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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Man—the Image of God, #5
And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. (Ezekiel 40:42)
When God calls for the sacrifice it is to be made promptly though it tears the heart out of us. Up the side of the mountain we go with Isaac by the hand. There is to be no questioning, no complaining, no drawing back if we would attain to what God means by "man."
The believer who desires to become a tree of life for the healing of the nations must sow to the Spirit, sow to the Spirit, sow to the Spirit, until he or she is filled with the incorruptible eternal Life of the Lord.
And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. (Ezekiel 47:3-5)
The above verses portray the believer as he or she progresses in the Life of the Spirit of God. In salvation we are touched with the Spirit. We then are to press forward until there are waters to swim in. The mature sons of God are those who are led by the Spirit.
Each chariot of God is to be immersed in the Spirit of God at all times. There is to be no area of our life whatever that is not under the guidance of the Spirit. The Spirit of God is our law. He replaces the Law of Moses. The Spirit of God is our rest, our refreshing.
If we keep moving forward in the Spirit, meanwhile being judged constantly by the man with the measuring line in his hand, the day will come when we are a tree of life planted by the river of the Life of the Spirit.
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. (Ezekiel 47:7)
The purpose of the trees of life is to serve as God's chariots through which He can bring eternal life and healing to the people of the nations of the earth.
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. (Ezekiel 47:9)
We thus have seen in Ezekiel the vision of God and the vision of man made in the image of God—man who is created to be the chariot of God. (from The Chariots of God)