Meditate. Consider who God is and how much closer you want your relationship with Him to be.
"The distance around the entire city will be 6 miles. And from that day the name of the city will be 'The LORD Is There.'" Ezekiel 48:35
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This chapter in Ezekiel notes the
dividing up of the land around Jerusalem, extending across Israel, and assigning
it to the various Israel tribes. It is interesting to note that the land was
not divided up the same as at the time of Joshua. Here’s an example of that
where Dan was assigned their land first in a portion of an area north of the
Temple, in comparison to being last in the earlier assignment.
The seventh allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Dan. The land allocated as their homeland included the following towns: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh…. Joshua 19:40-41
"Here is the list of the tribes of
Israel and the territory each is to receive. The territory of Dan is in the
extreme north. Its boundary line follows the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath and
then runs on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus, with Hamath to the north.
Dan's territory extends all the way across the land of Israel from east to
west. ... "The distance around the entire city (Jerusalem) will be 6
miles. And from that day the name of the city will be 'The LORD Is
There.'" Ezekiel 48:1, 35
Why does this make any difference in understanding and knowing God? I think that it is important to see that God has a plan…and it doesn’t necessarily depend on the old ways or what groups did in the past. God’s plan for the future as we can see prophesied about the millennial kingdom in Ezekiel is still focusing on the great city of Jerusalem and His chosen people, the Jews. Even in all their rebellion, He has not given up on them. To me that is encouraging. It gives me hope that as one who has been adopted into God’s family, since I believe in His Son Jesus as my Savior, even in my rebellious time, God has not given up on me either. The LORD Is There. Do you know that the Lord is there for you, too?
Prayer ~ Dear LORD, just as David wrote…I pray…Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, " I will confess my rebellion to the LORD." And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Psalm 32:5 Thank You LORD God for forgiving me.
Verse of Salvation ~ [As prophesied in Isaiah…in
that day when the New Jerusalem comes down out of Heaven…Revelation 21:4]
In that day the people will proclaim,
"This is our God! We trusted in him, and he saved us! This is the LORD, in
whom we trusted. Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!" Isaiah 25:9
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