Who’s Who Series

The portion of land allocated to the Prince equal the same amount given to each tribe [each tribe is comprised of thousands of people] Now that’s a good piece of property. . Notice that the area is called ‘Holy’

Another unique description is that this royal Person has priest activities;

Ezekiel 45, 16 “All the people of the land shall give this offering for the prince in Israel. 17 Then it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the New Moons, the Sabbaths, and at all the appointed seasons of the house of Israel. He shall prepare the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.”…. 22 And on that day the prince shall prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.”

Ezekiel 46, “4 The burnt offering that the prince offers to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish…12 “Now when the prince makes a voluntary burnt offering or voluntary peace offering to the LORD, the gate that faces toward the east shall then be opened for him; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he did on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he goes out the gate shall be shut.”

Now all this information is nice but it hasn’t answered the question, ‘who is this Prince?’ Let me give you a few scriptures;

Isaiah 9, “Unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. and His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Ezekiel 37, 24 “David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. 25 Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 28 The nations also will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”

The Prince is the Greater Son of David, the Messiah Himself – our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Now I know there are some of you that will say, ‘now wait a minute’ there are some passages here that indicate that it cannot be our Lord Jesus Christ. So, I will give you my interpretation of these difficult passages. For one this passage in chapter 45 proves that it cannot be the Lord Jesus because it looks as though the Prince is to offer a sin offering for himself. Thus, he has to be a sinner. ‘22 And on that day the prince shall prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering’