God is a Promise Keeper

 

 

 

Ezekiel 41:13-26

 

February 11, 2024

 

Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long; also, the breadth of the east front of the temple and the yard, a hundred cubits.

Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard that was at the back and its galleries on either side, a hundred cubits.

The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court, the thresholds and the narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered), to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls all around, inside and outside, was a measured pattern.  It was carved of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces:  a human face toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around.  From the floor to above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved; similarly, the wall of the nave.

The doorposts of the nave were squared, and in front of the Holy Place was something resembling an altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits broad. Its corners, its base, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”  The nave and the Holy Place had each a double door.  The double doors had two leaves apiece, two swinging leaves for each door.  And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls. And there was a canopy^[j] of wood in front of the vestibule outside.  And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, the side chambers of the temple, and the canopies.

In this vision where God has sent His Messager to detail the temple that will be built, and is yet to be built it will be an amazing structure that will hold many people.  As the Church, we must not forget that God is faithful to fulfill every promise in the Scripture.  Numbers 23:19, “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it?  Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?”

 

There is no greater blessing than the promise in Romans 1:16-17, “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.  For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” It is a great need at this time of ignorance for people to know that the Messiah has come and was rejected, His name is Jesus Christ, and the apostle Paul gave us the way we must put our faith to receive this free gift.  Romans 10:9-10, “because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart, one believes and is justified, and with the mouth, one confesses and is saved.”

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice