The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening. Sermons
I. DISTINCTION WITHIN THE KINGDOM. In the gospel of Jesus Christ there are: 1. Higher posts in the Church to be occupied by a few; there have been (or are) apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, deacons, etc.; and there is a sense in which these have a priority of position over the ordinary members of the Church. 2. Higher order of service to be rendered by some. While every citizen of the kingdom of God has to serve by living the truth, by illustrating its essential principles in daily action in every sphere, it is given to some to commend the saving truth by powerful and persuasive utterances, or by unanswerable and imperishable literature; and yet again it is given to others to contribute still nobler service by suffering, or even dying, "for the sake of the Lord Jesus" and in confirmation of the truth (see Acts 5:41; Philippians 1:29; Revelation 7:13, 14). 3. Longer period of service granted to some than given to others. (1) There are those who are called and blessed from childhood to old age, who serve Christ and his cause through all the stages of human life, with the gathered wisdom of long and varied experience. (2) There are those who have not heard the Divine summons until the greater part of life is over, and these can only bring their wasted and rapidly declining faculties to the altar of holy service. Yet is there essential - II. EQUALITY IN THE KINGDOM. Inasmuch as: 1. All must enter at the same gate. To one and all alike, however favored or however denied, Jesus Christ is the one open Door by which to come (John 10:7). 2. All must advance by the same spiritual course - by means of watchfulness and prayer and holy usefulness, by learning of God, by gaining from God, by working for God. 3. All must give account of the? Christian life, and the use they have made of their the opportunity (Luke 19:12-26; 2 Corinthians 5:10). 4. All will be judged on principles of perfect equity (Matthew 25:20-23; Luke 12:48; 2 Corinthians 8:12). - C.
Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord. The old legend that the Grecian host lay weather bound in their port, vainly waiting for a wind to come and carry them to conquest; and that they were obliged to slay a human sacrifice ere the heavens would be propitious and fill their sails, — may be translated into the deepest verity of the Christian life. We may see in it that solemn lesson — no prosperous voyage, and no final conquest until the natural life has been offered up on the altar of hourly self-denial.(A. Maclaren, D. D.) (A. Maclaren, D. D.). People Ephah, EzekielPlaces Most Holy PlaceTopics Bowed, Burned, Burnt, Burnt-offering, Covered, Door, Doorstep, Doorway, Enter, Evening, Fellowship, Forth, Gate, Gatepost, Gateway, Offer, Offering, Offerings, Opening, Outer, Outside, Peace, Peace-offerings, Pillar, Porch, Portico, Post, Prepare, Priest, Priests, Prince, Provide, Ruler, Sacrifice, Shut, Stand, Stood, Threshhold, Threshold, Till, Vestibule, WorshipOutline 1. Ordinances for the prince in his worship9. and for the people 16. An order for the prince's inheritance 19. The courts for boiling and baking Dictionary of Bible Themes Ezekiel 46:2 4933 evening Library Chel. The Court of the Women. The Court of the Gentiles compassed the Temple and the courts on every side. The same also did Chel, or the Ante-murale. "That space was ten cubits broad, divided from the Court of the Gentiles by a fence, ten hand-breadths high; in which were thirteen breaches, which the kings of Greece had made: but the Jews had again repaired them, and had appointed thirteen adorations answering to them." Maimonides writes: "Inwards" (from the Court of the Gentiles) "was a fence, that encompassed on every side, … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Things to be Meditated on as Thou Goest to the Church. Questions About the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day Sabbath. Ezekiel Links Ezekiel 46:2 NIVEzekiel 46:2 NLT Ezekiel 46:2 ESV Ezekiel 46:2 NASB Ezekiel 46:2 KJV Ezekiel 46:2 Bible Apps Ezekiel 46:2 Parallel Ezekiel 46:2 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 46:2 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 46:2 French Bible Ezekiel 46:2 German Bible Ezekiel 46:2 Commentaries Bible Hub |