CHAPTER 46. PRESCRIPTIONS CONCERNING THE EARTHLY TEMPLE. A FINAL VIEW OF THE HEAVENLY TEMPLE. In these final Chapter s of Ezekiel from 40 onwards we have had two parallel themes, the one was the heavenly temple ‘on top of the mountain' in which Ezekiel was led from one aspect to another by a heaven... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTIVITY IN THE EARTHLY TEMPLE. It is anticipated that the earthly temple will have at least one gate, and possibly only one, leading into the inner court, and two leading into the temple precincts. The fact that all attention is focused on the east gate of the inner court and its opening and shutt... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRINCE'S OFFERINGS ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE (EZEKIEL 46:4). “And on the sabbath the whole burnt offering that the prince shall offer to Yahweh shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish, and the meal offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal offering for the sheep as... [ Continue Reading ]
“And when the prince enters he will go in by way of the porch of the gate, and he will go out by that way.” The prince's right of entry and exit to the east gateway is restricted. His access and exit is by the porch of the gate and that alone. That way he avoids treading in the inner court.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVISIONS OF ENTRY FOR THE PRINCE AND PEOPLE ON FEAST DAYS (EZEKIEL 46:9). “But when the people of the land shall come before Yahweh at the appointed feasts, he who enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate, and he who enters by way of the south gate shall go... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MEAL OFFERINGS AT THE FEASTS AND THE APPOINTED TIMES (EZEKIEL 46:11). “And at the feasts and at the appointed times the meal offering shall be an ephah for a bullock and an ephah for a ram and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah. The importance of the meal offerin... [ Continue Reading ]
FREEWILL OFFERINGS OFFERED BY THE PRINCE (EZEKIEL 46:12). “And when the prince shall prepare a freewill offering, a whole burnt offering or peace offerings as a freewill offering to Yahweh, one shall open for him the gate that looks towards the east, and he shall prepare his whole burnt offering an... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAILY OFFERINGS (EZEKIEL 46:13). The change to the second person singular suggests that these were not connected with the prince. These were offerings to be made by the priests on behalf of Israel. “And you will prepare a lamb of the first year without blemish for a whole burnt offering to Yah... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “If the prince give a gift to any of his sons, it is his inheritance. It shall belong to his sons. It is their possession by inheritance.” The portion is God's gift to the prince and his successors and is his permanently. If he passes any along to his sons, it is theirs... [ Continue Reading ]
“But if he give to one of his servants a gift from his inheritance it shall be his to the year of liberty. Then it shall return to the prince. But as for his inheritance, that shall be for his sons.” The prince could give a gift from his portion to a faithful servant, but it would be his only to th... [ Continue Reading ]
“Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession. He shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, so that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.” If the prince wanted his sons to have possessions, it must be... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Then he brought me through the entry which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked towards the north, and behold there was a place at their extreme western end. And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the si... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINE REVEALS MORE OF THE HEAVENLY TEMPLE (EZEKIEL 46:19). The account now suddenly picks up abruptly with the heavenly visitant continuing to reveal the heavenly temple as though nothing had come between. That this is so is clear from comparison with Ezekiel 47:3, and in... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Then he brought me out into the outer court and made me pass by the four corners of the court, and behold in every corner of the court here was a (smaller) court. In the four corners of the court there were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty broad. These four in the four corners were of... [ Continue Reading ]