Ezekiel 48

And then here's another one, Jehovah Tsidkenu, the Lord our righteousness.

And then Ezekiel 48 gives us Jehovah Shamma, S-H-A-M-M-A, the Lord ever present.

And then Exodus 17, Jehovah Nissi, the Lord our banner.

All right, now those are seven names for deity.

Jehovah Tsidkenu, the Lord our righteousness.

And then Ezekiel 48 gives us Jehovah Shamma, S-H-A-M-M-A, the Lord ever present.

And then Exodus 17, Jehovah Nissi, the Lord our banner.

All right, now those are seven names for deity.

indicate that the city is a separate entity from the temple.

Ezekiel 48.10. Again, they're distinct from each other.

And this structure is square at the base.

And it has three gates on each side named for the 12 tribes of Israel.

You have, again, a square base and 12 gates named for the 12 tribes.

And Ezekiel then concludes by giving us a critical piece in this puzzle.

Ezekiel 48, 35 says, So this phrase, from that day, means the city is permanent and even eternal forever.

And not only that, but that's where the Lord is.

You are dear.

So let that sit in, will you? And today we're going to Sit in the Scriptures, and today it's in the book of Ezekiel, chapters 47 and 48, and then we'll finish our reading in Luke's Gospel, chapter 2.

I'm glad you're here.

Ezekiel, chapter 47.

In my vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side.

The man brought me outside the wall through the north gateway and led me around to the eastern entrance.

These foreigners are to be given land within the territory of the tribe with whom they now live.

I the Lord have spoken.

God will be with us.

Do you know what the last verse of Ezekiel is? Ezekiel 48, 35, after nine chapters of detailing the millennial temple, what's that last line say? Isaiah 48, 35, and the name of the city, the capital city of the kingdom of God on the earth, Jerusalem, the name from that day shall be Yahweh is there.

Yahweh is there.

Brothers and sisters, can you think of a better place to call home Yahweh is there.

Hey, Bible readers! I'm Miss Emily, and this is the Bible Recap.

Ezekiel 48, 35 says, God instructs his people to leave the temple through a different

gate

from the one they

entered through.

This represents the change God makes in people when we come before Him to worship Him.

Ezekiel also sees water flowing from the temple through land that's currently a desert and into the Dead Sea.

The fresh water brings new life to the desert and the salty sea.

Somebody say his presence.

Now Ezekiel chapter 48.

Ezekiel 48.

48.

Ezekiel 48 verse number 35.

Now in Ezekiel, the book of Ezekiel 48, God is dividing the land to the children of Israel.

And he also says, you will set a certain piece of land for me.

Why? Because I want to be in your presence.