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ADLY, we have come to the end our
long journey through the book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel was, of course, a Jew writing
to Jews, living among Jews and writing about Jews. He was writing during a time
when the Jews were living abroad – not in their homeland. It is fitting then
that his prophecies would conclude with a description of how things will look
someday when all of the Jews have returned home again. You may have seen a map
in the back of a Bible somewhere outlining the old borders of the tribes as
they were drawn out during the days of Joshua. Well, the system was fair enough
back then. The land was divided first into sections and then randomly dealt out
to the tribes who still needed territory at that time. (A few had gotten in on their claims a little
early).
During the Kingdom of God, the
lines will be drawn quite a bit differently. Since all of the land will be
blessed, in a way it won't matter where you end up living. So, the borders will
all be horizontal and straight on the northern and southern edges of each
tribe's possession. And, apparently their possessions will run east and west
from the Mediterranean to the Jordan river.
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