Ezekiel Chapter 40 Vs. 39

 The Inner Court

And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. Eze 40:39

These four tables were just outside on the porch, where the animals were slain. Until the time of Jesus’ sacrifice, sacrifice would go on in the temple. All of these sacrifices symbolized something that Jesus fulfilled for us on the cross. The burnt offering symbolizes the giving of all to God. Perhaps, the resuming of the sacrifice in the temple, is telling us that our salvation must continue, and not stop after we are saved.

We must not stop living for God, but continue on in the salvation He provided for us. It does not mean that there is another sacrifice for the Christian. We are just to continue in our walk with God, after we have begun. Jesus gave His body on the cross to abolish sin for the Christian. We must however, remember His great sacrifice, and continue in the salvation we receive.

Four tables were on one side of the gate and four on the other — eight tables in all. The sacrifices prepared on these tables would then be offered on the altar in the inner court.