_ _ Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: Everything was now ready for His reception. As the Shechinah-glory was the special distinction of the old temple, so it was to be in the new, in a degree as much more transcendent as the proportions of the new exc... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. The way of the east - the way whereby the glory had departed (Ezekiel 11:22), and rested on mount Olivet (cf. ). His voice was like a nois... [ Continue Reading ]
And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. EVEN ACCORDING TO THE VISION THAT I SAW WHEN I CAME TO DESTROY TH... [ Continue Reading ]
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I HEARD HIM SPEAKING UNTO ME OUT OF THE HOUSE; AND THE MAN STOOD BY ME. _ And the man stood by me_ - "the man" who had been measuring the buildings ( ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of the... [ Continue Reading ]
In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. Now let them put away ... the carcasses of their kings. It is supposed that some of their idolatrous kings were buried within the bounds of Solomon's temple (Henderson... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. SHOW THE HOUSE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, THAT THEY MAY BE ASHAMED OF THEIR INIQUITIES. WHEN THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHEME IS SHOWN TO MEN BY THE HOLY SPI... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE LAW OF THE HOUSE; UPON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN THE WHOLE LIMIT THEREOF ROUND ABOUT SHALL BE MOST HOLY. BEHOLD, THIS IS THE LAW OF THE HOUSE. _ The whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy._ This superlative, "most holy," which had been used exclusively of the holy of holies... [ Continue Reading ]
And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. These are the measu... [ Continue Reading ]