This review is brought
to you by the Kentucky
First Jurisdiction Church of God in Christ Sunday School Department.
LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: know what God's Word says
about sharing our inheritance with all those who live among us; feel the
importance of affirming and appreciating one another as children of God who
have made, or can make, new beginnings together; and embrace new beginnings as
gifts from God to be enjoyed with others.
BIBLE TRUTH: God provides opportunities for new beginnings throughout the
Bible, today and for future generations to share with one another.
Ezekiel 47:13-23 | King James Version (KJV)
13 Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border,
whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel:
Joseph shall have two portions.
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as
another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your
fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And this shall be the border of the land
toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to
Zedad;
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between
the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the
coast of Hauran.
17 And the border from the sea shall be
Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of
Hamath. And this is the north side.
18 And the east side ye shall measure from
Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by
Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
19 And the south side southward, from Tamar
even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is
the south side southward.
20 The west side also shall be the great sea
from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you
according to the tribes of Israel.
22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall
divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn
among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as
born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance
with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what
tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith
the Lord God.
Ezekiel is yet experiencing direction and
guidance through visions from God, which are detailing exactly how territories
are to be divided, flowing river paths, and a picture of the future worship
place for the people of God.
His visions take on such intricate details and
cause a sense of delightfulness as they unfold. Theologians point out the
similarities of what is being witnessed by Ezekiel and the account of Moses.
The Lord Himself is painting picture of the Israelites’ future. Beginning at
verse 23, even Aliens, not of Israeli descent would even have a place to dwell,
in this vision of new life, so long as they adopted the Mosaic Law.
In the usual fashion of our Lord, His covenant
was based upon a two-way street…if you keep His law, you will eat the goodness
of the land. It’s the only way that was ever in the design to receive our true
inheritance, and it yet continues.
As we reflect upon the beginning of this
series of lessons regarding Ezekiel to the end, there is a constant theme…the
Glory of God. As seen through the trickle of water flowing from the rivers, to
the deep roaring waters which cannot be contained, the glory of God continues
to prevail in our own lives, even today.
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