Ezequiel 46:16

16 Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Si el príncipe diere algún don de su heredad a alguno de sus hijos, será de ellos; posesión de ellos será por herencia

Ezequiel 46:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 46:16

Thus saith the Lord God
Having finished the account of the sacrifices of the prince and people, the monthly, weekly, and daily ones; here his gifts are treated of, which are two fold; some given to his sons, others to his servants: if the prince give a gift to any of his sons;
Christ, the Prince, has sons; he that is the Prince, of peace is the everlasting Father; he has children given unto him, whom he preserves; a seed promised him in covenant, which shall always endure; a family he is master of, and cares for; for whose sake he became incarnate, suffered, and died: they are sons by adopting grace, and in their adoption he has a great concern; they are predestinated to it by him; they receive it through him; he gives them power to become the sons of God, and they are manifestatively so through faith in him; they appear to be his sons, or are evidenced as such by their regeneration, which also is of him: it is by his Spirit they are regenerated; it is his grace that is implanted in them; it is he himself that is formed in them, and his image that is stamped upon them; it is owing to his word and Gospel as the means and to his resurrection as the virtual cause of it; it is in his church they are born, yea, of her, to whom he stands in the relation of a husband, and so they are sons brought forth to him by her; and these are princes by birth, have a free and princely spirit, and are brought up and provided for as such: now to these Christ gives gifts; gifts of special grace, all sorts of grace; sanctifying grace, faith, hope, love, repentance, &c.; justifying grace, the gift of righteousness; pardoning grace; adopting grace; all supplies of grace; spiritual strength, peace, joy and comfort; and persevering grace, to hold out to the end: and he also gives glory or eternal life; this is with him, in his hands; he has a power to give and he does give it, to all his sons; all which, being once given, ever continue. The inheritance thereof shall be his sons', it shall be their
possession by inheritance;
that is, it shall ever remain with them, shall never be taken away from them; these are gifts and calling without repentance, irreversible blessings, which are for ever: sanctifying grace is a well of living water, springing up unto eternal life; faith, hope, and love, always abide; Christ's justifying righteousness is an everlasting one; pardon of sin is of all sin, past, present, and to come, and is never made void or called in; once children of God, and always such; and the inheritance of heaven is incorruptible, never fading, and eternal; and all this flows from the unchangeable love of God and Christ to these sons of the prince.

Ezequiel 46:16 In-Context

14 Y con él harás todas las mañanas presente de la sexta parte de un efa de flor de harina, y la tercera parte de un hin de aceite para mezclar con la flor de harina; esto será presente para el SEÑOR continuamente por estatuto perpetuo

15 Ofrecerán, pues, el cordero, y el presente y el aceite, todas las mañanas en holocausto continuo

16 Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Si el príncipe diere algún don de su heredad a alguno de sus hijos, será de ellos; posesión de ellos será por herencia

17 Mas si de su heredad diere don a alguno de sus siervos, será de él hasta el año de libertad, y volverá al príncipe; mas su herencia será de sus hijos

18 Y el príncipe no tomará nada de la herencia del pueblo, por no defraudarlos de su posesión; de lo que él posee dará herencia a sus hijos; para que mi pueblo no sea echado cada uno de su posesión