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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>AUG
27 - EZEKIEL 40-48 - FINAL TEMPLE, WORSHIP AND CITY</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
40:2 (40:1-4, ESV) VISION: THE FUTURE JERUSALEM. <font size="3">“In
visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down
on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the
south.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">There is
</span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">nothing</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
too difficult for You, Father! You can do </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
things, and You do all things </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">well</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed be
your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">2.
41:4 (40:5-42:20) GATES, COURTS, CHAMBERS AND ROOMS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
he measured the length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth,
twenty cubits, across the nave. And he said to me, ‘This is the
Most Holy Place’.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Here
You would bring us, Father! Here is found the people of the 100-fold!
Here we would dwell with You. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
43:11 (43:1-12) GATE AND THRONE OF MESSIAH. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
if they are ashamed of all that they have done make known to them the
design of the temple, its arrangement, its exits and its entrances,
that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its
statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down in
their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and statutes and
carry them out.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Then
how easy it will be for us to pray: </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
44:15 (43:13-44:31) MINISTRY OF THE INNER AND OUTER COURT. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my
sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come
near to me to minister to me. And they shall stand before me to offer
me the fat and the blood, declares the Lord GOD.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we would choose the inner court ministry to You as first priority
(Acts 13:1-2), and then the outer court ministry as an outflow to our
fellows man. O forgive us for putting You second instead of first!
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our :daily
:bread Give us this day.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
45:9 (45-46) HOLY OBLATION AND TEMPLE LAWS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Thus
says the Lord GOD: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and
oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your
evictions of my people, declares the Lord GOD.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">These
leaders Father, failed in the time of authority and failure. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
47:12 (47:1-12) </span><span style="text-decoration:none">RIVER OF
THE SANCTUARY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds
of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit
fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water
for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and
their leaves for healing” (REV 22:2; P</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">SA
1:3; JER 17:5-9). </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">such</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
a God of fruitfulness! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
lead us not into temptation!</span></i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
48:35 (47:13-48:35) THE CITY: ITS PORTIONS AND DIVISIONS. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“The
circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And the name of the
city from that time on shall be, The LORD is There” (Jehovah
Shammah). </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
are Your City, Father! We are Your </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Z</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ion!
Your Name is written upon us. We are one with Your Son. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b><font style="font-size:11pt">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
44:4 (43:13-44:31) THE GLORY OF GOD FILLS HIS TEMPLE! </b></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Then
he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple,
and I looked, and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the Temple of
the LORD. And I fell on my face.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we remove the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">image
of jealousy</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
(8:5), that You Whose Name is </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">Jealous</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
may be at peace. We remove all abominations from flesh, spirit and
heart, that </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
Glory</span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
might come in!</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the day: 57:5 (57) LET YOUR GLORY BE OVER ALL THE EARTH!
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Be
exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the
earth!” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Yes,
we say like David, Amen. Let it be so! Let all the earth know Your
Glory, O Great Jehovah Father! There is none other like You!
</span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></font></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">This
petition is a very sententious prayer, as full as it is brief, and
well worthy to be the motto for a sacred song. David had said,
“Destroy not,” in reference to Saul, when he had him in his
power, and now he takes pleasure in employing the same words in
supplication to God. We may infer from the spirit of the Lord’s
prayer that the Lord will spare us as we spare our foes. There are
four of these “Destroy not” Psalms, namely, the 57</span></font><sup><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">th</span></font></sup><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
58</span></font><sup><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">th</span></font></sup><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
59</span></font><sup><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">th</span></font></sup><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
and 75</span></font><sup><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">th</span></font></sup><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">57:3.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up.</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
O dog of hell, I am not only delivered from your bite but even from
your bark. Our foes shall not have the power to sneer at us, their
cruel jests and taunting gibes shall be ended by the message from
heaven, which shall forever save us. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>God
shall send forth His mercy and His truth.</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
He asked for mercy, and truth came with it. Thus evermore does God
give us more than we ask or think. His attributes, like angels on the
wing, are ever ready to come to the rescue of His chosen.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">57:4.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
I lie even among them that are set on fire. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Like
the bush in Horeb, the believer is often in the midst of flames, but
never consumed. It is a mighty triumph of faith when we can lie down
even among firebrands and find rest, because God is our defense.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">57:6.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>They
have dug a pit before me, into whose midst they are fallen
themselves. Selah. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Evil
is a stream which one day flows back to its source. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Selah</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">.
We may sit down at the pit’s mouth and view with wonder the just
retaliations of providence.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">57:7.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>My
heart is fixed. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">One
would have though he would have said, “My heart is fluttered”;
but no, he is calm, firm, happy, resolute, established. When the
central axle is secure, the whole wheel is right. If our great bower
anchor holds, the ship cannot drive. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>O
God, my heart is fixed</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">.
I am resolved to trust You, to serve You, and to praise You. Twice
does he declare this to the glory of God, Who thus comforts the souls
of His servants. Reader, it is surely well with you if your once
roving heart is now firmly fixed upon God and the proclamation of His
glory. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>I
will sing and give praise.</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Vocally and instrumentally will I celebrate Your worship. With lip
and with heart will I ascribe honor to You. Satan shall not stop me,
nor Saul, nor the Philistines. I will make Adullam ring with music,
and all the caverns of it echo with joyous song. Believer, make a
firm decree that your soul in all seasons shall magnify the Lord.</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">57:10.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And
Your truth unto the clouds. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Upon
the cloud, He sets the seal of His truth, the rainbow, which ratifies
His covenant; in the cloud He hides His rain and snow, which prove
His truth by bringing to us seedtime and harvest, cold and heat.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</b></span></font></font></font></p>
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