In the book of Ezekiel Ezekiel chapter 46 here as we get into Wednesday and the word a man January the 29th, 20,025, the 29th of Tevet, 5785 of the Hebrew calendar. You know, Ezekiel was a prophet of God and he had been trained to be a priest, but God stepped into his life and called him to be a prophet. And so he was to be a prophet to the captives of the children of Israel who were in the land of Babylon. in captivity. And so, you know, there seemed to be a time that when we look at all of the festivities, tonight we'll be talking about a life of daily devotion. a life of daily devotion, amen. And so here in the Millennial Temple, here we look at our future type of worship in the coming days. And so here is a life of daily devotion in the Millennial itself. As we get into it, We'll be looking at the temple regulations and worship, the offerings and the sacrifices, and also all of the daily offerings, the inheritance, the property regulations. These are things that sound so boring tonight, but they will be a part of our future endeavors as we come into the time of the millennial reign and the millennial temple. And so, when we look at a life of daily devotion in the Millennial Temple in our Bible study in Ezekiel chapter 46 tonight. I'm glad that we'll be talking about three things. And I'm glad that here tonight in those three things, the future worship procedures, the inheritance of property, and the temple's kitchens. You know, ain't nothing like a kitchen. Man, when you go into mama's kitchen or daddy's kitchen, man, you getting into another world because, man, they can fix some things that are exciting. Well, in the future, all of the temple's kitchens are a reminder of the need for a Christ-centered fellowship. And so, tonight, when we look at the resources of everything, We see the division of land and resources that prioritizes God's presence and holiness. And so when we look and realize tonight as the life of that daily devotion, we look at the book of Ezekiel and remind ourselves the name of this series and why that we call it that. And that is, this is the 42nd in our series, New Heart, New Spirit. And so I thank God as we look tonight at, for those of us that have grown complacent or cold in our walk with God, a new heart outlines how God desires to bring us closer to him. And so Ezekiel was the son of Buzi, a name that means God will strengthen. He was born in 622 BC, during the reign of Josiah, grew up in Palestine. He was 17 when Daniel and him, when he was taken to Babylon, and Daniel taken to Babylon, And so, Ezekiel was about 25 when he was taken to Babylon. Daniel was 17. He was 25. Along with 10,000 other Jehoiachin, was the king at the time, called to the prophecy. Ten years later, at 35, God began to change his profession. And so, when we look and realize here in Ezekiel chapter 46, I wanna invite everyone over to come and be with us on behalf of our pastor, Keith Dipsy. We're located at 450 Island Hill Road, Taylorville, Georgia, amen. Sunday school at 10 a.m., morning worship at 11. Come and be with us if you can. We'd love to have you come and be with us. And if you're not in a church, come and visit with us, amen. We'd love to have you. Our Kids for Christ is meeting tonight out in the fellowship hall. And so, you come and join, bring your kids at 7 o'clock on Wednesday nights, amen. I thank God as Brother Rusty Lanier, and I thank God, many that come together to head up that great ministry of our Kids for Christ, amen. Tonight, reminding you that we're in the ministry to be able to reach people. And so I thank God for the great privilege of being able to speak tonight. I always say, you can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. And so I'm glad here tonight, we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus, the Lord, and ourselves, your servants for Jesus' sake. After I quit pastoring, after almost 22, Years the Lord called me to this ministry this particular ministry to work in my local church, and so I'm thankful for that and I'm just blessed and so tonight Our reason for a new heart, a new spirit, is the exact scriptures of Ezekiel chapter 11 and Ezekiel chapter 36 verses 26 and 27, Ezekiel chapter 11 verses 19 and 20, that they both say similar, the same thing. And from this scripture, is what I called new heart, new spirit as I study in the book of Ezekiel. That's where I got the name of that from tonight because it's repeated. And so he tells us, I'll give you one heart and put a new spirit within you. And I'll take out the stony heart of flesh and give them a heart of flesh. And that they may walk in my statues, keep my ordinances, and do them, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. In Ezekiel 36, a new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart, sorry, I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you a heart of flesh and I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statues and you shall keep my judgments and do them. And so Ezekiel's name means God strengthens. Well, I don't know about you, but I can't get enough strength. When I look at the measurements in this entire chapter, I put together a chart. And so when we see the temple's inner gates, The measurement of that will be six working days, but on the Sabbath, the gate will open. And so, the gates open for the Sabbath, and the new moons, and they're closed for the rest of the week. When I give you this, it is almost like I'm giving you a entire outline of this entire chapter, just like that. And so, verse one, when we see the prince's worship area, it's gonna be by the east gate. The prince is a type of Christ. He's not Christ, but he's a type of Christ. And so, the prince worships at the gate's threshold during the offerings. That's his description. It's got to be at the gate's opening of the threshold. And so, we'll read about this in verse 2. The sacrificial openings, well, there's not much difference in the measurements, but the regulations for the burnt offerings is the morning sacrifices, the Sabbath sacrifices, and the new moon offerings in verses 4 through 8. Now, when we look at the daily burnt offering, there's one lamb daily, and flour with oil. The specific measurements for the lamb, the flour, and the oil offerings will be stated in verses 13 through 15. The priest's kitchen, no exact measurement, but it's located in the west end of the priest's building inner court. And it'll talk about that in verses 19 and 20. And last but not least, in verses 21 through 24, the people's kitchen. 