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  • Bennymkje - 7 months ago
    Study on Ez.47

    "Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house." (Ez.47:1)

    We have in the preceding chapters on laws and ordinances regarding the house of God in eternity different from the temple polluted by the apostate Israel. vv.2-5 we have "the man that had the line" proceeding with measuring. What does 4x1000 tell us? Compare with John's vision where the golden reed shows 12x100 furlongs. "The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal."(21:16) Ezekiel according to his Jewish sensitivities gives us the decalogue as base unit. The Word is tagged by command number Four.

    In 44:5 we read thus, "And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord."From thereon we have we have various ordinances which are not relevant at the moment.

    The Spirit uses Afterward with direct reference to the measuring of the holy city of God.(Re.21:15-16) We need look at this vision from the tree of life being positioned on this side of the river where the throne of God and of the Lamb is situated. (Re.22:1). This water which flows from the threshold "And, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward" requires explanation. Threshold is set as the line connecting the two thrones" so the pure water of life ("a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb"), is implied here.

    Further down in Ez.47 we are shown the living waters in its mighty course, "Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed."(47:8) There shall be a revival for them. Prophet Zechariah refers to in that day' to the day of regeneration where the apostles shall judge the 12 tribes.



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