Study 31 From the Book of Ezekiel is: Ezekiel 42:1
-43:12
This section opens with a
description of other buildings in the inner court (42:1-12), together with the
purposes they are intended to serve (42:13, 14). The measurements of the outer
wall, and of the whole Temple area are then stated (42:15-20). In 43:1-9 the
prophet sees in a vision the glory of the Lord returning by the east gate, the
gate by which, years before, he had seen Him depart (11:1, 22, 23).
1.
Observe the emphasis on the holiness of God.
See especially 42:13, 14; 43:7-9, 11, 12. How was the holiness of the Temple to
be safeguarded, in order to bear witness to this truth about the Lord?
2.
How
for us, have the barriers been removed that separate us from the Holy One? And
on what conditions may we draw nigh to God and render His acceptable service?
Cf. 2 Cor. 7:1; Heb. 7:24; 10:14, 19; 1 Pet. 2:5.
Note. 43:7-9. In Solomon’s
Temple there was no walled-off outer court separating the Temple from the
unconsecrated ground without (cf. 42:20). The Temple, royal palace and other
buildings all stood together in one
great enclosure, and the burial-ground of the kings was not far distant.
