Ezekiel 43:11 If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the house, its structure, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it in their sight, so that they may observe its whole design and all its statutes and do them. NASB

I have to ask, is this too much for me to understand? I’ve been studying the Word of God for decades and the more I learn, the more I understand that I do not know it all.

I am reminded of a judge’s admonishment about my ignorance of the laws of a town in which I had to answer a court summons. “Ignorance of the law is no excuse.”

I could study the Word my whole life and never get to a point in which I put those commandments into practice. The end of the statutes is “to do them”. A some point we have to put them in practice no different than trying to make a living by spending all my time, effort and money in being a perpetual student. That is not a career.

How can I put in to practice that which I do not have an “all” understanding?

Matthew 22:27-40 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Well why didn’t Ezekiel just say so?

Because the purpose of “all that” was to point us to God’s perfect love, Jesus Christ. Then as we come to Jesus we “get it”.

1 Corinthians 16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.