The vision and book concludes with a detailed description of the whole land, with its territories equally divided among the tribes of Israel, and with Gentile sojourners as incorporated within the nation. Only one city is seen: the holy city with its new name. “The LORD is There” is a fitting name because the city itself, not just the temple, represents the presence of God. It has twelve gates, each named after a tribe. All of God’s people have equal access to his presence.
LORD, thank you for the hope of a new earth, and a new Jerusalem. Until the world sees it, may we live it, so that they see it in us.
Ezekiel 47:13-48:35