70 feet long by 52.5 feet wide, approximately 42 meters by 32 meters. It's the large kitchens located in each of the four corners of the outer court that you saw the picture on. If you'll go back and look at my other studies that I showed you, I have went in the exact detail of every bit of the temple. and very descriptively, if you'll go back and look at those. And so this is a kind of a measurement. When we see the temples, now these are just a variety of them, but it reminds us of a life of daily devotion in the Millennial Temple because the very first thing we'll be talking about, the future worship procedures. And so, it's a reminder that we ourselves must worship exactly as God prescribes in verses one through 15. Now, as we look at this, We realize that the Lord began to spell out five very specific worship procedures that are to be followed in Ezekiel chapter 46. Five of them. Now, when we look at those in a minute, we see these are the worship procedures. Now, it's blew up, and I don't like to move this thing. This thing's in my way. Amen. Sorry about that. Anyway, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. In the procedure, the Sabbath and the new moon worship, there are offerings by the prince, which is a type of Christ, the lambs, the rams, the bulls, the grain, and the oil in verses 1 through 6. Number one. The second worship procedure is the gate that is used by all the worshipers, the Pacific entry and the exit patterns for the prince and the people in verses 7 through 10. The third, the festivals and the feast are similar offerings as Sabbath worship in verse 11. Now, when you go back into this worship, there's only one thing that's different when you start doing preparations. In Leviticus, they did a sacrifice and it had wine with it, but this one will have no wine. That's the difference. And so, the fourth thing, the prince's freewill offering, the east gate opens for freewill offerings and then it closes at verse 12. And then in verses 13 and 15, the daily sacrifices, that's the morning lamb, the grain and the oil as a permanent law in verses 13 through 15. So you can look at that as an outline before we start reading the wonderful word of God. Again, in another more chart order, This is what we're fixing to talk about. The worship procedures that are in Ezekiel chapter 46. It's very specific. And that's exactly how the Lord wants the future worship procedures to be. A reminder that we must worship exactly as God prescribes. You know, I'm glad that when we look at this, the procedure for worship in verses one through six is on the Sabbath. and it's on the day of the new moon that's covered first. When will worship services be established on the Sabbath instead of observed on Sunday as it is during the church age day? Well, we've got to keep in mind that the call and the purposes of God for Israel will be fulfilled in the Messiah's kingdom. And therefore the relationship with the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob for which God longed will be finally established when Christ returns to earth. And so when that happens, in the Messiah's kingdom, all the covenants given by God to Israel will be completely fulfilled and operating. The Jews will trust Jesus Christ as the true Messiah, seeking forgiveness of their sins through the blood of His cross. They will also live righteously by keeping the commandments of God's Holy Word. And they will fulfill the former covenants given to them by God, and they will present their sacrificial offerings in praise of what Christ has done for them. It sounds strange because here we are as Christians and as Gentiles, and yet we're seeing what is going to be the future worship for all of us. One thing about it, we'll have some glorified bodies, we'll know everything that we don't know now, and we'll be happy as a lark. So through these offerings and these obedience to God's commandments, and the worship on the Sabbath as well as on other special occasions, they will finally be God's people. But at last, the Lord will be able to establish the relationship with the Jews that He had originally intended when He first called Abraham. And so all the covenants of God that were originally given to Israel will be fulfilled in the messianic kingdom. And so that will be the reason for the reestablishment of worship on the Sabbath instead of Sunday in the future. And so on the Sabbath day, the prince will bring a burnt offering of six unblemished male lambs and ram. In addition, he'll make a grain offering of a half bushel of flour to go with the ram, and as much grain as he pleases to go with the lambs that we're going to read in verses four and five that we're still talking about here. And so one, on the day of the new moon service, the prince will bring a young bull, a ram, and six lambs. And so he's to give the grain offering of a half bushel of flour for each bull and each ram and as much grain as he wishes for those lambs. He is to give a gallon of olive oil for each half bushel of flour. And so the Lord says, I'm being very specific. Before we read the scripture, I'm already explaining it to you. And so just bear with me. The second thing that we see, the gate that is used by the worshipers, the procedure for the proper gate used by the worshipers is also explained in verses 7 through 10. So when Christ returns to earth, worship services within the temple will naturally be flooded with people. Traffic control will be necessary to handle the enormous crowds. Oh my goodness, can you imagine how many people? It's like walking through New York