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Ezekiel 45-46 The Holy District 45 “When you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set apart for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, 25,000 cubits[a] long and 20,000[b] cubits broad. It shall be holy throughout its whole extent. 2 Of this a square plot of 500 by 500 cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits…

 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. 2 Corinthians 7:10-11 God-honoring prayer requires us to know who God is and who we are, and that understanding who we are demands repentant prayer. Theologians and preachers typically distinguish two different attitudes that might be described as “repentance,” attrition…

Ezekiel 42-44 The Temple’s Chambers 42 Then he led me out into the outer court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers that were opposite the separate yard and opposite the building on the north. 2 The length of the building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits,[a] and the breadth fifty cubits. 3 Facing the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and…

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 This passage identifies two opposing worlds.   One is marked by righteousness, light, Christ, believers, and the presence of God.  The other is marked by lawlessness, darkness, Satan, unbelievers, and the presence of false gods.  And these two worlds are so utterly different and…

Ezekiel 40-41 Vision of the New Temple 40 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city.[a] 2 In visions of God he brought…

For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Most of the Corinthians were saved but hindered by legalistic teaching regarding sanctification. Others were not truly saved but deceived by…

Ezekiel 37-39 The Valley of Dry Bones 37 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley;[a] it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold,…

Whom do you serve? In Romans 8:1-12, Paul tells us that our identity as spiritual people means that “we are debtors.” We were once slaves of our own sinful selves and Satan, but now we have been freed from them—to serve another, Christ. Just being a creature means that we are indebted to God as…

Ezekiel 35-36 Prophecy Against Mount Seir 35 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste. 4 I will lay your cities…

 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling… 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 The following anecdote is from the life of John Quincy Adams one day in his 80th year. He was approached by a friend who said, “And how is John Quincy Adams today?” The former President of the United States replied graciously,…