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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 464

"If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance"

Text: Ezekiel 46:16

THE PRINCE IN GIVING AN INHERITANCE

We still do not know the identity of the prince mentioned. But this much we know that he is not the Lord Jesus Christ. In this text, the prince sets aside an inheritance to his children (“sons”).

“Thus says the Lord God: ‘If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. But if he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs. Moreover the prince shall not take any of the people’s inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property.'”
Ezekiel 46:16-18

1. Giving an inheritance to the sons.

a) His giving is noted.

b) The inheritance given is permanent.

2. Giving a gift to one of his servants.

a) The gift will be for the servant to utilise.

b) When he is given his liberty, the gift would be returned to the prince.

3. The gift of the servant to his sons.

a) If the servant is capable, he may be able to use his gift from the prince well.

b) He may find some success and be able to give his own sons an inheritance.

c) What is given to his sons would be a permanent gift.

4. No abuse of authority.

a) The prince cannot abuse the authority given to him.

b) He cannot evict anyone from his property.

c) He cannot do what King Ahab did.

i) He stole the property of Naboth.

ii) Queen Jezebel caused Naboth to be sentenced to death on a false charge (1 Kings 21).

d) The prince can only give an inheritance to his sons with what he personally owns.

e) No one may be scattered from his own property.