Standing In The Gap For The Restoration Of Men

When MEN Are Restored, FATHERS Will Be Restored!

Hebrews 5:8 (AMP)
"Although He was a Son [who had never been disobedient to the Father], He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered."

Psalm 12:1 (TLB)
"Lord! Help! Godly men are fast disappearing. Where in all the world can dependable men be found?"

Ephesians 2:20 (NLT):
"Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself."

There is a Breach or a Gap
Ecclesiastics 10:8 (KJV)
"He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him."

Malachi 4:5-6
LUKE Repeats Malachi 4 - in Luke 1:17 (AMP):
"It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous [which is to seek and submit to the will of God]—in order to make ready a people [perfectly] prepared [spiritually and morally] for
the Lord.”

(ERV):
"John himself will go ahead of the Lord and make people ready for his coming. He will be powerful like Elijah and will have the same spirit. He will make peace between fathers and their children. He will cause people who are not obeying God to change and start thinking the way they should.”

Ezekiel 22:23-30: EVERYTHING BEGINS WITH LEADERSHIP
Prophet, Priest & Prince
SubTopic: “Sins of Jerusalem” - Verse 1 - 16
SubTopic: Israel in the Furnace - Verses 17 - 22
SubTopic: Israel’s Wicked Leaders - Verses 23 - 31

(MSG): Verses 1-5:
"God’s Message came to me: “Son of man, are you going to judge this bloody city or not? Come now, are you going to judge her? Do it! Face her with all her outrageous obscenities. Tell her, ‘This is what God, the Master, says: You’re a city murderous at the core, just asking for punishment. You’re a city obsessed with no-god idols, making yourself filthy. In all your killing, you’ve piled up guilt. In all your idol-making, you’ve become filthy. You’ve forced a premature end to your existence. I’ll put you on exhibit as the scarecrow of the nations, the world’s worst joke. From far and near they’ll deride you as infamous in filth, notorious for chaos."

Verses 23-31
"And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 24 “Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’ 25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured people; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26:Her priests have violated My law and profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27:Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy people, and to get dishonest gain. 28:Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken. 29:The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger. Verse 30: So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the
gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one."

(ERV):
“I asked the people to change their lives and protect their country. I asked people to fix the walls. I wanted them to stand by those holes in the wall and fight to protect their city. But no one came to help!"

(EXB):
“I looked for someone to ·build up [repair; 13:5] the walls and to stand before me ·where the walls are broken [in the gap/breach] ·to defend these people [on behalf of the land] so I would not have to destroy them. But I could not find anyone."

(NLT):
“I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one. 31 So
now I will pour out my fury on them, consuming them with the fire of my anger. I will heap on their heads the full penalty for all their sins. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”