Ezekiel 46:6

Ezekiel 46:6 says, And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.  God then specified the animals for sacrifice on the new moon, once more specifying that they should be without blemish.  There was to be a young bull, six lambs, and a ram.  It seems that the young bull was the only difference in the sacrifice on the sabbath.  Matthew Henry equates this with those who have done a lot for the Lord continually at times being called on to do even more.   I can say that as Christians we should give God everything we have to be used for His purpose and glory every day.  

Verse seven adds, And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.  God said these animals would be prepared for a meat offering, along with a specified amount of oil.   This was much more than was required under the law of Moses, just as Jesus Christ’s sacrifice was much more than any other sacrifice in the time of Moses or any other time.  

Verse eight continues, And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.  God said that when the prince entered, he would go in by the gate on that porch.  We can only enter into God’s kingdom by the gate opened when Jesus Christ died for our sins.  

Verse nine states, But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth 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.  God also said that the people of Israel would enter by one gate and leave by another.  They would not go back the way they came but would continue on straight ahead.  Matthew Henry says that some people think this was done so that since they would likely have entered the gate closest to their home that by having to go farther to return that they would have time to meditate on the worship experience.  I do know that once we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, that we should move ahead daily and never turn back.  

Verse ten adds, And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.   God said the prince should be in the middle of them, going in when they went in and going out when they went out.  Those in power in the church today should never think of themselves as more important than anyone else, but they should be in the midst of other Christians as a spiritual equal.    

Ezekiel 46:1

 Ezekiel 46:1 says, 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.  God said the gate to the east would be closed for six days a week but that it would be opened on the sabbath and on the new moon.  Jesus Christ is now the gateway into heaven, and there is never a day when that way is not open.  We do not have to wait until Sunday or the day of the new moon to accept His gift of entry into God’s kingdom.  

Verse two adds, 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 offering and his peace offerings, 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.  God then said that the prince would come to the gate by way of the porch, and he was to worship at the threshold.  The priests would prepare the sacrifices that he brought.  He did not go into the sanctuary as the glory of God had in Moses’s day, since he was not a priest.  We enter into God’s kingdom by faith in Jesus Christ, but even though we then become a part of the priesthood of believers, we cannot enter by our own merit.  

Verse three continues, Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons.  God said that the people were to also worship before the gate on the sabbath and the new moon.  Though we have certain days set aside to worship God together, we should worship Him every day.  We will always be outside our heavenly home until Jesus returns and then we will fully enter in.  

Verse four states, 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.   God then specified what the sacrifice that the prince would offer on the sabbath day would be.  It was to be six lambs and a ram, all without blemish.  Jesus Christ is the only acceptable sacrifice for our sins, and He was and always will be without blemish spiritually.  When we present ourselves as a living sacrifice to Him, we will never be without blemishes spiritually when we come to Him.  

Verse five adds, And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.  God then specified what the meat offering would consist of, but we no longer have different sacrifices to offer to God for different purposes.  Jesus Christ is the only acceptable sacrifice for our sins.

Ezekiel 45:21

Ezekiel 45:21 says, In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.  Also in the first month, on the fourteenth day, they were to have the Passover meal as a reminder of what God did for them when He delivered them from slavery in Egypt.  This was after the altar had been purified.  We as followers of Christ should offer ourselves daily as a living sacrifice to God and need to confess any sin we may have committed that day.  They were to eat unleavened bread during the Passover meal, which would also remind them of their being delivered out of Egypt.  

Verse twenty-two adds, And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.  On the day of the Passover, the prince was to offer a bull for a sin sacrifice for himself and all the people.  The morality of the prince mattered to God, and I believe the morality of leaders still matters today.  

Verse twenty-three continues, And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.  God said that during the week of the Passover celebration that the prince was to daily sacrifice a bull for a burnt offering as well as a lamb, both without blemish.  He was also to offer a kid goat daily for a sin sacrifice.  We no longer are required to offer blood sacrifices for our sin, but the blood of Christ is the only acceptable sacrifice for our sins, and we simply have to accept His sacrifice by faith. 

Verse twenty-four states, And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.  The prince was also to prepare a meat offering of a bull, a ram, and oil.   

Verse twenty-five adds, In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.  This was to be repeated in the seventh month.   We no longer have to offer periodic blood sacrifices to God but only have to put our faith in Jesus Christ Who offered the only acceptable sacrifice when He shed His blood for us.