Boiling Places for Offerings

 

Ezekiel 46:19-24

 

February 26, 2024

 

Boiling Places for Offerings

Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, to the north row of the holy chambers for the priests, and behold, a place was there at the extreme western end of them.  And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so transmit holiness to the people.”

Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me around to the four corners of the court. And behold, in each corner of the court there was another court— in the four corners of the court were small courts, forty cubits long and thirty broad; the four were of the same size.  On the inside, around each of the four courts was a row of masonry, with hearths made at the bottom of the rows all around.  Then he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people.”

 

My thoughts went to King David as I read these verses this morning, for Ezekiel was allowed to see things that were not yet built, things of the future, things that none of us have yet seen.  And that takes a man who has a heart for God, to sit quietly in a room listening and waiting for God to speak.  I believe this prophet was that kind of man and so was David.  Listen to a part of David’s prayer in Psalm 143:7-10, “Answer me quickly, O Lord!  My spirit fails!  Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.  Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust.  Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!  I have fled to you for refuge.   Teach me to do your will, for you are my God!  Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!”

 

Observation, We, are not the first generation to want God to do it quickly, that is the nature of man.  Now with that said, how many of us listen for God to speak in the morning?  This morning I saw the hand of God in a sunrise, it was amazing.  This morning as I read David's prayer it was also my prayer, for I want God to show me how to be obedient in seeking His plans for the day and not mine.  I need God to show me how the enemy of my soul has planned to deceive me so that I do not fall into his trap.  Yes, I need Jesus and the Holy Spirit to lead me on level ground.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice