The true gospel is the good news of the coming kingdom of God, which is a kingdom God will set up on this earth. It is the kingdom spoken of in Daniel 2:44. "And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever."
This is the gospel that Jesus Christ preached. It includes everything about that kingdom. It includes the law of God because God's law will be the way of life practiced in that kingdom. Includes the prophecies concerning the coming kingdom of God. It includes everything about Jesus Christ because Jesus Christ will be the King of that kingdom. It includes everything about salvation made available through Jesus Christ, because that process of salvation is how we can enter that kingdom.
The Ezekiel warning is a warning to the nations of Israel. It is not just a warning to the Jews. The Jews are not all of Israel. Israel is made up of twelve tribes, and the Jews are primarily the tribes of Judah and Benjamin with part of Levi. There are ten other tribes of Israel in existence today, not known as Jews, and the Ezekiel warning is a warning for them too. It is a warning of punishment to come for our sins, and it is a warning for our time. The warning is described briefly in Ezekiel 3:16-21 and Ezekiel 33:1-20, but there is much more in the rest of the Bible.
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