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NASB | Ezekiel 43:10 ¶ "As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the plan. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezekiel 43:10 ¶ "As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins; and let them measure its plan [in detail]. |
Subject: How does it make them ashamed? |
Bible Note: Greetings, Wow, you sure are dusting off the old ones. LOL. Okay, an example of what I'm referring to. The Jews, in their history, go from one extreme to the other. They go from being obedient to the Law, to rebelling against God's Law, and then back to obeying God's law to the extreme. If I were to choose an example out of the Bible for such things, I would say that the Adulterous woman in John 8 is a good example. Jesus is approached by a group of Jews who bring him a woman who committed adultery and got caught. Now, they wanted to stone her for committing the act. The Law does teach that in Leviticus 20:10. However, they fail to add that the one she slept with should also be put to death as well. This law is repeated in Deuteronomy 22:22, and it says that the reason is to purge the nation of evil. So, their interpretation and execution of God's given Law in this matter was deficient. Further more, Jesus writes something in the dirt of the ground that convicts and shames them. What he writes is unknown, but it could be their sins in which they should be stoned for, or it could be the names of the woman's lovers who was in the crowd, or their mistresses. The possibilities are limitless. Why did I use this as an example? The Jews had the Law available, but instead of following it measure by measure, they instead slipped on a couple things. This is an example. If they were to be truly in line with the law, they would have brought forth both the Woman and the Man together. Now, here's another example, probably one that will hit closer to home. In metal work, there is a measuring device called a "Micrometer" that is used to gauge the thickness of metals. This is a very precise instrument, some of them measuring down to a thousandths of an inch. With continued use and normal wear, this device can get out of sync, and become imprecise. Therefore, to recalibrate the instrument, a standard is used. This standard is a known thickness, and the micrometer is set to it, and adjusted appropriately until it reads the correct thickness. This is an analogy of what I'm talking about. God's word is our standard. During the days of the Old Testament, specifically in the time of Ezekiel, that standard consisted of the Mosaic Law. By describing the details of what the Temple should be in comparison to how it was then, God is using Ezekiel to show the Jews how far away from God's standard they had fallen, and how far they needed to come to be recalibrated. Jalek |