Read: Ezekiel 45:13-46:24; 1 Peter 1:13-2:10; Psalm 119:33:48; Proverbs 28:11
The prince in Ezekiel stands for Jesus, the Prince of Peace. The eastern gate is closed the six working day and on the Sabbath it is open. The eastern gate is the spiritual gate to the new Jerusalem. It is closed as long as time exists, but when God’s earthly week (the six days) is over, we will enter through that gate into the new heaven and the new earth. We will enter that gate with Jesus, the prince.
They were never to exit the gate they entered, depicting that we can never enter the presence of the Lord and leave the same way we came in. We should exit an opposite gate - changed.
First Peter says the same thing. If we are truly God’s children then we should be striving for holiness, not conformity to the world. The things of this world will perish, but the things of God are eternal and worth living for.
Jesus is the rock and we are stones from that rock. He is a stumbling stone to those who disobey his message of salvation. But to those who embrace him, he is the Rock of Ages.
We are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God. Our mission is to declare praised to the one who delivered us from darkness into light.
Lord, may we as living stones reflect the capstone which is Christ.
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