diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_41:1-26.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_41:1-26.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0207f2c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_41:1-26.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 41:1–26" +date = "2023-07-04" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel41.1-26) + +The tour moves into the temple itself. Ezekiel's angelic guide provides +measurements for the nave, the doorways, and the temple's heart, the Most Holy +Place. In Solomon's day, this was where the Ark of the Covenant, the +representation of God's throne on earth, was kept. As before, it is a cube, +perfect in its symmetry. However, there is no mention of the Ark here, so it +will probably still be lost when the temple is built again. + +The rooms around the main sanctuary are arranged in an inverted staircase +pattern, such that the third story is wider than the second, which is wider +than the first. As best I can tell, there are columns to support the upper +stories, separate from the wall between the inner court and the temple. What I +cannot tell is whether there is space between the temple and the side chambers, +nor why there are two measurements for the "breadth of the free space". What is +certain is that the temple was on a raised platform above the inner court, and +there was an outbuilding of some kind towards the west. + +The temple building measured 150 feet to a side, and it was square. Wood panels +showed decorations of palm trees and cherubim, showing God's sovereignty over +heaven and earth. Inside was the table of show-bread, called an "altar" by +Ezekiel, though it wasn't the golden altar of incense or the altar for burnt +offerings which was outside the temple. Other missing implements are the sea of +brass used for ritual washing and the golden, seven-branched lampstand. I can't +imagine future Jews neglecting to furnish the temple with a menorah, but I +suppose neither Ezekiel nor the angel felt the need to be completely exhaustive +in their descriptions. + +* * * + +As Your creation reflects Your character, so does Your house point to Your +holiness.