The Prophet Ezekiel: An Analytical ExpositionGaebelein, Arno Clemens
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The Prophet Ezekiel: An Analytical Exposition
Gaebelein, Arno Clemens
Bible. Ezekiel -- Commentaries
The Prince is to worship at the threshold of the gate, and the people
before the gate. But neither the Prince nor the people enter within. No
drawing near to God is known then as we now enjoy it who worship in the
Spirit through the rent veil. It is all an earthly worship, while the
true worship of the Church is heavenly. The Prince in this worship
enters by the outer door on the side of the east and he goes out by the
same door. The Prince occupies the prominent place as the representative
of the people. He presents his offerings to Jehovah, while the people
stand as worshippers at the outer gate of the same entrance. The
offerings the Prince is to bring on the Sabbath are larger than those
commanded in the law. Both the burnt-offering and the meal offering
brought by him on the Sabbath are more abundant than those offered under
the old dispensation, an evidence of the higher and more perfect worship
of restored Israel. Different, however, is it with the offering on the
new moon. In Numbers xxviii:11-15 we read:
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering
unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the
first year without spot; And three tenth deals of flour for a meal
offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of
flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil for one ram; And a
several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meal offering
unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice
made by fire unto the Lord. And their drink offerings shall be half
an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a
ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt
offering of every month throughout the months of the year. And one
kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the Lord shall be offered,
beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
Such are the offerings according to the law, to be brought on the new
moon. But in the millennial worship these offerings are diminished. All
this has a deeper meaning which will be fully known and enjoyed when
this worship is carried out.
II. Further Instructions as to Worship.
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