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Eze 48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the
coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border
of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east
and west; a portion for Dan.
Eze 48:2 And by the border of Dan, from the
east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
Eze 48:3 And by the
border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for
Naphtali.
Eze 48:4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side
unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
Eze 48:5 And by the border
of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
Eze 48:6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the
west side, a portion for Reuben.
Eze 48:7 And by the border of Reuben,
from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
Eze 48:8 And
by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the
offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth,
and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west
side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
Eze 48:9 The
oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty
thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
Eze 48:10 And for
them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north
five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in
breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south
five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be
in the midst thereof.
Eze 48:11 It shall be for the priests that are
sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not
astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
The faithful ones are rewarded by being part of the new millennial
reign of Christ. I've heard of the Zadok priesthood as opposed to the ones
that went astray.
We have churches today who are like the Zadok
priesthood in that they stay true to the word of God and do not compromise
to please the world around them. Then we have those that want to be accepted
by the mainstream so they look and act just like the world, doing a few good
deeds along the way so that people will believe they hold to the truth when
the truth has long since left them.
In the end though, God is the
judge and those that stay faithful to the word even if it is not popular
with man, will be the ones to rule and reign with Christ.
Sanctification means to be set apart for the service of the Lord. Along with
that separation is also a separation from the love of the world and the
world's system. Sin is no longer a part of a sanctified vessel of the Holy
Spirit. To be ready when the Lord comes and to be able to be counted worthy
to stand before Jesus and not enter into great tribulation, one must be
ready always looking for His coming, full of faith and the attitude of
obedience to His word.
We should desire the presences of the Lord.
God does not come where He is not wanted. If we do not want the Holy Spirit
in our midst or the presence of God among us, He will not be there. His hand
of protection will not be there.
The fruits need to be within us.
Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
temperance.
To spread the gospel, we need the word of wisdom, word or knowledge, gift
of faith, gifts of healing, gift of miracles, gift of prophecy, discernment
of spirits, tongues and interpretation.
Until Jesus returns and sets
up His kingdom, we need every gift of the spirit and all heaven has to offer
us to spread the gospel and obey the great commission that the church was
commissioned to do until the coming of Jesus Christ.
The Zadok
priesthood was rewarded for not straying away from the truth and going into
idolatry. Can the same thing be said of you and me?
Eze 48:12 And
this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most
holy by the border of the Levites.
Eze 48:13 And over against the border
of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length,
and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty
thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
Eze 48:14 And they shall not
sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for
it is holy unto the LORD.
Eze 48:15 And the five thousand, that are left
in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane
place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in
the midst thereof.
Eze 48:16 And these shall be the measures thereof;
the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four
thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five
hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
Eze 48:17 And
the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and
toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and
fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
Eze 48:18 And the
residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten
thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against
the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food
unto them that serve the city.
Eze 48:19 And they that serve the city
shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
Eze 48:20 All the
oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye
shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
Eze 48:21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and
on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over
against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border,
and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west
border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy
oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
Eze 48:22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the
possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's,
between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the
prince.
Eze 48:23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto
the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
Eze 48:24 And by the
border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have
a portion.
Eze 48:25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side
unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
Eze 48:26 And by the border of
Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
Eze
48:27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side,
Gad a portion.
Eze 48:28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side
southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in
Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
Eze 48:29 This is the
land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance,
and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
Eze 48:30 And these
are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five
hundred measures.
Eze 48:31 And the gates of the city shall be after the
names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben,
one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
Eze 48:32 And at the east side four
thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate
of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
Eze 48:33 And at the south side four
thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one
gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
Eze 48:34 At the west side four
thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate
of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
Eze 48:35 It was round about eighteen
thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD
is there.
I wish that all nations of the earth would read this last
chapter of Ezekiel. Israel has not yet come into their full inheritance.
Instead they are constantly pressured into giving up more land for peace.
Yet when they do, it does not bring peace.
As we saw in chapter 47,
God even made provisions for Gentiles that lived among Israel. There is no
need of all this fighting and warring.
If Israel was given all the
land God promised them, it would be good for the Middle east, not bad. The
dessert would bloom like a rose. The economy would prosper (If Israel would
acknowledge the Lord in all things), Arabs would also be blessed and
affected by their prosperity.
We hurt ourselves when we hurt Israel.
All nations we be brought before the judgment seat of Christ. They will be
judge on how they treated Israel and on how they treated "born again"
followers of Jesus Christ.
Those verses that say, "I was hungry and
ye gave me no meat" refer to whether or not nations helped Israel in their
time of distress.
Mat 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his
glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne
of his glory:
Mat 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations:
and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his
sheep from the goats:
Mat 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right
hand, but the goats on the left.
Mat 25:34 Then shall the King say unto
them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Mat 25:35 For I was
hungry, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a
stranger, and ye took me in:
Mat 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was
sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Mat 25:37
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry,
and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Mat 25:38 When saw we
thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Mat 25:39
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Mat 25:40
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch
as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Mat 25:41 Then shall he say
also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Mat 25:42 For I was hungry,
and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Mat
25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not:
sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Mat 25:44 Then shall they
also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a
stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Mat 25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Mat 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal.
WE must be very careful how we treated the nation of Israel and those
that preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I didn't say these things, Jesus
did.
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