Who Is the Prince of Ezekiel 45 Part 1: Context

There is a lot of confusion about who the prince of Ezekiel 45 is. In this video we begin to clear up the confusion by examining what is generally believed and reading the preceding and succeeding chapters to get the context of the chapter. Check it out.

Intro

Q. What is the word on the street?

The prince is Messiah

The prince is not Messiah but I don’t know who he is

The prince is a leader of the tribes of Israel

Q. Which one is it? Who is the prince? Let’s find out with scriptures.

Ezekiel 44-46 read for context

Where was Ezekiel when he wrote this? 

• Ezekiel 1:1-2 In babylon during Jehoiachin’s captivity

• 2 Kings 24:12-15 Jehoiachin goes to captivity

Is Ezekiel Writing About The Third Temple? 

Ezekiel 44:15, 23 the priests shall teach the people the difference between holy and profane in the temple that Ezekiel saw.

• Jer 31-34, 38-40 When the holy Jerusalem is rebuilt it will never again be destroyed and the people will not be taught of Yahawah anymore

• Q. Can Ezekiel 44 then be talking about the third temple?
• A. No. There is no third temple.

• The millennial temple

• Rev 21:22 no third temple
• Rev 21:15-16 the size of the new Jerusalem
• Ezekiel 48:35 the size of the temple Ezekiel saw

• Ezek 43:1-12 He’s writing about the law of the temple for its rebuilding

• 1 Ezekiel is seeing a vision so we cannot take everything literally in this vision
• Temple was actually rebuilt by Zerubabel in the book of Ezra

• Ezra 3:8 Z begins the temple work
• Ezra 6:15-17 temple complete

Is the Prince of Ezekiel 45 Yashai?

Ezekiel 45:7-9, 13-17

9 the prince is not Yashai because he oppresses ppl so cannot be Yashai

• Ezekiel 21:25 profane wicked princes are men
• Isaiah 3:14-15 the princes oppressed the people
• Isaiah 1:26-28 Yah going to restore leaders as at the first in the kingdom

17 There will be no sins committed by the children of israel at the time Ezekiel is speaking of so there is no need for a sin offering spoken of in this verse

• Jer 31:31-34 Yah says all Israel will know him when he establishes the kingdom on earth
• Ezekiel 20:40-44 Yah will accept us once we have returned from captivity
• Ezekiel 37:22-23 we will be cleansed and no longer defile ourselves when we return to the land

Ezekiel 46:16 the prince has children, therefore he cannot be Yahawashi