City. Man, I mean, you know, I remember that movie where the guy was from down under and he got up and walked on some folks' heads because there were so many people he couldn't even get through. Better they got some traffic in the future. And so, when Christ returns to earth, the worship services within the temple will naturally be flooded. And so the prince is to enter and exit through the portico of the east gate, according to verse 8. And then in verse 9, The people who enter by the North Gate must exit by the South Gate. Hey, have you ever caught my study on the gates of Jerusalem? It's on Sermon Audio. Catch it sometime. And then, you'll kind of understand what I'm talking about. And so, the people who enter the North Gate must exit by the South Gate. And if they enter by the South Gate, they must exit by the North Gate. It's a flip-flop, ain't it? but it's very precise, and that is exactly the procedure that the Lord is spelling out, five very specific worship procedures that are to be followed in the future. Ain't that something? I don't even know all the things that's gonna happen in the future, but here I am, because of the Word of God, I'm telling you about the future. It's an amazing thing, the Word of God. So in verse 10, still, here talking about the gate use by the worshipers, We see that the prince will enter and leave with the people participating in worship with them, as he says. And so, the third thing that we see, the festivals and the feasts, in verse 11, the similar offerings as Sabbath worship that we look, and we see that in it, a grain offering amounting to a half a bushel of flour is to be given with each bull and ram, but the people can give as much grain as they wish with each lamb that they offer. However, they must give a gallon of olive oil for each half bushel of grain offered. Hey, I know you probably ain't gonna remember this, but when you get into the millennial kingdom in the future, you already know what you need to do. You already know what's expected of you. You say, man, ain't no way I'll ever, I'm not a Jew. Hey, you gonna be as a Jew, good a Jew as any Jew when that time comes. Fourthly, again, we see the prince's free will offering. The Lord spelled out the procedure for the Prince's freewill offering. When the Prince is ready to make a freewill offering, the East Gate will be open for him. And when he presents freewill offerings, whether burnt offerings or fellowship offerings, he'll follow the same procedures for the Sabbath worship. Don't worry, I'm fixing to go into a little bit more detail on this. I'm just giving you an outline. and then we're going to read the word of god and then i'm going to tell you what each of the word of god of all the 24 verses are talking about so just bear with me just a little bit and so uh as we look and realize that the procedure because after the service is over where the prince leaves the east gate will be shut behind him and that free will offering is the only exception to the east gate remaining closed during the six working days of the week and then Sorry, I moved too fast. The daily sacrifices, the morning lamb, the grain, the oil, and the permanent law from verses 13 down to verse 15 that we see. Every morning, as the Lord explains the procedure for offering the daily sacrifices, a year-old lamb without defect will be sacrificed as a burnt offering. A grain offering consisting of two and a half quarts of flour and one-third gallon of olive oil will also be presented. And the grain offering, which is the permanent law, that is, it is always to accompany the offering of the mourning lamb. there is no exception. It will always. The lamb, the grain, and the oil must be given as a daily offering in celebration of the Lord's death on behalf of his people. And so in any organization, The members must handle their business in an orderly way to be effective, right? Well, this is as true of the church as it is any other organization. There must be business, there must be conference, there must be things, standards that are followed and done that way. The most highly organized and ordered person in the universe is the Lord our Savior Jesus Christ Himself. And therefore, we must handle the affairs of the church, including worship, exactly as God Himself prescribes it. Now, as I explained and started out, let's open up with a time of prayer. And let's ask the Lord to intervene in our lives and do what no one else can do for us this morning. I want you to remember our pastor's wife, sister Amy, that had the symptoms of the flu the last time I was talking with pastor Sunday morning. And you pray for her along with all of the other. Continue to pray for my wife. She'll have to have both her eyes operated on with cataracts. And so she's got other things that's going on as well that we don't want to talk about. But also remember all of our deacons, all of our men and women of God at Bethel Crossroads Baptist Church. Amen. uh... just like all of the churches that uh... we are remembering those that are lost those that are out of god's will that need to repay it and so uh... we're remembering the new things that our president is doing their cabinet members and all that in the white house many of it will not be like to rejected some of it will be and we'll try to pick and choose and so the best thing you can do is pray for this smooth transition of all that is happening and pray for him that he makes the right choices for all of us as Americans as well. Remember, we're talking about a life of daily devotion in the millennial kingdom tonight. Will you pray with me tonight? Will you pray for that loved one that the death angel has come into their home? Will you pray with me about that person, especially our schoolmate, Greg Hightower, that's just passed away Sunday. Thank you, Jeff Steiber, brother Jeff, for letting me know about that. And believe it or not, I get on Facebook and I minister and then I get off. If you see me on there, that's not me, that's my wife. I always tell people that. And so tonight, as we get in, to the wonderful Word of God. Will you pray with me tonight, will you? Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we come before you tonight and we acknowledge our need always for your forgiveness. Lord, we know that we're nobody. We're nothing. And so tonight, Father, I pray that, Lord, that the moment that you came into our heart and life and changed us, And Lord, we were indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God. I pray for all of our missionaries, our soldiers, our leaders, our pastors all across this nation. God, I pray that you'll lift them up and use them mightily, Father. Lord, tonight in this Bible study, it may not be one of the greatest topics that a lot of people love to hear, but Lord, it is about all of our future. Those that are going to be in the millennial kingdom, and the things that are going to be transpiring in there. And Lord, there's so much about this that I don't even know, even come close to understanding to explain. And so help me tonight, Father, to be able to explain our future endeavors in the millennial kingdom and what will take place in our worship, because worship is powerful today. And so Lord, I ask your help tonight and be with the lost, be with those that are Christians that are not living a Christian life. And Lord, when people see them, They judge every other Christian because of that Christian that is living, trying to straddle the fence and live in sin and try to live for the Lord. And one of us can do it tonight, Lord. But I pray for those ones out there that are just struggling when they don't have to struggle, when they can just turn it all over to you tonight, Father. Lord, I pray for that sinner that's lost. And tonight, Lord, that they need the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. And they need somebody to care enough about it that they've got a burden that they pray daily for the loss that's around them and that's in their families and their loved ones, Father, tonight. Lord, I pray God that you'll just give us the clarity that we need tonight to talk about your word and get us out of the way and hide us behind the cross of Calvary. And all this we do and say in Jesus's marvelous mighty name we pray, amen. I'm glad that tonight when we look and realize that I was reading about this week about a man named John that worked at a local community center. And one day he noticed this young girl that was sitting alone out on a park bench, looking sad and lost. And he approached her and he discovered that she was feeling overwhelmed by life's challenges and had lost her way. John took a little bit of time to sit and listen, not talk, but listen to her struggles and pray with her. That simple act of kindness and devotion changed her life. leading her to seek help and to find hope, just like John. we are all called to walk the paths of worship and devotion, not only for ourselves, but for the many that are around us. And so, all of us, we see the routes that are gonna be within the temple. And so tonight, when we get in here, we see, again, the five worship procedures that are outlined, worship on the Sabbath and the new moon, in verses one through six. The Sabbath, the prince offers six lambs, one ram, and grain. Half bushel per ram, free amount for the lambs, with one gallon of oil per half bushel. The new moon, the prince offers one bull, one ram, six lambs, and similar grain and oil offerings. And so, the reason for the Sabbath worship, I'm like that old-fashioned preacher, if you ain't catching on what I'm doing, I'm repetitively on you, so that if you didn't get it the other two times, Maybe you'll catch it this third time. And that is the reason for the Sabbath worship that reflects the fulfillment of God's covenants with Israel during the Messianic Kingdom. And so, the gate procedures, verses 7 through 10, the prince enters and exits through the east gate. Worshippers must exit from a gate opposite to their entrance, north to south, and vice versa of however each one is. And so, the prince participates with the people. He's a type of Christ, and so he's not the high priest, but he's a type of Christ. And so the worship during the festivals, in verse 11, sacrifices include the bulls, rams, lambs, and grain, half bushel per bull and ram, free amount for the lambs, with one gallon of oil per half bushel. Free will offerings by the prince, I'll go into a little bit of that in verse 12, the east gate opens exclusively for the prince's offerings, which follow the Sabbath procedures, the gate closes afterward. The daily sacrifices in verses 13 through 15, every morning there is a year old lamb with grain offering 2.5 quarts in oil, a third of a gallon. And permanent law is that symbolizes Christ is atoning sacrifice. What he did on the cross of Calvary for us. It will happen every, every, every, every morning. a year old lamb with grain, 2.5 quarts, and oil, a third of a gallon. 2.5 quarts of grain and a third gallon of oil. Boy, I'm gonna tell you, that's gonna be the future. And so, what do we see that he tells us? 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. I don't know how many of you was able to look and find the 26th book of the book of Ezekiel that were in chapter 46. And so, I'm glad that as this chapter opens, it opens with, Thus says the Lord God. Amen? And so, in that saying, he opens up and tells us and emphasizes the seriousness of these commands in such as obeying them, guaranteeing the proper both spiritual and economic of the entirety of the world, that this is to be done exactly this way. This is a life of daily devotion in the Millennial Temple. And so, when we look and we see this, We notice that as he says this, he's telling us that the gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut on the six working days. The east gate of the inner court will remain closed on weekdays, but it'll be open on the Sabbath and the new moon. And so I'm glad that each and every one of us, as we look, worship must be conducted exactly as God prescribes. in the order, in the reverence, in the