Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok and who guarded my sanctuary and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean

Ezekiel 44:15-31

But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok and who guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to offer sacrifices of fat and blood, declares the Sovereign Lord. They alone are to enter my sanctuary; they alone are to come near my table to minister before me and serve me as guards.

When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen clothes; they must not wear any woolen garment while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple. They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire. When they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave them in the sacred rooms and put on other clothes, so that the people are not consecrated through contact with their garments.

They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed. No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court. They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests. They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.

I am to be the only inheritance the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession.

Why?

The Levitical priests who are descendants of Zadok who guarded God's sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from the Lord. The Lord knows who are honest to Him. So only the descendant of Zadok may serve the Lord in the Temple.

To serve the Lord have to live according to the laws of the Lord. To show how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. So we have to show that the Christian lifestyle and others' lifestyle are different.

To be a servant of the Lord, God is his inheritance, this is the best one than any other job in the world.

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利未人撒督的子孫最難能可貴是四周的都不敬畏神，他們卻繼續敬畏神，事奉神。事奉神本身是特權，不是服事加重。透過我們的服事，神將更多恩典賜我們，我們領受托付，願意接受使命的託付，這個就是恩典。神給人祝福，特權，要點是遵行神的規定。排汗： 舊約中從體內排出來的都是不潔淨的。我們在服裝上也應該有更合宜，顯出我們看重服事神的服裝。穿衣服是有要求的，主要是不要跟著世俗的流行，與異教分別出來。傳道人的婚姻，本身也歸於服事內，要成為別人的榜樣。守節： 現在就是參加主日，我們生活中時間的安排也都是為主的緣故。

祭司的恩典：祭司必有產業，神就是他們的產業。真正的產業是耶和華神自己。當有人來奉獻，祭司要服事來獻祭的人，工作加增，他們得到的也愈多。

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How?

I am the servant of the Lord, so I have to live differently from others in the world, but show the Spirit of the Lord is in me.