Ezechiele 20:40

40 Perciocchè nel mio monte santo, nell’alto monte d’Israele, dice il Signore Iddio, quivi mi servirà tutta quanta la casa d’Israele, che sarà nella terra; quivi li gradirò, e quivi richiederò le vostre offerte, e le primizie de’ vostri doni, con tutte le vostre cose consacrate.

Ezechiele 20:40 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 20:40

For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of
Israel, saith the Lord God
Alluding to Mount Zion, or Moriah, on which the temple was built, on the highest part of the land of Israel, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe; here the Gospel church is meant, comparable to a "mountain" for its firmness and durableness; said to be a "holy" one, because consisting of holy persons, performing holy worship to a holy God; and represented as "high", being established, as it will be in the latter day, upon the top of the mountains, and be very visible and glorious: there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me:
when all Israel shall be saved, or converted; and, the rebels and transgressors being purged away from them, they shall join themselves to the Gospel church, and in it serve the Lord, according to the rules of the Gospel, and the ordinances of it; even all of them that shall enter into their own land and dwell in it; the rest being not admitted to it: there will I accept them;
their persons, and their sacrifices of prayer and praise, being offered up, in the name and faith of Christ, that altar which sanctities every gift; see ( Isaiah 56:7 ) : and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your
oblations, with all your holy things;
meaning the offering up of their persons: bodies, and souls, as a living, holy, and acceptable sacrifice, which he would require of them as their reasonable service; together with all holy duties of prayer, praise, and beneficence; sacrifices with which God is well pleased through Christ and his sacrifice; and which are the only sacrifices he now requires under the Gospel dispensation; for ceremonial ones he does not require, seek after, enjoin, or accept; these are done away and made void by the sacrifice of his son; only it may be observed, as in other places and prophecies of Gospel times, that New Testament worship is expressed by the phrases, forms, and usages suited to the Old Testament; see ( Psalms 40:6 ) .

Ezechiele 20:40 In-Context

38 e metterò da parte, d’infra voi, i ribelli, e quelli che si rivoltano da me; io li trarrò fuor del paese delle lor dimore, ma pur non entreranno nel paese d’Israele; e voi conoscerete che io sono il Signore.

39 Voi dunque, o casa d’Israele, così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Andate, servite ciascuno a’ vostri idoli; sì, poscia che voi non mi volete ascoltare; e non profanate più il mio santo Nome con le vostre offerte, e co’ vostri idoli.

40 Perciocchè nel mio monte santo, nell’alto monte d’Israele, dice il Signore Iddio, quivi mi servirà tutta quanta la casa d’Israele, che sarà nella terra; quivi li gradirò, e quivi richiederò le vostre offerte, e le primizie de’ vostri doni, con tutte le vostre cose consacrate.

41 Io vi gradirò co’ vostri soavi odori, dopo che vi avrò tratti fuori d’infra i popoli, e vi avrò raccolti da’ paesi, dove sarete stati dispersi; e mi santificherò in voi nel cospetto delle nazioni.

42 E voi conoscerete che io sono il Signore, quando vi avrò condotti nella terra d’Israele, nel paese del quale io levai la mano, che io lo darei a’ vostri padri.