obedience. And so, when we do that, we go through verses 1 through 15 that he tells us that. This gate in verses 1 and verse 9 symbolizes our approach to God. Each entrance into worship requires preparation and reverence. I wonder, I wonder how many of us just snatch our Bible up when we go to church, and we ain't even picked that Bible up, not a one-eyed odor, no other time. And then when we get there, we're running late. We ain't even on time. Boy, I'm going to tell you, you know what? It's all about the entrance and the exits in the future. And so I'm glad that Charles Spurgeon said the way to God is through humility, not pride. And he goes on, he says, 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 priest shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offering, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go forth, but the gate shall not be shut until the evening." And so, I'm glad that as he tells us this, that we look and we realize that it's at the threshold of the gate. that the gate will not be shut until the evening. And so the prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside and shall take his stand by the post of the gate, right at the threshold. and offer his burnt offering and his Pete's offerings, and he shall worship at that threshold of the gate, and then he's going to go out, but the gate shall not be shut until the evening." And so, as we look and realize that after worship at the gate, he'll leave and the gate will remain open in the evening time. And so we go on. Leaders in the church must exemplify humility and devotion in their worship. That's the role of the prince. And you know what? He's almost like, hey, that's our spiritual leader right there. That's the one that's going to be leading the worship is the prince, because he's the one that is a type of Christ, but he's not a high priest. And so, thank God for our worship leaders, Rufus Cantrell and his wife, Sister Kathy, that lead us in our worship. And then all the men and women of God that get up and worship in the choir, praise God. Boy, this is one of those life of daily devotions that we gonna get into in the Millennial Temple. And so, the act of worship is worship is personal, it's communal act that invites us to bring our sacrifices before God. And so Charles Stanley, God rest his soul, we must not only pray, but we must pray with worship. And I'm glad that as each and every one of them, Simon Sinek, leadership is not about being in charge, it's about taking care of those in your charge. And so he says in verse three, likewise, the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the Sabbath and in the new moons. and the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the lord in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish remember what i've told you so that you can know what we'll be doing in the future praise god it will be every morning every morning and with the grain and with the oil every morning. And so, he says in verse five, and the meat offering shall be an ephod for a ram and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give and a hen of oil to an ephod. You see all of this, you look back at my outline, it'll tell you in the measurements that we understand what it'll be. And so, he goes on in verse six, and in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish and six lambs and a ram and they shall be without blemish. And he shall prepare a meat offering and an ephod for a bullock and an ephod for a ram and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto other words as much as he wants to and a hen of oil to an ephod and so and when the prince shall enter he shall go in by the way of the porch the uh of the columns of that gate and he shall go forth by the way thereof But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the solemn feast, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall what? Go out by the south. If you go in the south, you go out by the north. It's right the reverse. Whichever way you go in, you go out the other way. By the way of the north gate to the worship shall go out by the way of the south gate, and that entered by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate. He shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it." Hey, it's almost like when you get in the temple, hey, there's a one-way road. You don't go back, you go forward the whole time, and so till you go out. And so I thank God as we look and continue on. that he says this is teaching the direction in worship because it teaches us that our worship must be intentional and guided by God's statutes and so I'm glad the other Sunday a while back I got up and when I got up I didn't know what I was going to do until the one in front of me did what they did and when they did what they did then the Holy Spirit guided me to tell me what I needed to do when I got up that's when you let the Lord lead you and so We see the purpose of that path. And that is our gatherings for worship are vital in maintaining our spiritual life and unity as a body of Christ. And so, hey, there's nothing wrong with planning and outlining and laying out everything. But when you get up there, if the Lord says otherwise, you better do otherwise. You better not try to follow your plan. You better follow God's plan when you're worshiping the Lord. And so there's a big difference. Worship is the highest form of human activity, Rick Warren. And so we go on, and the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in, and when they go forth, shall go forth. I'm glad John Piper said true worship is a matter of the heart, not a ritual of the hands. In verse 11, and in the feast and in the solemnities, the meat offering shall be an ephod to a bullock. and an ephod to a ram and to the lambs as he is able to give an hen of the oil to an ephod. He says in verse 12, now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offering voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offering as he did on the Sabbath day that he shall go forth