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Those Admitted to the Temple

4 Also He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the1 temple; so I looked, and abehold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord; band I fell on my face.  
5 And the Lord said to me, a“Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears, all that I say to you concerning all the bordinances of the house of the Lord and all its laws. Mark well who may enter the house and all who go out from the sanctuary.  
6 “Now say to the arebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “O house of Israel, blet Us have no more of all your abominations.  
7 aWhen you brought in bforeigners, cuncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it—My house—and when you offered dMy food, ethe fat and the blood, then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations.  
8 And you have not akept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.”  
9 Thus says the Lord God: a“No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.  

Laws Governing Priests

10 a“And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.  
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What Does Ezekiel 44:6 Mean?



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Ezekiel 44 takes place either during the Millennium or the Great White Throne Judgment. However, from certain details, it seems that God is referring to the actual ancient Israelites who failed Him under the Old Covenant.

It appears that, when the Israelites rise in the second resurrection, God will make them perform what they failed to do originally! He will give them a chance to repent of their unfaithfulness, to make up, as it were, for the sins of the past. They will know every time they lift a bullock onto the altar, every time they keep the gate, every time they make the showbread, every time they fulfill any of their responsibilities to God, that they failed in their first attempt to keep the terms of their covenant with God.

That is bearing iniquity! They will be reminded in every action that they have sinned and are a sinful people. It will be a hard lesson for Israel, but they will learn it well.

God says in Isaiah 43:21, "This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise." Finally! In the end, when God gives them the complete package of spiritual blessings, the Israelites will glorify God as He intended from the beginning, fulfilling their ultimate purpose.

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Why Israel? (Part Two)

Related Topics: Bearing Iniquity | Bullock | Ezekiel' s Prophecies | Great White Throne Judgment | Israel's Repentance | Israel's Restitution | Israel's Restoration | Millennial Prophecies | Millennium | Old Covenant | Repentance | Showbread | Spiritual Blessings


 
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