{"id":73648,"date":"2020-04-22T13:16:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T10:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=73648"},"modified":"2020-04-22T13:16:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T10:16:56","slug":"false-prophets-and-flimsy-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/false-prophets-and-flimsy-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"False Prophets And Flimsy Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"73648","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":46656,"related_cahpter":"465","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Structures without a true foundation are bound to crumble\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ezekiel is commanded to prophecy about the false prophets who \u201cfollow their own spirit\u201d (3), \u201cspoke worthless words\u201d (8), and \u201cbuilt a wall and smeared it with plaster\u201d (10).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That God intends to punish these false prophets can\u2019t be a surprise to anyone. When God first introduced the concept of prophecy to Moses, He stipulated, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cthe prophet that shall speak a word presumptuously in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die\u201d (Deut. 18:20).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our sages posit two interpretations for what constitutes a false prophet. In one instance, it is someone who knowingly makes up prophecies and offers them as the word of God or manipulates the word of God to fit their own agenda. That is characterized as insidious behavior. The other is that a false prophet arises when someone\u2019s imagination deludes them into believing that they have the gift of prophecy and hear the word of God. But either way, the punishment for being a false prophet is the same. Why? Isn\u2019t the latter case a mistake?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein offers this explanation. Even if a false prophet was mistaken about a seemingly prophetic experience, if they were a good person, they would use whatever they thought they heard for good. But these false prophets took whatever they mistakenly heard or intentionally invented and used it to create \u201ca flimsy wall \u201c(v. 10). God points specifically to the false prophets\u2019 attempts to exploit the people\u2019s vulnerabilities and undermine the efforts of the true prophets whose intent was to elicit repentance. The false prophets tried to convince the people that there would be peace, and all would be well. That would certainly be the preferable message to hear when in dire straits, and thus the preferable prophet to follow. By intentionally creating divisiveness among the nation and preventing repentance among those who fell into their camp, they deserve the full punishment God intends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This episode concludes with God commanding Ezekiel to tell these false prophets that their flimsy wall is going to fall apart, and the nation will understand that it had no foundation to begin with. 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