15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, 7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war. ~ 2 Kings 24:15-16
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took all of the important people to Babylon, including all the chief men or the men of rank, the government officials, the artisans and smiths, and even all the men of valor, which were their special forces. After the fall of Jerusalem, King Nebuchadnezzar rounded them all up and marched them off to Babylon, where he assimilated them into Babylonian society. Why? He was strategically removing the threat of a formal rebellion.
Then, the Medes and the Persians conquered Babylon. Cyrus the Great, in his first year of being king of the world, essentially, he makes a proclamation. The Bible also tells us that he puts it in writing, inviting any of the Jews who were led by God to return to Jerusalem could go and rebuild the Temple (Ezra chapter 1). But what happened? How did the Jews respond? Not all of the Jews volunteered to go back, however.
Why would they not want to go back to their own homeland? Because their children were born in the land of Babylon, some of them had grandchildren, others had successful businesses, and they all had homes and were making a successful living there. That was where their lives were now.
There was not very much incentive for returning. The place was destroyed. Their homes were gone, and there were very few opportunities, so they opted to stay where the money was, so to speak. In other words, the deportation and resettlement program worked just as the Assyrians and Babylonians had envisioned it to work. No rebellion, no uprising, only peace and loyalty.
Today, the elites are doing the same thing to the Church. They are trying to separate us from the core Biblical Truths that build the foundation of our Faith and replace them with their own truths. If they can separate us from the Truth of God, then they can have us willingly leave the sheepfold. By the time the Truth is presented to us, we are no longer interested in the Truth because we have claimed the lies that have been fed to us for so long. No longer do we feel comfortable or at home in the sheepfold; now, we are at home in the world.
Therefore, awaken your spiritual eyes and pay close attention to the schemes of the enemy. The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. How can a sheep be destroyed? By being sifted like wheat. By being separated from the Shepherd and the rest of the sheepfold.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Stay With The Sheepfold.