and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. And so, he goes on in verse 13, we're going down to verse 15 because of the five types of procedures that the future worship will be, that is a reminder that we must worship exactly as God prescribes. And so, in verse 13, thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish, thou shalt prepare it every morning. He goes on, the offering in worship, Our daily devotion requires a commitment to bring our best to God continually. I wonder if we're doing that. I wonder if we are. And so, Timothy Keller said, offering is a response to God's love, not a transaction. And so in verse 14, And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephod, and the third part of a hen of oil. to temper with the fine flour a meat offering continually by our perpetual ordinance unto the Lord, that it is law, that it is always that way, that it is never giving that without the flour and the oil, always, he says. Thus shall they prepare the lamb and the meat offering and the oil every morning for a continual burnt offering. And that brings us up to our second point. Our life of daily devotion in the millennial temple the first thing we talked about the future worship procedures It was a reminder that we must worship exactly as god prescribes. Amen You know, that's the way for us today You need to be worshiping in the house of god the way god's telling you to worship praise god and so each and every one of us when we look and realize that it is all about that proper procedure. But the second thing that we see is the inheritance of the property. A reminder of the believer's inheritance. Because all of us have an inheritance, amen. I'm glad that Many people today may not be wealthy enough to get an inheritance, but if your mom and dad's got something, they can leave it behind. They can leave it behind to somebody, amen, hopefully. So, in verses 16, 17, 18, it is a reminder of the believer's inheritance. And I'm glad the inheritance of the prince's property and the prince's treatment of the people's inheritance will be governed in the messianic kingdom because the prince, which is a type of Christ, the worship leader, will be able to give property to a son, but the son must make sure that he passes it along to his descendants. And so it is to remain in the family of the prince. Here's the details of the inheritance of property, because in verses 16, 17, 18, we look and we see here the inheritance for sons. The prince can give property to his sons, but it must remain in the family. That's the believer's inheritance in Christ. It is eternal and secured by God in 1 Peter 1, verse 4. I'm glad that we're in the family of God. And because we are, we've got the greatest inheritance, eternal life. And so, in the future, our life is going to be about worship. It's going to be about getting up and giving glory and honor to the one that took all of our sins upon his life. The inheritance for the servants, property given to the servants is temporary and returns to the prince during the year of jubilee. The earthly possessions are temporary, but our heavenly inheritance is everlasting, according to Matthew 6, verses 19 and 20. the protection of the people's inheritance. The prince cannot take land from the people, you and I. He must use his own estate for the gifts. And so God is just, and he ensures that his people are never cheated of what he has promised any of them. Psalms 37, verse 18. And so, Thus saith the Lord God, if the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons, and it shall be their possession by their inheritance. But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty." In other words, the year of jubilee. after it shall return to the prince, but his inheritance shall be his son's for them. It must stay in their family. And I'm glad that none of us will ever be gypped of any of our inheritance. Moreover, the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression to thrust them out of their possession, but he shall give his son's inheritance out of his own possessions, that my people be not scattered every man from his possessions. And so I'm glad when we look and realize here in that third part, because I'm glad a servant can keep it only until the year of jubilee every 50th year, but during the year of jubilee, the servant must return the property to the prince. The prince must not take any of the people's property. He's not to confiscate or steal property of other citizens or any other leaders down through the line. This is all a clear reminder of the believer's inheritance and the inheritance of God's promises to all that truly trust Him. Amen. And so it reminds us of God's promise to believers that we have an eternal inheritance in Christ, just as the prince is to protect the people's inheritance. God faithfully secures our inheritance in heaven. And so I'm glad it brings us to our third part. We talked about a life of daily devotion in the Millennial Temple, and we talked about the future worship procedures, a reminder that we must worship exactly as God prescribes in verses 1 through 15. Secondly, the inheritance of property, a reminder of the believer's inheritance, verses 16, 17, and 18. Lastly and closing, our last point, and that is the temple's kitchens, a reminder of the need for Christ-centered fellowship in verses 19 down to verse 24. And so I'm glad there'll be separate kitchens for the priest and the people in the Messiah's temple. There'll be kitchens for the priest that will be located at the west end of the prince's building in the inner court, and the purpose for these kitchens will be to provide a place for the cooking, cooking the guilt and the sin offerings, and for keeping the offerings holy and undefiled. All contact with the people will be avoided for the very purpose of emphasizing the distinction between the holy presence of God and sinful people. The second part, the kitchens for the people's sacrifices, will be located at the four corners of the outer court that we'll read in verses 21 down to verse 24. These