A New Jerusalem Ezekiel 40-48

One of the most ignored portions of the Bible is the last nine chapters of Ezekiel.  While with the Wayuu in Colombia I was asked about these chapters by a pastor and have given it a lot of thought since.

This certainly looks like the blueprint for a new Jerusalem that will usher in the millennium.  The context following chapter 39 which describes Israel being restored to the land. 

 "When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and I am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations, then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them captive any longer.  And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out My spirit on the house of Israel,' says the Lord God." Ez 39:25-29

We can now see most of this fulfilled with the return of the Jew to the land.  I think we yet have to see the Lord "hallowed in them" but that will probably follow his pouring out His spirit on the house of Israel.

If indeed these chapters are imminently before us on God's calendar, we should give them a lot more attention.