[:en]SCRIPTURE: EZEKIEL 46
“The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people will be separated from his property” (Ezekiel 46:18)
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE SOVEREIGN LORD
- When the gate is to be opened and shut off (v. 1)
- How the prince is to enter (v. 2a)
- Where the priests are to worship and sacrifice his burnt offering and fellowship offering (v. 2b)
- When and where the people are to worship (v. 3)
- How the burnt offering and grain offering are to be made 9vs. 4-5)
- What the prince should bring for burn offering (v. 6)
- Where should the prince enter and go out (v. 8)
- How people should enter and exit at the appointed feast (vs. 9-10)
- What are the composition of the grain offering (v. 11)
- How the burnt and grain offering are to be provided (vs. 13-14)
- How the inheritance of the prince is to be distributed (vs. 16-18)
- Place when the priest will cook the guilt and sin offering and bake the grain offering (v. 20)
- Kitchen where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices of the people. (v.. 24)
Today, we should thank God for having the great privilege to enter into His presence without having to go through all those procedures. We can enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus. Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. (Heb. 10:19-22). And we must not forget our daily burnt offering – to offer our bodies as living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God (Rom. 12:1)[:]