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EZEKIEL 45 AND 46
LESSON #38
THE FULFILLMENT OF INHERITANCE
v MEMORY VERSE: COL 3:24
v EZEKIEL 45 AND 46 BEGINS TO DISCUSS THE DIVISION OFTHE LAND DURING THE MILLENIAL KINGDOM.
Ø GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT FULFILLING COMPLETELYALL THE PROMISES HE MADE THROUGH ALL OF HISTORY TO THE JEWS. MANY OF THESE PROMISES NEVERHAVE BEEN FULFILLED. THEREFORE, GOD MUST FULFILL THEM IN THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST ONEARTH.
§ REMEMBER THAT THE PROMISEDLAND WAS GIVEN TO ABRAHAM IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS.
· READ GEN 15:18
¨ ISRAEL HAS NEVER POSSESSED ALL THE LAND GODGAVE TO ABRAHAM. THEREFORE, THIS PROMISE WILL BE FULFILLED IN THE MILLENNIUM. ISRAEL WILLPOSSESS ALL THE LAND FROM THE EUPHRATES RIVER IN IRAQ TO THE NILE RIVER IN EGYPT.
v READ EZE 45:1-3 THE HOLY PORTION OF THE LAND
Ø A SMALL SECTION OF THE PROMISED LAND WILL BESET APART FOR GOD CALLED THE HOLY OBLATION. THE LOCATION WILL BE BETWEEN THELAND BELONGING TO THE TRIBES OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN.
§ THE LORDS PART WILLBE 8.3 MILES SQUARE WHICH EQUALS ABOUT 55 SQUARE MILES.
· THIS 55 SQUARE MILE SECTION WILLBE DIVIDED INTO 3 SECTIONS AS FOLLOWS:
| THE LEVITES PORTION | ||
| THE PRIESTS PORTION WITH THE SANCTUARY | ||
| COMMON CITY LAND | THE CITY | COMMON CITY LAND |
· INTHE OLD TESTAMENT DISPENSATION OF TIME, THE LEVITES WERE GIVEN LAND IN CITES SCATTEREDTHROUGHOUT THE PROMISED LAND.
¨ IN THE MILLENNIUM, GOD GIVES THEM A SMALLPORTION OF LAND IN ONE PLACE.
· IN THE OLD TESTAMENT DISPENSATIONOF TIME, THE PRIESTS COULD NOT OWN LAND.
¨ IN THE MILLENNIUM, THEY DO NOT OWN THE LANDBUT CAN LIVE NEAR THE SANCTUARY.
· IN THE MILLENNIUM, THE CITY ISPROBABLY THE CITY OF JERUSALEM WITH A NEW NAME.
¨ THE NEW NAME WILL BE JERUSALEM SHAMMAH(48:35) WHICH MEANS = THE LORD IS THERE.
¨ THIS CITY WILL BELONG TO THE WHOLE HOUSE OFISRAEL.
¨ THE COMMON CITY LAND WILL BE ON EITHER SIDEOF THE CITY AND AVAILABLE TO ALL PEOPLE (48:15).
Ø THE PEOPLE WILL USE THIS COMMON LAND TO GROWFOOD TO FEED THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY.
v READ EZE 45:7-8 THE PORTION OF LAND FOR THE PRINCE
Ø ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HOLY OBLATION,THERE WILL BE A STRIP OF LAND FOR THE PRINCE.
§ EZEKIEL TALKS A LOT ABOUTTHIS PRINCE WITHOUT POSITIVELY IDENTIFYING HIM. HE DOES NOT EVEN TELL US FROM WHAT TRIBETHE PRINCE COMES.
· SOME SAY HE IS JESUS CHRIST.HOWEVER, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, (44:3) HE OFFERS AN ANIMAL SACRIFICE FOR HISSINS. (45:12) THEREFORE, HE CANNOT BE JESUS CHRIST WHO WAS WITHOUT SIN AND NEEDED NOSACRIFICE FOR HIMSELF.
· EZEKIEL SEEMS TO INDICATE HE IS APERSON LIKE DAVID OR HE IS DAVID HIMSELF.
§ FROM ALL OF EZEKIELSREFERENCES TO THE PRINCE, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM?
· THE PRINCE WILL BE A MARRIED MANWHO HAS SONS THAT INHERIT THIS LAND. (46:16-18)
· HE WILL BE A CIVIL RULER IN THEMILLENNIAL KINGDOM DIRECTLY UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST.
· MANY OF HIS DUTIES WILL BERELIGIOUS DUTIES.
¨ HE WILL RECEIVE GIFTS FROM THE PEOPLE THATTHE PRIESTS WILL USE TO WORSHIP THE LORD.
¨ HE WILL PROVIDE SACRIFICES FOR SPECIALOCCASIONS.
¨ HE MUST BE CERTAIN THAT DAILY BURNT OFFERINGSACRIFICES ARE OFFERED ON THE ALTAR TO THE LORD.
¨ HE IS TO BE THE MODEL CITIZEN IN THEMILLENNIUM.
Ø PEOPLE WILL SEE HIM WORSHIP THE LORD ANDBRING ANIMAL SACRIFICES TO THE TEMPLE.
v READ EZE 45:9-13 BUSINESS PRACTICES IN THE MILLENNIUM
Ø THE PROPHET TALKS ABOUT BUSINESS PRACTICES.WHY IS THIS TOPIC INCLUDED IN THESE CHAPTERS ABOUT THE TEMPLE AND MILLENNIAL WORSHIP?
