{"id":75659,"date":"2020-06-08T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T07:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=75659"},"modified":"2023-12-28T16:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T14:38:38","slug":"points-to-ponder-ezekiel-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-ezekiel-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Points to Ponder &#8211; Ezekiel 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"75659","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":38102,"related_cahpter":"498","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"","content":"<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Closed. Open. Closed<\/em>. In the fortress Temple in Ezekiel\u2019s vision, the gates serve to create the hierarchy that defines the proximity to holiness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>One of the people &#8211; or above them<\/em>? Depends on which day. On Sabbaths and new moons and when he brings a sacrifice to the Temple, the prince\/king enters through the Eastern Gate whic was opened wide in his honor. On other occasions, he enters as one of the people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Ezekiel challenge.<\/em> The differences between the laws of the Temple in the Torah, and the descriptions presented in Ezekiel are a significant exegetical and religious challenge. 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