having appointed Ezekiel as a watchman, God now requires him to embody His warning. The prophet’s actions make visible both the siege itself and the accumulated iniquity that brought it about.
Ezekiel 4:1, 2 begins,
1 Now you, son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem. 2 Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise up a ramp, pitch camps and place battering rams against it all around.
God tells Ezekiel to take a brick, place it before himself, and inscribe Jerusalem upon it. He must then construct a miniature siege around the city, including a siege wall, ramp, camps, and battering rams. For the exiles already living in Babylonia, the message was unmistakable: Jerusalem would not escape judgment simply because it contained God’s temple. Ezekiel’s deportation had occurred in 597 B.C.;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-13-the-prophets-intercession/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 12, Restraints and Silence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When a watchman gives warning, he/she should keep in mind the principle in Ephesians 4:15,
15 But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ.
There is a right way and a wrong way to fulfill a watchman’s duty. Many turn truth into a weapon as they hurl it at assumed enemies. In doing so, they tend to curse the deaf and turn truth into a stumbling block in front of the blind. Some think that a prophet’s calling means having the ministry of criticism or a ministry of threats. In so doing, they discredit themselves, and when no one believes their word, they identify with the prophets whose word was often rejected.
I recall a word from the Lord many years ago, where He told me how to warn others or bring correction of some kind. I was not to come with an accusation but humbly with an apology, identifying myself not as a righteous judge but as a fellow imperfect man who has often failed to hear or obey the word of the Lord.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-12-restraints-and-silence/</link>
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		<title>Ministry News from Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I received this email from our ministry representative in Nepal today.
Dear Respected Sir and prayers supporters:
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus!
My wife Kiran and I will be traveling to Hetauda (Makwanpur) on October 22nd to share about God&#x00027;s Kingdom Ministries at a two-day pastors&#x00027; seminar organized by the Bagmati Rural Municipality Pastor Association. At the same time, we will be distributing our printed books, &#x00022;Restoration of All Things,&#x00022; and tracts to the pastors.
We kindly request your prayers for:
* Our safety and protection, as the roads are very winding and curvy.
* The readiness of the hearts of the pastors and local leaders who will be attending.
* Provision for travel and other expenses.
Thank you so much for standing with us and supporting GKM Nepal to expand the mission here.
In His Service,
Sanjeev and Kiran
GKM Nepal
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ministry-news-from-nepal/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 11, Responsibility of a Watchman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel’s call as a watchman is described beginning in Ezekiel 3:18, 19,
18 When I say to the wicked, “You will surely die,” and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered yourself.
If Ezekiel withholds the warning, God holds him responsible for that failure. If he warns faithfully and the hearer refuses, the hearer bears responsibility for that refusal. Ezekiel is accountable to deliver the word, but he cannot compel repentance. This protects him from both negligence and the attempt to control those he serves.
God’s Will and Plan
Paul expresses a related sense of responsibility in Acts 20:26–27,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-11-responsibility-of-a-watchman/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 10, The Watchman&#x00027;s Calling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 3:12-15 says,
12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me, “Blessed be the glory of the Lord in His place.” 13 And I heard the sound of wings of the living beings touching one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, even a great rumbling sound. 14 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went embittered in the rage of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me. 15 Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the river Chebar at Tel-abib, and I sat there seven days where they were living, causing consternation among them.
Ezekiel 3:12–15 describes the prophet’s transition from the vision of God’s throne to his place among the exiles. He is transported supernaturally by the Spirit, deeply affected by the revelation and the difficult commission he has received.
The Spirit Lifts Him
Ezekiel says that the Spirit lifted him, and he heard behind him a great rumbling sound that said,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-10-the-watchmans-calling/</link>
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		<title>The Grand Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/the-grand-design/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 9, The Uncompromised Word</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When God told the prophet to eat the scroll (the word of God) in Ezekiel 3:1-3, its sweetness does not imply that human suffering is enjoyable. The scroll’s contents remain lamentation and woe. Rather, the experience agrees with Psalm 19:9, 10, where the Lord’s judgments are described as true, righteous, and “sweeter also than honey.”
God’s word is sweet because it is His truth, even when that truth exposes sin and announces painful consequences. Ezekiel can delight in communion with God and recognize the righteousness of His judgment while grieving over what the people will endure.
There is a related scene in Revelation 10:8–11, where John eats a little scroll. It tastes sweet but makes his stomach bitter, after which he is commissioned to prophesy again. Ezekiel 3:1–3 mentions only sweetness, though later in verse 14 he was “embittered;” John’s vision explicitly develops the contrast between receiving revelation and bearing its painful implications.
In our governmental theme,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-9-the-uncompromised-word/</link>
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		<title>Report from Pakistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I received this email from Pastor Fiaz recently:
Dear Dr. Stephen E. Jones,
May the Lord richly bless you and your ministry.
On October 5, 2026, we held the launching ceremony of our book, Key Words in the Holy Bible. We invited people from all across Pakistan to attend the ceremony, representing different churches and various fields of life.
I gave copies of the book to Dr. Naeem Saleem, Dr. Shahid Siddiq Gill, and Dr. Faniel Rasheed and asked them to read it and share their thoughts about it. All of them spoke very highly of the book and appreciated its content and message.
We have printed 3,000 copies of this book. During the launching ceremony, the people who received your books were deeply impressed by their topics and by the biblical truths presented in them.
I thank the Lord for bringing you into our lives. Your books are playing an important role in helping bring sound and accurate biblical teaching to churches across Pakistan. Many people contact me and speak very highly of your books,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/report-from-pakistan/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 8, Feeding God&#x00027;s Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 2:6 says,
6 And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.
These divine metaphors refer back to the story of Adam’s sin in Eden, where “thorns and thistles” (Genesis 3:18) were part of the curse of the law for sin. Adam became the archetype of the “old man” (KJV) or the “old self” (NASB) that follows the law of sin (Romans 7:23). Adam was the first “son of God” (Luke 3:38), and when he rebelled, God judged him with the death penalty (Genesis 2:17). So Paul says in Romans 6:23, “the wages of sin is death.”
This was later codified in the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 21:18-21, applicable to the “old man” that all mankind became when born through the flesh. In the broadest sense, we are all children of God, as Paul tells the pagan Greeks in Acts 17:27-29,
27 … He is not far from each of us,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-8-feeding-gods-children/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 7, The Commission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 2 moves from the revelation of God’s glory to the commissioning of His prophet. Ezekiel 2:1, 2 says,
1 Then He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet that I may speak with you!” 2 As He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me.
Ezekiel has fallen on his face before the throne (1:28). God now commands him to stand, and the Spirit supplies the ability to obey.
“Son of man” first identifies Ezekiel as a human being. The Hebrew expression is ben-ʾadam, literally “son of man” or “son of Adam.” In this setting, it emphasizes the contrast between the mortal prophet and the glorious One addressing him. Ezekiel belongs to Adam’s race, and as a descendant of Adam, he inherits at least a portion of Adam’s original call to rule and be fruitful. After Adam sinned, a descendant (inheritor) of Adam was required to undo the resulting chaos and to restore creation.
The address is therefore a messianic title whenever it occurs,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-7-the-commission/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 6, The Expanse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 1:22 says,
22 Now over the heads of the living beings was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of crystal, spread out over their heads.
The Hebrew word translated “expanse” is raqiaʿ, the same word used in Genesis 1:6–8, where God establishes the expanse between the waters above and below. The KJV renders this as the “firmament” separating the waters above from the waters below. It conveys something spread out or extended. In Ezekiel’s vision, it appears as a magnificent overhead surface beneath the throne.
The waters above are the source of rain, especially the former and latter rains (Joel 2:23), which, again, also represent outpourings of the Spirit resulting in fruitfulness in the earth.
This arrangement establishes an order: the throne is above the expanse, and the living creatures and wheels are below it. The creatures exercise their functions under the authority of the One enthroned above them.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-6-the-expanse/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 5, Being Led by the Spirit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The beryl-like appearance of the wheels in Ezekiel 1:16 portrays the preciousness and radiant glory of God’s government. Its association with the high priest’s breastplate also suggests that His rule is joined to priestly representation of His people.
Beryl and Asher
Asher is commonly identified with the beryl (tarshish), because beryl is the tenth stone listed in Exodus 28:17–20, and Asher is Jacob’s tenth son in birth order (Genesis 30:12–13).
However, Exodus does not explicitly assign Asher to beryl. Exodus 28:21 says that the twelve stones bore the names of the twelve tribes but does not specify their arrangement.
The instruction to engrave names “according to their birth” appears in Exodus 28:10, concerning the two onyx shoulder stones. Applying that same order to the breastplate gives beryl = Asher, but that remains an inference. Yet if we assume that the beryl in Exodus 28:20 represents Asher, we might conclude that this has to do with happiness, or being blessed.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<link>https://godskingdom.org/blog/2026/10/ezekiel-part-5-being-led-by-the-spirit/</link>
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		<title>Ezekiel, part 4, The Thrones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezekiel 1:13–21 presents God’s throne as living, active, and perfectly governed by His Spirit. The fire displays His holiness, while the wheels show that His authority can move wherever He wills. For Ezekiel, seeing this in Babylon meant that God’s presence and government were not confined to Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 1:13 says,
13 In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire.
Ezekiel describes burning coals, torches, and lightning moving among the creatures. This recalls the fire associated with God’s presence at Sinai and the pillar of fire that guided Israel through the wilderness. Moses’ description of God’s manifestation at Sinai is found in Deuteronomy 4:12, 24 in this way:
12 Then the Lord spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
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