Day: July 30, 2017

Ezekiel is led by the Angel of the Lord into the Temple proper building itself now. He progresses from east to west. East being the side facing the inner court with the entrance doorway which we have identified as a vestibule or hall of sorts. The entrance hall is described with the Hebrew word oolam which is generally the word for tent. Now the complete temple is described as haychal. The first room as Ezekiel enters, the haychal, that he sees is the kodehsh or sanctuary after the Hebrew word for holy. This kodehsh lies between the oolam and the …

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“l will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice” (John 16:22). Surely He will come a second time, and then, when He sees us and we see Him, there will be rejoicings indeed. Oh, for that joyous return! But this promise is being dainty fulfilled in another sense. Our gracious LORD has many “agains” in His dealings with us. He gave us pardon, and He sees us again and repeats the absolving word as fresh sins cause us grief. He has revealed to us our acceptance before God, and when our faith in that blessing grows a little dim, …

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1 Kings 18:1–15 18 After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.” 2 So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly, 4 and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) 5 And Ahab said …

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