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To: topcat54; DAVEY CROCKETT; Dr. Eckleburg; HarleyD; Quix; ladyinred
and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age."

I agree with all that you said re Daniel, still there is something about the "end of the age". Here we have a direct promise to Daniel.

"Standing in your lot" of course, refers to priestly duties, and Daniel is told to wait patiently. But "rising again"? And we have the vision of the valley of the dry bones in Ezekiel.

I have been re-reading Ezekiel to try and understand the temple at the end. It is like no other anywhere and certainly isn't built with human hands. It seems to have much in common with Revelation's New Jerusalem.

The sacrifices seem to be some kind of memorial for the Jews, nothing to do with the Lord. The Levites can only be gatekeepers and butchers, David's priest will be in charge.

I have always been taught that we will have new, incorruptible bodies, like Christ was seen in on earth after the resurrection.

So something is going on, kind of a combination of the material and spiritual.

Then of course you have the two sticks, Jews and Christians united as one faith.

This is definitely not a rebuilt third Jewish temple.

956 posted on 09/11/2006 8:43:21 AM PDT by 1000 silverlings (why is it so difficult to understand?)
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To: 1000 silverlings; DAVEY CROCKETT; Dr. Eckleburg; HarleyD; ladyinred
The sacrifices seem to be some kind of memorial for the Jews, nothing to do with the Lord. The Levites can only be gatekeepers and butchers, David's priest will be in charge.

It's interesting that if one takes the Ezekiel vision "lterally" it is quite clear that gentile believers are truly second class citizens in this scenario.

"Thus says the Lord God: 'No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.' " (Ezek. 44:9)

This obviously creates a problem if taken "literally" since it means that gentile believers will have no way to come near to the throne of Christ during the period of time. Right now, in heaven, all the saints without racial distinction have complete access to the Davidic throne on which Christ is seated and reigning from the heavenly temple (Acts 2:30; Heb. 8:5; Rev. 5:13).

But, apparently, when Paul said "to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord" and "thus we shall always be with the Lord", he really meant to add, except when Jesus is sitting on a literal throne in a literal temple in literal earthly Jeruslem observing literal animal sacrifices when no uncircumcised gentile will be allowed to approach.

This outlines the folly of putting a racial spin on Christ's kingdom.

"and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all." (Col. 3:10,11)

Spiritual advancement not carnal retreat!!

959 posted on 09/11/2006 10:56:51 AM PDT by topcat54
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