“Bow down and worship, righteous seer: / The Lord our God is here / Approachable, Who bids us all draw near.” – Christina Rossetti, Epiphany* It “just so happened” that I was reading Ezekiel, Hebrews, and portions of Leviticus and Deuteronomy at the same time shortly before the end of the year. That convergence of…
Tag: Ezekiel
Created to Draw Near
The concept of priests and priesthood probably strikes most Protestants as a little…..different. For those with closer ties to Catholicism, it may smack of tradition and ritual, of unintelligible and unknown church teachings. For those more well-versed in the Old Testament, it might bring to mind the image of sacrifices, blood, and altars, of inspections…
Enter the Holy Place
The reading plan I follow in my daily Bible reading had me in Ezekiel recently, and a few verses in chapter 44 caught my attention. The last 8 chapters of the book deal with visions of a new temple and instructions for Levitical priests who serve in that temple. Chapter 44 in particular contains specific…