Ezekiel Chapter 43 Vs. 10-12

The return of the Lord’s glory

Ezekiel 43:10-12


The man (an angel, Eze. 43:6; cf. 40:3) standing next to Ezekiel told him to describe the temple to the people of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their sins. A clear vision of God’s ideal plan would remind the people of the sins that had led to the destruction of the old temple. Another reason in sharing the design with the nation was to motivate the people to return to God and rebuild the temple: so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations. These exact measurements of the temple, they were shown by Ezekiel, would show them of the perfection of God. This new temple in Ezekiel's vision had no silver {redemption} in it. It had no gold {pureness of God} in it either. It did become acceptable to God. His presence in the wheels came back into the most holy place.

True repentance is turning from the old sinful way of life, and turning back to God which brings good morals. Christians call it being born again of the spirit, and not of the flesh. One way to tell who belongs to God and who does not, is look at who obeys Him.

This is what the verse above is saying. If they have repented, they will keep His ordinances. It is as if He is telling Ezekiel to show them the house, and see if they want to live up to its perfection.

Though this prophecy was not fulfilled after the return from the Babylonian Captivity (and thus awaits a future fulfillment), the potentiality for fulfillment was there.

We saw in a previous lesson, that almost a mile square around the house of God was to be holy. No vile thing was to come inside of that area. This whole mountain would be holy, because of the presence of God upon the mountain.



Verses 13-27 “the altar”: The measurements of the altar of burnt offering are given in verses 13-17, and then the offerings are described in verses 18-27. These offerings are not efficacious, nor were the Old Testament sacrifices. They were all symbolic of death for sin. They do not take away sin, Heb. 10:4. They were prospective; these will be retrospective.