The temple was filled with smoke. Symbolic of the complete and thorough action of God's wrath. [Compare Isaiah 6:4; Isaiah 14:31; Psalms 14:1; Psalms 18:8.] No one could go into the temple. God's wrath has closed the door of mercy. No one can "plead with God" for the rebels who are about to be punished. Compare 1 John 5:16. [This does not mean God has closed the doors to the church of Christ. Those doors were opened that Pentecost, and will not be closed until Christ's Second Coming. But those who rebel against God Almighty finally reach a place where they have used up all their opportunities. Then there is nothing left at all, but the certain vengeance of the Lord.]

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Old Testament