Appointed Time

 

    There is a time and place for all things.  If you do things too soon, then you never see  it fully mature and grow.  If you do things too late, then it is for nothing.  Timing is essential and it takes time to learn the balance.  As you get older you also learn that time is more valuable than money.  What do you do with your time matters.  Once you are dead, you are out of time.  

    God's people entered through the north gate and departed by the south gate with their offerings to God on the Sabbath and New Moon.  People worked six days a week, but the seventh belongs to God.  God created times for festivals so people would have vacations throughout the year to recharge.  He organized everything where people would get what they needed and had some fun in life.  It was not all just rituals, but there was order so everyone could get what they needed.  

    The prince gave a gift of his inheritance to his son or a servant.  The son would then have the role descend down.  However, if it was a servant that received it, then he only had it for a year before it went back to the heirs.  He set up structure to be fair and good.  It was never meant to displace anyone.  This prince is not Jesus, but a representation of leadership that is regulated so not to abuse their power.

    After Ezekiel witnesses all of this, he was sent to the kitchen.  It is where the ministers would cook the sacrifices that the people made.  The four kitchens are still a holy chambers.  

Ezekiel 46