February 23, 2023
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Reading along with us in Ezekiel? Here’s today’s reading:
Ezekiel 42 (NIV)
The Rooms for the Priests
1 Then the man led me northward into the outer court and brought me to the rooms opposite the temple courtyard and opposite the outer wall on the north side. 2The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide 3 Both in the section twenty cubits from the inner court and in the section opposite the pavement of the outer court, gallery faced gallery at the three levels. .........Continue Reading
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As I read about the priests room i think how blessed we are to be able to just come into God’s presence anytime. There is no need for someone to go to Him on our behalf. The work Christ did on the cross eliminated so many of the sacrifices and rituals necessary to speak to God but we can never take that for granted. Having 24/7 access to God should not make us too comfortable with His sovereignty, His awesome power. We should never forget who we are speaking to!
Ezekiel 41
No comment I did the reading.
Thanks for letting us know, Dennis!
How deliberate the priests needed to be in their function and make sure they made a distinction between what was common and what was holy. They were certainly taken care of as a portion of people’s sacrifices would go to them, but how challenging the role to keep everything straight in carrying out God’s commands. It should make us all grateful for the cross and the atonement that came through Jesus once and for all as opposed to the repeated sacrifices necessary to make the people clean before Him.
Ezekiel 42
Ezekiel 42
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Thanks for letting us know, Steve!
More measurements.
Ezekiel 42
The man tells Ezekiel that the rooms where the priests present the offerings is a holy place. They must take off their garments before they go to the places where the people reside. Their clothing must stay in the place that is holy.
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