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- What attributes of God’s character does this passage reveal?
- How does the passage point to Jesus?
- How should the truth of this passage change me?
- How do the events of today’s reading help you better understand the grand narrative of Scripture?
Ezek. 45-46
Honestly, I still have no idea what all of this is about. Although I’m thinking it must somehow be a picture of restoration; things set back to the way they should be. One thing I notice is that there is no mention of a king, only a prince. Which leads me to believe that God is once again the one and only King on His holy mountain. And that is indeed the way it should be.
Ezek. 47-48
In the absence of understanding, I will simply make a few observations:
- The new city seems awfully small!
- The tribal allotments no longer surround the temple area, but are instead in line at varying distances from it.
- God rewarded one small remnant – the sons of Zadok, who it seems never turned away from God – with the closest proximity to Him.
I can’t see one single, solid analogy in the river of life. I do, however, see snippets of Jesus and His body of believers in it.
- The deepening of the river as it flows makes me think of the growth of the body of Christ.
- The fishermen make me think of Jesus’ apostles, whom He said He would make fishers of men. The living water, which is Christ, gives life to many different kinds of ‘fish’; people from every nation.
- And the trees alongside the river take me back to the description of the righteous man in Psalm 1:3. “He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams that bears its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.” The fruit and leaves of these righteous believers, which are a product of the river that feeds them, provide sustenance and healing to others. This is the Spirit of Christ at work though the members of His body of believers.