18th Meeting - Millennial Temple - Continued Post 3

Ezekiel Chapters 43 - 46; the Prince comes to live within the Temple. Unlike the Temples before, the Prince can go anywhere he wants in the Temple. This Prince is High Priest and ruler of the kingdom. This Prince is Jesus Christ; the Bible tells us that Jesus would be both High Priest and King. The Jews will restart their animal sacrifices as part of the reconstruction of this Temple. Ezekiel is very clear about this; and the book of Hebrews is also very clear when it says that Jesus is the last sacrifice. Now how can both of these statements be true? Ezekiel is just as much a part of the Bible as Hebrews is; God can not lie or contradict Himself. These statements although they seem to contradict themselves are both true. How God will manage this is His problem, we will know after the fact. This whole Millennium thing is a bit hard for Christians to grasp. It seems that the Jews will have to bring the blood sacrifices to Jesus instead of the ark of the covenant. This should be an eye opening situation; they have to deliver the animal sacrifice to the Redeemer that their ritual points to. This is a lot like the parable of the laborers, that go to work for a Danarius, at the end of the day, the laborers that went to the vineyard at the end of the day, got the same pay as the ones who worked the whole day. The ones who came early were angry because they worked for the same pay as the ones who just got there. When you look at this story further, you see that the owner of the vineyard can pay whoever he wants whatever he wants. He had to remind his workers that they were excited about getting a Danarius when they reported to the vineyard early in the day. The owner did not lie to them; they thought that since he was generous to the late comers, he would be generous to them as well. The message of this parable is that the owner by being the owner can do whatever he wants. We have to remember that God chose the Jews and because of this He can treat them however He wants, and we should be happy, because if He continues to treat them well, He will also treat us like the adopted children we are. God is still on the throne.