The table
Day 422, Tuesday, Oct. 7
Ezekiel Chapters 40 – 41
Today we start a long look at a vision of the restored temple.
The measurement are foreign to us and can be confusing, but together they point to a building that is both massive and magnificent.
It’s interesting to note that when we get to the altar, the center of the temple, we get a description that is fairly modest in both size and description: a table made of wood. We’re told, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”
God doesn’t need a magnificent altar for us to see his magnificence; a simple table will do.

-Rev. Mark Fleming

Tuesday meditation

Psalms 2:1-12
Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying, “Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.”
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, “I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father. Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”
Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling. Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Prayer focus
Lord, we take our refuge in you. Accept our gifts we place upon your altar as a pledge for all we have and all we are.