Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we finished our 30th book of the Bible. Congratulations! We've got a lot to cover

in our Vision Tour wrap up in addition to talking about the things I've told you to

put a pen in for the last two days, so let's get to it.

In chapter 46, we read about the feast and festivals.

On our Israel tours when we sit on the steps of the temple mount, we talk about what God says here in 46-9.

He who enters by the North Gate to worship shall go out by the South Gate, and he who enters by the

South Gate shall go out by the North Gate. No one shall return by the way of the gate by which he entered,

but each shall go out straight ahead. Sure, this probably helps with traffic flow,

but because Hebrew culture is rich with symbolism, there's also symbolism in this, not just efficiency.

It represents the fact that each person will exit different than they came.

It represents the change that takes place in us when we come before God to worship Him.

In verses 16 through 18, God forbids the political leader from acquiring any more land. Remember how pre-exile there was a major problem with the leadership

being greedy, which led to them oppressing the poor in order to acquire more land for themselves?

Here God raises the bar on this situation in a way that stops their

greedy desires before they become greedy actions. In chapter 47

Ezekiel sees a vision of water flowing from the temple through what is currently desert and into the

Dead Sea. By the way, the Dead Sea is called the Dead Sea because nothing can live in it.

It's 33% salt. That's 11 times saltier than our oceans. But in Ezekiel's vision,

the desert is blooming because of the water and the water even purifies the dead sea

basin so that it's no longer dead.

It's alive.

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