From Chapter 40, it marks the start of the vision shown to Ezekiel of a new temple that is to be built in Jerusalem.
Did your eyes glaze over as you read the 2 chapters?
Imagine you were Ezekiel and you were told to pay close attention to everything that he was being shown and then go and tell the people everything he had seen.
4 And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. Declare to the house of Israel everything you see.”
~ Ezekiel 40:4 ~
What follows is Ezekiel being first led to see the Eastern Gateway of the Temple, then the Outer Court, Northern and Southern Gateway to the Temple, Gateways to the Inner Courts, where the sacrifices were made, the chambers for the priests and singers. And then, very careful recordings of the dimensions of the different parts of the temple were specified and recorded down.
Why do you think this was done?
Being a person who is not very detail oriented, I cannot quite understand the need for all the exact measurements to be spelled out. What’s wrong if the measurements are out by an inch or two?
Then it struck me. God cares for His people so much that He does not want to leave any stone unturned for His people.
In our daily lives many things happen - big or small. Some are blessings and some are trials. Some are good things, some are bad.
God is interested in us, His People. Even to the most minute detail!
And He has given us specific instructions in His Holy Word for many areas of our life.
The question is, do our eyes glaze over the Words from the Bible. Or do we, like Ezekiel, listen carefully and then tell it to others?
Last night I had a dream and in that dream, I had a very big pain in my leg and could not figure it out. And for some reason, a Deacon of the church was examining me as if he was a doctor. And then after he diagnose that there was some issue with my leg (could not remember what was said), his conclusion was this…
“This is why you need to get better and after that, go out and preach the Gospel!”
Tears welled up as I recall this and am writing this now.
Was this a rebuke? Areminder? A warning? An admonishment? An encouragement?
God through His infinite wisdom. Mercy and grace has given us all the details (truth) of Salvation.
Should we not go and tell others about it so that they also know of it?
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
~ Mark 16:15-16 ~
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
~ Romans 1:16 ~
Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
~ 2 Timothy 4:2 ~
May we be interested in all the little details that God reveals to us and after listening carefully to it, tell it to others as well.