Read: Ezekiel 47:1-48:35; 1 Peter 2:11-3:7: Psalm 119:49-§4; Proverbs 28:12-13
The spirit of life which was the water issued from the door which is Christ. It issued from the pierced side of Christs’ body to the nations. Everywhere the blood of Christ flowed it brought healing and life. The trees on the sides of the banks of the water represent the saints that have gone before and produced fruit (Psalms 1).
There was a definite boundary around the temple that held the kingdom of his people. People from every tribe and nation would be there because great revival will bring them in. The sons of Zadok had been the true ones that had never strayed from the truth. These remind me of the ones brought up in church and don’t have a testimony of coming out of the world. They are the sons of Zadok. They saw the truth and were never deceived out of it.
The possession of the Levites was in the midst of the city, their border was from Judah to Benjamin. This is a picture of the true believers coming in from the time of Jesus to his return. Jesus was from the tribe of Judah and Benjamin represents the Church.
In First Peter, Peter remembers how Jesus walked on the earth and encourages us to do what he did. Jesus never let any deceit be in his mouth. He refused to fight back when he was being wrongly accused and persecuted. Because he refused to sin, his blood has the power to heal us and his life is an example to us of how to walk in persecution and not sin with our mouth.
Lord, help us to walk with no malice in our mouths. May we be like the sons of Zadok that stay true to your commands when no one around us cares.
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