kitchens will be rather large. They'll be 70 feet long. by 52 feet wide. And the fireplaces will be built under a stone hedge, a ledge, that runs along the entire inside wall of all four kitchens. The purpose of these kitchens will be to provide a place where the temple assistants, the Levites, can cook the sacrifices offered by the people. You know, the very mention of kitchens and meals at the temple reminds us of our need for a Christ-centered fellowship. because we experience some of the most joyful and fulfilling fellowship on earth in the company of other believers. Fellowship meals add to the experience of the joy and the fulfillment that can be found only in Christ and His Church, the body of true believers. As we look at the temple kitchens, 19 down to verse 24. The kitchens for the priest, 19 to 20. The kitchens for the people, verses 21 down to verse 24. And so, located in the inner court west end, and used to cook the guilt and the sin offerings. Purpose, to keep offerings holy and undefiled by avoiding the contact with sinful people. It emphasizes the holiness of God and the separation between his presence and his sin. Hey, when you come into the worship center, hey, do you want somebody coming into the worship center and they bringing food and getting crumbs all over the place and drinking coffee and drinking drinks and Coca-Cola's and all? That's the worship center. That's the place of holiness, you understand? And so it ain't a place like you go, Paul got on to him. He said, you get over there and socialize in the house of God. He says, you gotta have a place for that. And so I'm glad that the kitchens are located for the priest, for the holiness of undefiled by avoiding the contact with sinful people, but the kitchens for the people. In verses 21 through 24, located at the four corners of the outer courtyard. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Largest sizes of them, 70 foot by 52 and a half feet. The fireplace is built for cooking sacrifices offered by the people. The fellowship meal symbolizing joy and unity in Christ. Or excuse me, I'm jumping down in the wrong one. And so it highlights God's provision for the people to worship the fellowship together. Now, this is the spiritual reminder of this. And that is fellowship meals symbolize joy and unity in Christ. Christ-centered fellowship brings fulfillment and joy among believers. And so believers are called to experience true fellowship in Christ and His church, according to Acts 2, verse 46. And so, you got the highlight. after he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate. Ezekiel is giving us the detail by the detail. Like, when you come up to buy a car, or you go to buy a house, and those people are giving you all of the details of the automobile. They're giving you all the details. Well, it's got three baths in this house, and a master bathroom, two walk-in closets. And so, after he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priest, which looked toward the north, And behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. Remember, we're looking at the future ahead of time right now. The place of preparation, our preparation for worship, should involve both physical and spiritual readiness, amen. Before we even get in the house of God, we need to pray for the preacher. We need to be praying for the pastor. We need to be praying for the worship leader. We need to be praying for the musicians, the piano players, amen, the choir members, amen. We need to pray that the convicting power of the Holy Spirit will come down in that service and begin to knock the socks off of that sinner. But oh, hang on, let's back up. Nobody's invited any lost people to church. Nobody's even witnessed to nobody to come to church. Nobody's even taking no time. They're just doing their own thing all week long and they're not thinking about nobody else but themselves. And they run over and grab their Bible and they run to church and they haven't done anything for the Lord all week long. Absolutely nothing. But it'll be different because there's a place of preparation. Man, how would you like the pastor to walk in and say, whoa, you know what? I ain't got a thing prepared. I ain't prayed. I ain't done anything. I think I just shoot at the hip. I saw a lot of shoots at the hip in my life over the past years. But I'm going to tell you, when it's with the Spirit of God, I'll take it. And so I thank God when we look, as Max McConnell says, preparation for worship is as important as the worship itself. And so he said, then said he unto me, this is the place where the priest shall boil the trespass offerings and the sin offering where they shall bake the meat offering that they bear them not out into the outer court to sanctify the people for the holiness. And so then he brought me forth into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court. And behold, in every corner of the court, there was a court because that is where the people's kitchen is going to be. David Platt said, the more that we prepare for worship, the more we will receive from it. Amen. And so I thank God because the process of preparation The process for preparing our hearts and our minds is essential for authentic worship. I don't know about you, but I have to talk for myself. This is my problem. Every time. Because I need to have myself prepared even before I get to the house of God. Remember, you can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. And so, He says, in the four corners of the court, there were courts joined of 40 cubic slum and 30 broad. These four corners were of one measure. And there was a row of buildings. Roundabout in them round about them four and it was made with boiling places under the rose Roundabout then said he unto me These are the places of them that bowl where the ministers of the house shall bore the sacrifice of the people I thank God when we look at this and And we begin to realize that on the inside around each of those four courts was a row of masonry with hearths or ovens made at the bottom