Reading what you can't understand ... does that make sense? Ezekial 37-42

Ezekiel 40:1-4 (NASBStr)

CHAPTER 40

Vision of the Man with a Measuring Rod

 In the twenty- fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was taken, on that same day the hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me there. In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, and on it to the south there was a structure like a city. So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. The man said to me, “ Son of man, see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. Declare to the house of Israel all that you see.”

This chapter and the rest of the Book of Ezekiel may be, without much argument, some of the toughest chapters to read and to understand and to make practical for our every day life.   The vision the Man of God is about to see is about the Temple, the Tribes and the Land, and the Worship of God for the nation of Israel.  Much confusion is made over what the chapters mean, when the events will take place (or took place) and what they mean for the Nation of Israel or the Church or both.   They are so revered and feared among the Jewish nation that no one under 30 years of age is allowed to read them.   They must be important and practical because not only are they included in Ezekiel's book and are part of the Cannon of Scripture, they are referred to in the last few chapters of The Revelation of St. John.  This restoration of the temple and temple worship is important to God.  If it is important to God it should be important to us.   When we read The Revelation we are told that simply by reading it we are blessed.   So, by faith we read it.  Paul tells us in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 that ALL Scripture is given to us and is profitable.   This section shows God's attention to detail.  Each wall is measured to specific lengths.   We can take great assurance in these hard to read measurements and configuration of a Temple we have no knowledge about that God is paying attention to the smallest of details in His plans for this earth, His people and His Church.   Be confused by the reading ... many are and will be ... but, be assured as your read that God is completely in the know and in charge.