The Prophet Ezekiel: An Analytical ExpositionGaebelein, Arno Clemens
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The Prophet Ezekiel: An Analytical Exposition
Gaebelein, Arno Clemens
Bible. Ezekiel -- Commentaries
Their great temple will be more than their place of worship; it will be
a house of prayer for all nations. Let us listen again to Isaiah's great
testimony. "The sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord,
to serve Him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants,
every one that keepeth the Sabbath[50] from polluting it, and taketh
hold of my covenant; even them (Gentiles) will I bring to my holy
mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt
offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for
mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. The Lord
God who gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others
to him, beside those that are gathered unto Him" (Is. lvi:6-8). All this
has nothing to do with the church or the present dispensation of grace.
It is a prophecy of the kingdom, the age to come, the dispensation of
the fullness of times.
[50] The sects, like Seventh Day Baptists, Adventists, etc., quote this
passage. They are utterly wrong for this has nothing whatever to do with
the present age.
So let us understand that the millennial temple will be the great center
of earthly worship during the reign of the King of Kings. In that temple
sacrifices will be brought again. The ancient worship of Israel will be
resumed and that in a way as Israel never enjoyed it in the past. To
deny the literalness of these sacrifices does violence to the Word of
God. Ezekiel is not the only prophet who tells us of this. One of the
strongest passages is found in Jeremiah. Speaking of the coming reign of
Christ, Jeremiah tells us, "In those days shall Judah be saved and
Jerusalem shall dwell safely, and this is the name wherewith she shall
be called, The Lord our Righteousness. For thus saith the Lord, David
shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel.
Neither shall the priests, the Levites want a man before Me to offer
burnt offerings, and to kindle meal offerings, and to do sacrifice
continually" (Jere. xxxiii:15-18). Why then should it be an impossible
thing that literal sacrifices are brought again?
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