God's Divine Glory Returns(2)
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Ezekiel 43
Ezekiel 43
Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing east;
and behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east. And His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone from His glory.
And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the vision which I saw when He came to destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
And the glory of the Lord entered the house by way of the gate facing east.
And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.
Then I heard Him speaking to me from the house, while a man was standing beside me.
And He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their prostitution and by the corpses of their kings when they die,
by putting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.
by putting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.
Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell among them forever.
“As for you, son of man, inform the house of Israel of the temple, so that they will be ashamed of their wrongdoings; and have them measure the plan.
43:1–12 Ezekiel’s guide returns him to the outer eastern gate of the temple, where the tour began, to witness Yahweh’s return to dwell in the temple. The scene is the reverse of 10:15–22, in which Yahweh’s chariot-throne departed through the east gate. Ezekiel now describes the return of Yahweh’s glory in much the same terms, emphasizing that what he sees is identical to the earlier visions (v. 3). After Yahweh returns, He declares to Ezekiel that He will remain there. He stresses the need for Israel to treat His name and His temple with proper respect and maintain the absolute holiness of the area.
Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., Whitehead, M. M., Grigoni, M. R., & Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Eze 43:1–12). Lexham Press.
