CHAPTER XLIII _The glory of the Lord is represented as returning to the_ _temple_, 1-6; _where God promises to fix his residence, if the people repent_ _and forsake those sins which caused him to depart from them_, 7-12. _Then the measures of the altar, and the ordinances relating to_ _it, ar... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:2. _THE GLORY OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL CAME FROM THE WAY OF THE_ _EAST_] This was the _chariot of cherubim, wheels_, c., which he saw at the river Chebar. And this glory, coming from the east, is going to enter into the _eastern gate_ of the temple, and thence to shine out upon the who... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:5. _THE SPIRIT TOOK ME UP_] And, to follow this thought for a moment, how many men has this heavenly _Spirit taken up_; filled them with his own _influence_, and sent them to every country, and nation, and tongue, and people, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God, and to preach... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:7. _SON OF MAN, THE PLACE OF MY THRONE_] The _throne_ refers to his _majesty_; the _soles of his feet_, to his _condescension_ in _dwelling among men_. _WHERE I WILL DWELL IN THE MIDST OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL_] The _tabernacle_ and _temple_ were types of the _incarnation_ of _Je... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:8. _IN THEIR SETTING OF THEIR THRESHOLD_] They had even gone so far as to set up their idol altars by those of Jehovah; so that their abominable idols were found in the very house of God! therefore, "he consumed them in his anger.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:9. _NOW LET THEM PUT AWAY THEIR WHOREDOM_] Their _idolatry_. _AND THE CARCASSES OF THEIR KINGS_] It appears that God was displeased with their _bringing their kings so near his temple_. David was buried in the _city of David_, which was on _Mount Zion_, near to the temple; and so w... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:10. _SHOW THE HOUSE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL_] Show them this holy house where the holy God dwells, that they may be _ashamed of_ _their iniquities_. Their name, their profession, their temple, their religious services, all bound them to a holy life; all within them, all without them,... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:11. _AND IF THEY BE ASHAMED_] If, in a spirit of true repentance, they acknowledge their past transgressions, and purpose in his help never more to offend their God, then teach them every thing that concerns my worship, and their profiting by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:12. _THIS_ IS _THE LAW OF THE HOUSE_] From the top of the mountain on which it stands, to the bottom, _all round about_, all shall be holy; no buildings shall be erected in any part, nor place nor spot be appropriated to a common use; all shall be considered as being _most holy_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:13. _THE CUBIT_ IS _A CUBIT AND A HAND BREADTH_] It is the same cubit by which all the previous admeasurements were made, and was a hand breadth or _four_ inches longer than the Babylonian cubit.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:15. _SO THE ALTAR_] ההראל _haharel_, "the mount of God." _AND FROM THE ALTAR_] ומהאראיל _umihaariel_, "and from the lion of God." Perhaps the first was a name given to the _altar_ when _elevated_ to the honour of God, and on which the victims were offered to him, and the second, th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:17. _AND THE SETTLE_] The _ledge_ on which the priests walked round the altar, see Ezekiel 43:14. By these settles or ledges the altar was narrowed towards the top. "The ascent shall look toward the east;" this ascent was an inclined plane. But these _settles_, or more properly _led... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:19. _THE PRIESTS - THAT BE OF THE SEED OF ZADOK_] It was this Zadok that was put in the place of Abiathar, by Solomon, 1 Kings 2:35, in whose family the priesthood had continued ever since.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 43:25. _SEVEN DAYS SHALT THOU PREPARE_] These are, in general, ordinances of the LAW; and may be seen by consulting the parallel passages. All these directions are given that they might follow them, when they should be put in possession of their own land. For in several cases the proph... [ Continue Reading ]