" And they (the levites) shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place."(v.13)
God tells in the vision why. "Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity." This leads us to the sons of Zadok and their ministry which cannot be the order of Melchizedek. Let us examine this verse," Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons."(46:3).In the New Jerusalem there is no temple to begin with. "And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it./And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it."(Re.21:22-23) This is the most holy place.
The people of the land refers to Jerusalem on the earth. "And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,/Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond-service unto this day."(1 Ki.9:21). Significant is the use of this tag here unto this day' with regards the Mixed People.In.v.20 Solomon had given King Hiram 20 cities for all the material the king had given for the temple building. And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not./ And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day."( 1 Ki. 9:12-13). In terms of the land also it explains why Jerusalem has come down in estimation. "the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified"(Re.11:8)
" And they (the levites) shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place."(v.13)
God tells in the vision why. "Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity." This leads us to the sons of Zadok and their ministry which cannot be the order of Melchizedek. Let us examine this verse," Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons."(46:3).In the New Jerusalem there is no temple to begin with. "And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it./And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it."(Re.21:22-23) This is the most holy place.
The people of the land refers to Jerusalem on the earth. "And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,/Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond-service unto this day."(1 Ki.9:21). Significant is the use of this tag here unto this day' with regards the Mixed People.In.v.20 Solomon had given King Hiram 20 cities for all the material the king had given for the temple building. And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not./ And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day."( 1 Ki. 9:12-13). In terms of the land also it explains why Jerusalem has come down in estimation. "the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified"(Re.11:8)
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