Ezekiel 40:1-49

Ezekiel is called to have a vision of a great city on a high mountain where there is a great temple.  The description of this building is in great detail and there are very specific details given for the building that remind us of the details given for the building of the tabernacle in the wilderness as well as the details recorded of the temple that Solomon built.  Since the day of Ezekiel there has never been a structure of this size in Israel.  The temple built by Ezra after the time of the exile was not this big or grand.  The most logical conclusion as to the meaning of this vision is that the construction of this temple must still be in the future.  This would only make sense as the judgment of Gog in the previous chapters also seems to be depicting events in the future.

THE CITY WILL BE RESTORED: Ezekiel is given a vision of a grand city in a grand location where this massive temple will be built.  This is a great message of hope for the people who are living in exile to know that the Lord continues to have a plan for them and they will be restored to the land that had been promised to them in an everlasting covenant.  God will always keep His promises even though it may take many generations; God is always faithful.


THE TEMPLE WILL BE REBUILT: Not only will the city of Jerusalem be rebuilt, but there will be a very grand temple built in this city.  Ezekiel is told to measure the wall and the rooms surrounding the outside are of the temple.  These are specific measurements that would allow a person to make a blueprint of the structure.  A time is coming where there will once again be a temple in Jerusalem and the worship of our Lord will be a vital part of the lives of the children of Israel.

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