of the rows all around. And each small court of the corners where those people's kitchens are have a masonry and a hearth for boiling things and cooking. And so I'm glad That when we look, Matt Chandler said, worship is meant to be community experience. And so I'm glad that each and every one of us, as we look at our time, I'm glad that there is the purpose of worship. And that is worship serves not only to glorify God, but also to uplift and encourage one another. I wonder, have you encouraged somebody this past week? that's on your job. Maybe you begin to compliment somebody, not with an intention to do anything but to compliment, okay? You don't have no other reason and goal but for that. And that is, is for your fellowship with someone else, is that you lift them up. that you encourage them. When was the last time you stopped the pastor and said, Pastor, that was a fantastic message today. Thank God that you preached that to me. Man, when was the last time you took the worship leader and said, Man, buddy, that was some good singing today. That was some good songs. That was the power of God coming down. And I tell you, you know, when was the last time, man, piano player, Boy, what a beautiful job you have done. You have played so beautifully, praise God. I wonder when was the last time we encouraged one another. And so, as we get ready, and as we close out, each and every one of us, and we go through life today, I hope and pray that each of you here in Ezekiel chapter 36, as we look and realize that here is the glimpse of order and beauty of the Millennial Temple. And it reminds us of three critical aspects of our life of a daily devotion in the Millennial Temple. Number one, we worship as God prescribes. God seeks true worship. who worship Him in spirit and in truth, not based on personal preferences. That's exactly what it should be in the house of God right now. It's no different in the future. That's what should be happening right now. Not only worship as God prescribes, but we cherish our inheritance. We are co-heirs with Christ. We're inheriting eternal life and blessings to go. And so we need to live with a gratitude for that promise. And thirdly, pursue Christ-centered fellowship. Our joy is incomplete without communion. with fellow believers, rooted in our shared faith in Christ. So as we await the fullness of God's kingdom to come, let us live daily with a devotion, knowing that he promises us to be faithful and true. Now, I wonder, as we reflected on Ezekiel's vision of the Millennial Temple, the question is, hey, are you living a life of daily devotion? Are you worshiping God as He desires? Are you cherishing the inheritance that He's given and seeking a Christ-centered fellowship? Oh, you're going to a different church every Sunday? You're not committed yourself to a local assembly of the body of Christ to get to know people, to be a part of contributing and giving worship? If you've never trusted Christ as your Savior, tonight is the day to receive Him. He offers forgiveness of sins and an eternal inheritance. And if you strayed from that daily devotion, listen, you can come back to Him right now tonight. The altar is open right where you're at, listening to me on Facebook tonight. Surrender your life and commit to living for Him. And so, I wanna close out with prayer. And I want to ask you, listen, if there's something that is missing in your daily devotion, I want you to pray with me. And when I'm closing out tonight, I want you to pray with me and say, Lord, I'm missing out on some things in my daily devotion. Lord, I'm not starting out every day reading the Word of God. I'm not praying anytime during the day or the week. And Lord, I've dropped the ball on a lot of things. Lord, I haven't even done no devotional time. I haven't even thought about you all week or every week for some time. I've only thought about myself, me, myself, and I. And I'm so so into myself so much that I can't think of nobody else. Help me to get over myself and think more about others and about you than I do myself. Will you pray with me tonight? And so, Lord, we are reminded of what it means to live a life of daily devotion. Help us to worship you in obedience, to cherish the eternal inheritance that you have promised and find joy in our fellowship with others. Thank you for the people that are at the house of God and how precious they are. May your spirit empower us to live for each day, Father, to draw closer, Lord, to you in our hearts tonight. And Lord, as we leave, as we go our separate ways tonight, God is to be lights in this world that we bring glory to your name. Thank you for Bethel Crossroads. Thank you for our pastor, Keith Dixie, and for all of our leaders and our singers and Lord, just every one of the body of Christ at our church family. And I pray that you'll intervene tonight where the death angel has come for the Hightower family. And Lord, for my brother in Christ, Jeff Steiber, thank you for him. And all my other brothers and sisters of Christ that I went to school with, Father. Lord, as there's a death that's close to us, just as it was with my dear friend, Darren Pruitt. That, Lord, that it makes us think. That, Lord, that it won't be much longer, Father, that you're coming back for the church. Could be tonight, could be tomorrow, but we're ready and we're ready to go. We're ready, Lord, to do what you want us to do and to say what you want us to say. And we don't care if we hurt somebody's feelings. We don't care. Lord, I'd rather that somebody go to hell and say, that preacher never told me about hell. That preacher never said nothing about hell. and all of the things that comes with being lost and on your way to where the worm doth not and the flames are ever eternal for that lost sinner. Bring that one that is cold and indifferent, that stony heart, Lord, and give them a new heart and give them a new spirit tonight. And Lord, all this we say in the mighty name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Thank you tonight. God bless you. May God bless you.