Yesha’yah(u) which means YHWH has saved(lit. "salvation of the Lord,")the most quoted prophet, in modern and ancient scripture and YEhezqel , lit. "God strengthens,"watchman of Israel,Ez3:17. Two famous men whom God called to prophesy in a chaotic and divided kingdom.
God uses these men as a good examples of both prophets and a watchman.To hear the word of God through the Holy Ghost (is still the best way to understand the bible)and an obedient prophets of God..Of course, you should also listen to the brethren(in whom God put the holy Spirit)that the Lord will send you.Both of this prophets suffer terrible persecution in their service to God.
Like others prophets including Jeremiah and Daniel, they did not deny their duty unto God. May we also have the courage to tell the absolute truth concerning the word of God in front of men. Jn17:17 Heb.4:14
The Function of a watchtower(of the wall of china)
Signal fires were used to send messages from tower to tower. One puff of smoke meant 100 enemy soldiers approaching; two puffs meant 500, and each additional puff another 500. It took several hours to send a message the entire length of the Great Wall.
A watchman's is in charge of informing, alerting the kingdom of the approaching enemy.
That is why it is an important job,and the watchman must stay awake to the right information,so that the kingdom may be protected from invading enemies
Although the walls of China has been called both a blessing and a curse,a blessing because it alerted them from the invaders from the north, but a curse, because the wall did not prevented the mongols from their raiding,that is why there is a continuous repair, though in latter times they replace it with stones. the idea of a watchtower is superb,both as a boundary and an alert post. they also have cannon there. To blast the enemy. Isa 21:5,8
Fun Fact
- The signal fires were called langyan, meaning "wolves' smoke" because the fires were sometimes kept burning with wolf dung.
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Again, When a righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous [man], that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. Eze 3:18-21
