The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 167
167. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 44
1-3 Every good of the church and of worship is from the Lord. (12)
4-8 The Jewish nation destroyed the church. (12)
9-14 That nation will [not] be in that church, (12)
15-31 but others, of whom the new church will consist, which will acknowledge the Lord; concerning which, and its life, doctrine, worship, and ministry. (12)
Eat
When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process is similar on a symbolic level in the Bible. Food represents the desire for good and the insight that comes from that desire for good – goodness and understanding that come from the Lord. But to put them to use we have to take them in and make them our own – which is spiritual eating.