§ DURING THE MILLENNIALKINGDOM, LAW AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL REIGN THROUGHOUT THE LAND. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATIONBETWEEN SECULAR LIFE AND RELIGIOUS LIFE. THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF A PERSON WILL DICTATEHIS ACTIONS IN HIS EVERY DAY LIFE.
· IN EZEKIELS DAY, THEGOVERNMENT RULERS AND THE RELIGIOUS RULERS WERE CORRUPT. BUSINESS WAS CORRUPT. THESECORRUPT LEADERS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE PEOPLE.
¨ REMEMBER WHEN JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME HEOVERTURNED THE TABLES OF THE MONEY CHANGERS IN THE TEMPLE.
· ALL THE CORRUPTION IN THE PASTWILL BE CORRECTED IN THE MILLENNIUM. NO LEADER IN THE MILLENNIUM WILL TAKE UNFAIRADVANTAGE OF THE PEOPLE. HONESTY AND JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL.
Ø WHAT KINDS OF BUSINESSES WILL EXIST IN THEMILLENNIUM? WHAT WILL SOCIETY BE LIKE?
§ THERE WILL BE BUYING ANDSELLING OF GOODS. (EZE 45:9-13)
§ THERE WILL BE EXTENSIVEAGRICULTURE WITH MANY PEOPLE RAISING THEIR OWN FOOD. (JER 31:5)
· GOD WILL REMOVE THE CURSE OF GEN3.
¨ READ GEN 3:17-19
Ø WITH THE REMOVAL OF THIS CURSE, THE LAND WILLPRODUCE ABUNDANTLY AND EASILY. THERE WILL BE NO HUNGER OR FAMINE.
Ø WITH THE REMOVAL OF THIS CURSE, ANIMALS WILLBE AT PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER. MAN AND ANIMALS WILL BE AT PEACE WITH EACH OTHER. (ISA 11:6)
§ MAN WILL PROBABLY BEVEGETARIANS AGAIN LIKE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN (JER 31:5).
Ø WITH THE REMOVAL OF THIS CURSE, THERE WILL BENO ILLNESS, NO BIRTH DEFECTS, AND AN INCREASED LIFE SPAN. (ISA 33:24 ISA 29:17-19 ISA35:3-6 ISA 61:1-2 ISA 65:20 ISA 60:22 JER 30:17, 19-20 PSA 22:31 EZE 47:22)
Ø THERE WILL BE A UNIFIED LANGUAGE. (PROBABLYHEBREW) THIS WILL BE A REVERSAL OF THE CURSE AT THE TOWER OF BABEL. (ZEP 3:9)
§ PEOPLE WILL BUILD HOUSESAND CITIES. (ISA 65:21-23)
v EZEKIEL 46
Ø THIS CHAPTER CONTINUES THE DETAILS CONCERNINGTHE RELIGIOUS SACRIFICE OF ANIMALS AS WELL AS FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THE ROLE OF THEPRINCE.
v SUMMARY AND APPLICATION REGARDING INHERITANCE:
Ø IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL, WE SEE GODSFULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISES GOD MADE TO ISRAEL THROUGH ALL HISTORY. THESE ARE PROMISES OFAN INHERITANCE MADE TO ABRAHAM, AND TO DAVID. FOR EXAMPLE:
§ THE FULFILLMENT OF THEPROMISED LAND.
§ THE FULFILLMENT OF MESSIAHSEARTHLY KINGDOM.
§ THE FULFILLMENT OF ARIGHTEOUS KING FROM THE FAMILY OF DAVID.
§ THE FULFILLMENT OF ANETERNAL THRONE.
§ THE FULFILLMENT OF A HOLYPEOPLE ABUNDANTLY BLESSED BY GOD.
Ø GOD HAS ALSO MADE PROMISES OF AN INHERITANCETO NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST. FOR EXAMPLE:
§ MAT 19:29
· OUR INHERITANCE IS ETERNAL LIFE.
§ MAT 25:34
· WE WILL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OFGOD.
§ ACT 26:18
· WE INHERIT THE FORGIVENESS OFSINS.
· WE INHERIT ETERNAL FELLOWSHIPWITH OTHER BELIEVERS.
§ EPH 1:11
· WE INHERIT ALL GOOD THINGSACCORDING TO GODS WILL.
§ HEB 6:12
· WE INHERIT ALL THE PROMISES OFGOD FOR BLESSINGS.
§ HEB 9:15
· OUR INHERITANCE IS ETERNAL.
§ 1PET 1:3-4
· OUR INHERITANCE IS INCORRUPTIBLEIN HEAVEN
§ REV 21:7
· WE INHERIT AN ETERNALRELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
HOMEWORK
EZEKIEL 47 AND 48
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.v APPLICATION OF EZE 45 AND 46
Ø EXPLAIN SOME WAYS IN WHICH YOUR RELIGIOUSBELIEFS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW YOU DEAL WITH PEOPLE IN THE MARKET PLACE.
Ø WHAT BUSINESS PRACTICES OF BUYING OR SELLINGCAN YOU IMPROVE TO BETTER REFLECT YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS?
v PREPARATION FOR EZE 47 AND 48
Ø READ EZE 47:1-12
§ WHAT DO YOU THINK THISRIVER REPRESENTS?
Ø READ EZE 47:13- 48:35
§ MAKE A LIST OF THE TRIBESOF ISRAEL
v MEMORY VERSE: REVELATION 7:17
