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JM · #20 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007, 04:35 PM

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In the 47th and 48th chapters of the book of Ezekiel, the
future land boudary of the 12 tribes of Israel are
meticulously outlined.

Ezekiel was deported to Babylon around the year 597 BC
during the second siege of Jerusalem. This is very important
to clarify, for if the prophecies concerning the land are
given after this particular date; it would cancel out all of
the previous possessions or boundaries outlined in preceding
text such as the first 2 that you cited.

As for the scripture you refer to in Nehemiah, the
boundaries that Judah actual occupied after the return from
Babylon were certainly ignominious when compared to the vast
tract of land in the aforementioned text of Ez. 47 and 48.
Even at the apex of the Maccabean Kingdom.

Two scriptures are worth citing at this point:
Keeping in mind the glory of YHWH had already departed from
the city of Jerusalem as was outlined previously in Ezekiel's
narrative.

"...And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the
gate whose prospect is toward the east.
So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and,
behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.
And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood
by me.
And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the
place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the
children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of
Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their
whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places..."

-Ezekiel 43:4-7

And also:

"... and the name of the city from that day shall be, the Lord is
there..."

-Ezekiel 48:35

Clearly we can see the glory of YHVH returns in the form
of the Messiah: for He speaks of Himself in theanthropomorphic
terms - "... the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my
feet..."
And it is also predicated that his throne and dwelling
will be established among the House of Israel FOREVER.

This prophecy has NEVER been fulfilled, and it is of a
certainty - it will have a definite fulfillment in the future.

Just something to think about.