From 9ab453c252e7d4f259e18f9f915cbb6fd863aeaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 11:10:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 47:13-23 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_47:13-23.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_47:13-23.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_47:13-23.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_47:13-23.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..abe1bfe --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_47:13-23.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 47:13–23" +date = "2023-07-23" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel47.13-23) + +The perspective of the vision zooms out even further now. (Well, we don't know +what Ezekiel was seeing here, just what was described to him.) The borders of +the whole land promised to the house of Israel are listed. Within these +borders, the twelve tribes will be allotted equal portions of it. However, Levi +gets a separate portion in the holy precinct, and therefore Joseph ends up with +two portions given to his line through Ephraim and Manasseh. + +The borders as given are not easy to identify with modern places, but I can +still imagine the consternation they would cause to modern Israel's neighbors. +God promises to give everything between the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan +River and Dead Sea, which would include the disputed West Bank and Gaza Strip, +but in the north may extend up as far as the area west of Damascus. For the +south, I don't really have a clue. The Reformation Study Bible notes for this +section mention the Wadi el-Arish as a landmark, which is apparently in the +middle of the Sinai Peninsula. + +As the borders of Israel have been a contentious subject for about a hundred +years at this point, I will say that I don't think the commands given in this +chapter or the next are meant for anyone in our time. Since these boundaries +are given after the vision of the river flowing out of the temple, I think it's +fair to assume that those things need to happen first. While is possible for +people to build a temple to the Lord according to the specifications given in +previous chapters, the life-giving water is clearly the Lord's doing. Most +likely He won't do that until Jesus Christ returns to the earth to establish +His kingdom, and by then old political boundaries are not going to matter at +all. + +* * * + +Your sovereignty extends throughout the ages unto eternity.