Everything God does is precise and in order. There is no chaos in His Kingdom!
Ezekiel 40:35–37
Then he brought me to the north gateway and measured it according to these same measurements—36 also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. 37 Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps. The New King James Version
God is love He is full of peace and mercy. He knows that we are mere humans.
Jesus told us that we are to love others and not to be a people of hatred, disunity and judgement. God alone knows a persons’ heart. according to Paul, we are to judge those who claim to be followers and practice those things. we are to be examples of the love that He has for all of His creation.
Stephen the first Christian martyr “And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.
Acts 7:54 When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
God is in control! He is the same today, yesterday and in the days to come. He loves the world that He created and He wants no one to perish. John 3:16
Jude 1:1 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
There were those who contended that Jesus was not divine. Jude warned them not to be deceived. False teachers are wolves in sheep clothing and if we are not filled with Holy Spirit and the Word of God we can fall for their teachings. The Jews were to remember that the Lord saved the people when they came out of Egypt. But in their unbelief they never entered into their land of promise.
Romans 4:5-8 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:
“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”
Faith in Jesus Christ alone, His work on the Cross, justifies us.
Titus 2:13-15 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
We look forward to the blessed hope of the return of our God, Jesus Christ. The ultimate sin is denying that Jesus is God. Carla
The Vision of the Temple. Here is a vision, beginning at chapter 40, and continued to the end of the book, chapter 48, which is justly looked upon to be one of the most difficult portions in all the book of God. When we despair to be satisfied as to any difficulty we meet with, let us bless God that our salvation does not depend upon it, but that things necessary are plain enough; and let us wait till God shall reveal even this unto us. This chapter describes two outward courts of the temple. Whether the personage here mentioned was the Son of God, or a created angel, is not clear. But Christ is both our Altar and our Sacrifice, to whom we must look with faith in all approaches to God; and he is Salvation in the midst of the earth, Psalm 74:12, to be looked unto from all quarters. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Ezekiel’s tour begins at the outer wall and the eastern gateway and continues through the outer court, the southern and northern gateways, and the inner court, which has three gateways identical to those for the outer court. Ezekiel provides a detailed layout of the eastern gateway for the outer court, including precise measurements. The other gates match the eastern gate and receive a less detailed description. The tour later ends at the same gateway before the return of the divine presence. The east gate is important, as it is the gate through which Yahweh departed the temple in 10:19. Faithlife Study Bible
Ezekiel’s vision of a restored temple gave hope to the exiles in Babylon. They had heard of the temple’s destruction in 586 B.C., but Ezekiel spoke of a more glorious temple than the one that had been destroyed. This glory of the new temple was not derived from gold or intricate carvings, but from the presence of the living God among His people (43:7). The NKJV Study Bible
Ezekiel 40:32–34 And he brought me into the inner court facing east; he measured the gateway according to these same measurements. Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; and there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide…
Our resources will be adequate if, in the midst of the storms, we affirm who we are, remember what we are here to do, and claim the presence of the One who never leaves us.
And let us remember, as we walk through life, if we don't bring this gift with us, we're not going to find it there.
I do want that kind of self-assurance, especially when I come face to face with the threats and fears and storms in my life. Sabbath Moments
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