Day 255. Ezekiel 41-44

Brother V · **Day 255. Ezekiel 41-44 -** 06-16-2010, 03:32 PM

Ezekiel 41-44

Ezekiel 41

1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.

Ezekiel get to tour the temple some more.

The above image is of the Visionary Ezekiel Temple plan. It was drawn by 19th century French architect Charles Chipiez.

18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

Why do cherubs have multiple faces? Why did the cherubs in Ezekiel 10 have four faces? Are there separate species of cherub?

Ezekiel 42

1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.

The measuring continues.

Ezekiel 43

2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

Finally, no more measurements. It's going to be God talking now.

7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

Apparently, this hasn't happened yet.

10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.

NO, not more measuring.

12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

Good job Israel, the Dome of the Rock was completed in 692. You couldn't even keep the place "most holy" for 622 years from when the temple was destroyed in 70 AD. Now, it's home to an islamic temple. Well, someday, Israel will have enough balls to purge the muslims off, and build Ezekiels vision.

13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

Crap, more measurements.

19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.

Odd that Ezekiel would mention the seed of Zadok, instead of the seed of Aaron. Granted, Zadok was of the lineage of Aaron, but why not just say Aaron?

Ezekiel 44

2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

That's God's door!

7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

God is mad (or was mad) because uncircumcised people were in his sanctuary. Are muslims circumcised? I know their women are, but that's more of mutilation than circumcision.

9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

Muslims definitely aren't heart circumcised.

God then says that the levites are to wear linen and not wool.

18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.

No sweaters, not wool caps, no polypropylene.

20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

Poll means trim. Some people believe it may mean that they can only comb their hair to remove excess hair.

23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Is it really hard to know the difference between holy and profane? Between clean and unclean?

29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.

I find it odd that Ezekiel would lay out these specific laws for the Levites. When Moses did, he was setting up his nephews for all eternity. Why did Ezekiel do that? (well, because it's what God wants). Ezekiel wasn't a Levite. Ezekiel was a descendant of Joshua. Joshua was of Ephraim.

So what have we learned today?

1. Cherubs can have 2 or more faces.

2. God likes to have people measure in their visions.

3. Levites shouldn't sweat.

YIC
V

Jeb Stuart Thurmond · **Re: Day 255. Ezekiel 41-44 -** 06-16-2010, 05:06 PM