Understanding the Sabbath
Today’s Focus: Prophecy of the Sabbath Promise
Scripture: Ezekiel 46:1,2
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
There are prophecies that were fulfilled in Christ and there are some to be fulfilled in THE CHRIST or the Body of Christ as a whole. So let’s look at this prophecy and break it down.
Ezekiel 46:1: Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east, shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
This gate of the inner court that looks toward the east is not natural gate looking toward a direction. The word east in this scripture does not refer to the direction but the foremost part of the earth. In the Spirit it is a gateway by which God would enter the Earth and do business with His creation. So this gateway will be open in the spirit on the Sabbath day. See God keeps the fixed order of six days of work, seventh day rest. Now when we look at the Sabbath day, once again it is not a day that happens after you die. You must enter into this day before you die. It will come with a New Season. Remember the fixed order of God with the stars, the sun and the moon as we explain this.
The new day does not start at 6am when the sun rises. The new day starts at 12:00am. Now the only light in the Earth to usher in this new day is the moon. It is the bright and morning star in the sky that lights our way while it is still dark outside. Do we see something here? Hence for six hours we are in darkness until the sun rises in the east. This is good! Do we see the fixed order with the stars, moon and sun? Hence the gate of the inner court facing the east will be opened in the New Season and it will be opened on the day of the new moon in the New Season. Now what happens when this gate is opened? Verse 2 tells us.
Ezekiel 46:2: And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offerings and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall be not be shut until the evening.
The prince here represents a royal governmental people who are also priests that will present a perfect offering for the Lord. These people of course are the sons of God because we are a royal priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices unto our God (1 Peter 2:5). These governmental people are very important and think about the type of life that they must live in order to have the privilege to worship at the gate of the Lord. We know that Jesus said “I am the door” and he also said “I am the way”. So this Sabbath day is now taking on a unique picture.
In six days we shall work, on the seventh day the gate to the inner court will be opened. The gateway where God enters in to fellowship with His creation and on that day His sons will come and worship at the threshold of the gate to offer up a perfect sacrifice unto God.
In the next message we will look at the lifestyle of these princes and see if we see some similarities.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
