claninja
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In the same vision, the man with the measuring reed measured the exact borders of the 12 tribes of Israel.
Correct, in the vision, the man did that.
Do you believe the old covenant (law of moses) is the reality or a shadow?
He measured the land in which the priests would have, and called by name each tribe and the literal borders by cities and the ocean as boundaries.
Correct, in the vision, the man did that.
Do you believe the old covenant (law of moses) is the reality or the shadow?
God tells Ezekiel that the Dead Sea will come alive with fish of all kinds and plentiful for the fishermen.
Correct, in the vision, there is a literal river running from the temple to the dead sea. It's important to notice that along the banks of this river there are trees that produce fruit each month and their leaves are for healing.
Ezekiel 47:1,12 Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”
This is clearly pointing to the New Jerusalem, which has a river flowing from the throne of the Lord, which is the temple, and trees on either side of this river that produce fruit each month and their leaves are for healing.
Revelation 22:1-2 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
So what is this river coming from the Ezekiel temple? Revelation states it is the a "river of the water of life". What is the "water of life"?
The River running from the Ezekiel temple is living water. According to scripture. rivers of living water = the Holy Spirit.
John 7:38-39 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
You seem to recognize that Peter's vision of literal unclean animals becoming clean SYMBOLIZES the gentiles becoming clean by the blood of Christ. Why wouldn't you use this same interpretation method when it comes to Ezekiel's vision of an earthly temple, its sacrifices, and rituals?
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