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)
Israel
'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.
In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.
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