Ezekiel 48

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Today is the last day of being in the Word of God for 1,189 days, day and night.  I have tried to read every word God has spoken.  I did not start in Genesis; I started in Daniel.  If I was asked what book should anyone start in, I will say start in Genesis and watch the story unfold.  However, start walking with Him where you met Him and start at that place.  Carefully read the whole chapter and the book that contains that chapter you were reading. 

 I met Him for the first time in Galatians.  I read Galatians over and over and over again.  I read it so many times until I ran telling the whole city to read Galatians.   I never read a book of the Word of God in my life!  I was so excited!!!  After I tried telling people to read, I was hurt by their responses.   I thought they would be as excited as I was.  Needless to say, many were not excited at all. 

 

I have learned so so much about the Word of God; also, I have learned a lot about what people know and how they respond to God's Word.

I know, now more than ever, that not many people know what God has said to us.

Every night for 3 years, 3months, and 3 days, I have prayed, cried, and earnestly asked God for an understanding of what He was saying.  Not one day did He deny me my request.

If you read any scripture that causes you to want to know God, use that place and keep reading.  That is your starting point.  Don't skip any verse from then on.  He will lead you into the rest Himself.

The last chapter of Ezekiel can be seen by the map I attached.

It is hard to gain all of what there is to know without reading or hearing someone explain how we got there.

In this chapter, God has given Ezekiel how to organize the families of Israel.  All of what God has done through Ezekiel has been ordered and organized.  When I have found organization in life, I have found the Lord.

"Here is the list of the tribes of Israel and the territory each is to receive. The territory of Dan is in the extreme north. Its boundary line follows the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath and then runs on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus, with Hamath to the north. Dan's territory extends all the way across the land of Israel from east to west. 

"Asher's territory lies south of Dan's and also extends from east to west. 

Naphtali's land lies south of Asher's, also extending from east to west. 

Then comes Manasseh south of Naphtali, and its territory also extends from east to west. 

South of Manasseh is Ephraim, 

and then Reuben, 

and then Judah, all of whose boundaries extend from east to west. 

"South of Judah is the land set aside for a special purpose. It will be 8 1/3 miles wide and will extend as far east and west as the tribal territories, with the Temple at the center. 

"The area set aside for the LORD's Temple will be 8 1/3 miles long and 6 2/3 miles wide. 

For the priests there will be a strip of land measuring 8 1/3 miles long by 3 1/3 miles wide, with the LORD's Temple at the center. 

This area is set aside for the ordained priests, the descendants of Zadok who served me faithfully and did not go astray with the people of Israel and the rest of the Levites. 

It will be their special portion when the land is distributed, the most sacred land of all. Next to the priests' territory will lie the land where the other Levites will live. 

"The land allotted to the Levites will be the same size and shape as that belonging to the priests--8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide. Together these portions of land will measure 8 1/3 miles long by 6 2/3 miles wide. 

None of this special land may ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the LORD; it is set apart as holy. 

"An additional strip of land 8 1/3 miles long by 1 2/3 miles wide, south of the sacred Temple area, will be allotted for public use--homes, pasturelands, and common lands, with a city at the center. 

The city will measure 1 1/2 miles on each side--north, south, east, and west. 

Open lands will surround the city for 150 yards in every direction. 

Outside the city there will be a farming area that stretches 3 1/3 miles to the east and 3 1/3 miles to the west along the border of the sacred area. This farmland will produce food for the people working in the city. 

Those who come from the various tribes to work in the city may farm it. 

This entire area--including the sacred lands and the city--is a square that measures 8 1/3 miles on each side. 

"The areas that remain, to the east and to the west of the sacred lands and the city, will belong to the prince. Each of these areas will be 8 1/3 miles wide, extending in opposite directions to the eastern and western borders of Israel, with the sacred lands and the sanctuary of the Temple in the center. 

So the prince's land will include everything between the territories allotted to Judah and Benjamin, except for the areas set aside for the sacred lands and the city. 

"These are the territories allotted to the rest of the tribes. Benjamin's territory lies just south of the prince's lands, and it extends across the entire land of Israel from east to west. 

South of Benjamin's territory lies that of Simeon, also extending across the land from east to west. 

Next is the territory of Issachar with the same eastern and western boundaries. 

"Then comes the territory of Zebulun, which also extends across the land from east to west. 

The territory of Gad is just south of Zebulun with the same borders to the east and west. 

The southern border of Gad runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh and then follows the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean. 

"These are the allotments that will be set aside for each tribe's exclusive possession. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken! 

"These will be the exits to the city: On the north wall, which is 1 1/2 miles long, 

there will be three gates, each one named after a tribe of Israel. The first will be named for Reuben, the second for Judah, and the third for Levi. 

On the east wall, also 1 1/2 miles long, the gates will be named for Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan. 

The south wall, also 1 1/2 miles long, will have gates named for Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun. 

And on the west wall, also 1 1/2 miles long, the gates will be named for Gad, Asher, and Naphtali. 

"The distance around the entire city will be 6 miles. And from that day the name of the city will be 'The LORD Is There.'"

When you find order in a church, the Lord is there!!!!