DCLM Daily Manna 2025: DCLM Daily Manna 17 July 2025: Prophetic Visions
Text: Ezekiel 40:1-19 (KJV)
In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured, on the very same day the hand of the Lord was upon me; and He took me there. 2 In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city. 3 He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.
4 And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. Declare to the house of Israel everything you see.” 5 Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.
6 Then he went to the gateway which faced east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide. 7 Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod. 8 He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod. 9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside. 10 In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were all the same size; also the gateposts were of the same size on this side and that side.
11 He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a [e]space in front of the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door. 14 He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost. 15 From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits. 16 There were beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were palm trees.
17 Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement. 18 The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.
KEY VERSE: (Ezekiel 40:2)
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
Dreams and visions, as means of hearing from God, have always fascinated theologians, psychologists, and believers. As a rule, these revelations never contradict the written word of God. While visions are clearer and less common than dreams, both can involve glimpses of the future.
Ezekiel 40 highlights key aspects of prophetic visions, such as having a source, message, messenger, and audience. Visions also offer insight into the character of God and provide opportunities for personal and spiritual growth. Ultimately, dreams and visions serve as tools for individuals, the Church, and society to apply divine messages to their lives. God’s word is unwavering and reliable, ensuring guidance and truth in all forms of communication.
Prophet Ezekiel reveals in the first verse of our text that the source of the vision is the Lord, whose hand carried him to the top of a high mountain, the observatory post, in Jerusalem. Ezekiel was the messenger, and the audience was the house of Israel (Ezekiel 40:4). The message was God’s promise to rebuild Israel and the temple even when Israel was still in captivity. The message of hope reveals the nature and character of God: a God that tempers justice with mercy (Exodus 34:6-7, Isaiah 1:18). The meticulous details of the description of the temple show that God is a God of order, and is interested in every detail of our lives. The wall’s thickness reflects God’s interest in the protection and security of Israel and the Church (Matthew 16:18).
The Church and individuals can draw several lessons from this vision. Despite the trial or affliction you may have passed through, God has not abandoned you. While the vision of a glorious temple with many rooms should strengthen our faith and hope for heaven, the promised restoration of backslidden Israel is a wake-up call for backsliders to repent. In this age when people are chasing after dreams and visions, any dream or vision that contradicts the word of God should be rejected.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: True visions require action and passion to come to fruition.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 16-20
Daily Manna 17 July 2025
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