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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Ezekiel 45:1-17
The oblation is a tract of land which is to be reserved for the LORD in the dividing of the country. The priests are to live there (v. 4). The possessions of the Levites, of the city and of the prince are next set out, for God takes care that there shall be no more oppression or injustice in Israel (cf. v. 9; Ezekiel 46:18).
The same name, oblation, is applied to the gifts that the Israelites are to offer to the LORD in proportion to their income from their fields and from their livestock (cf. Leviticus 27:30). As Christians, under grace, we are not obliged to give this proportion of our belongings. Should we for that reason be any less ready to give for the Lord’s service?
The various sacrifices the Levites are to offer are found in vv. 15, 17. The burnt offering reminds us that Christ has offered Himself to God as a sweet savour (Ephesians 5:2). The meal offering speaks of His life of suffering and devotion. In the peace offering we can feed upon Christ who secures all our blessings and who has thus become the subject of our worship.
Finally the sin offering presents the holy Victim sent by God to be the propitiation for our sins (1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10).
