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Mercy Promised to Israel. (b. c. 585.)
MERCY PROMISED TO ISRAEL. (B. C. 585.) This is the conclusion of the whole matter going before, and has reference not only to the predictions concerning Gog and Magog, but to all the prophecies of this book concerning t…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) Here is, 1. The date of this vision. It was in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity (Ezekiel 40:1), which some compute to be the thirty-third year of the first captivity, a…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) The measuring-reed which was in the hand of the surveyor-general was mentioned before, Ezekiel 40:3. Here we are told (Ezekiel 40:5) what was the exact length of it, which must be…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) In these verses we have a delineation of the inner court. The survey of the outer court ended with the south side of it. This of the inner court begins with the south side (Ezekiel…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) In these verses we have an account, I. Of the tables that were in the porch of the gates of the inner court. We find no description of the altars of burnt-offerings in the midst of…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) We are still attending a prophet that is under the guidance of an angel, and therefore attend with reverence, though we are often at a loss to know both what this is and what it is…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) Here is, 1. An account of a building that was before the separate place (that is, before the temple), at the end towards the west (Ezekiel 41:12), which is here measured, and compa…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) The prophet has taken a very exact view of the temple and the buildings belonging to it, and is now brought again into the outer court, to observe the chambers that were in that sq…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) We have attended the measuring of this mystical temple and are now to see how far the holy ground on which we tread extends; and that also is here measured, and found to take in a…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) After Ezekiel has patiently surveyed the temple of God, the greatest glory of this earth, he is admitted to a higher form, and honoured with a sight of the glories of the upper wor…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) God does here, in effect, renew his covenant with his people Israel, upon his retaking possession of the house, and Ezekiel negotiates the matter, as Moses formerly. This would be…
The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they h…
Message of the House of Israel. (b. c. 574.)
MESSAGE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. (B. C. 574.) The prophet is here brought to review what he had before once surveyed; for, though we have often looked into the things of God, they will yet bear to be looked over again, s…
Idolatry of the Levites. (b. c. 574.)
IDOLATRY OF THE LEVITES. (B. C. 574.) This is much to the same purport with what we had in the beginning of Ezekiel 43:1-31 As the prophet must look again upon what he had before seen, so he must be told again what he h…
Idolatrous Priests Degraded. (b. c. 574.)
IDOLATROUS PRIESTS DEGRADED. (B. C. 574.) The Master of the house, being about to set up house again, takes account of his servants the priests, and sees who are fit to be turned out of their places and who to be kept i…
Directions Concerning the Priests. (b. c. 574.)
DIRECTIONS CONCERNING THE PRIESTS. (B. C. 574.) God's priests must be regulars, not seculars; and therefore here are rules laid down for them to govern themselves by and due encouragement given them to live up to those…
The Division of the Holy Land. (b. c. 574.)
THE DIVISION OF THE HOLY LAND. (B. C. 574.) Directions are here given for the dividing of the land after their return to it; and, God having warranted them to do it, would be an act of faith, and not of folly, thus to d…
Rules of Justice. (b. c. 574.)
RULES OF JUSTICE. (B. C. 574.) We have here some general rules of justice laid down both for prince and people, the rules of distributive and commutative justice; for godliness without honesty is but a form of godliness…
Oblations Enjoined. (b. c. 574.)
OBLATIONS ENJOINED. (B. C. 574.) Having laid down the rules of the righteousness toward men, which is really a branch off true religion, he comes next to give some directions for their religion towards God, which is a b…
Rules Relating to Worship. (b. c. 574.)
RULES RELATING TO WORSHIP. (B. C. 574.) Whether the rules for public worship here laid down were designed to be observed, even in those things wherein they differed from the law of Moses, and were so observed under the…
Laws Concerning the Prince's Inheritance. (b. c. 574.)
LAWS CONCERNING THE PRINCE'S INHERITANCE. (B. C. 574.) We have here a law for the limiting of the power of the prince in the disposing of the crown-lands. 1. If he have a son that is a favourite, or has merited well, he…
Buildings about the Temple. (b. c. 574.)
BUILDINGS ABOUT THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) We have here a further discovery of buildings about the temple, which we did not observe before, and those were places to boil the flesh of the offerings in, Ezekiel 46:20. He th…
The Vision of the Holy Waters. (b. c. 574.)
THE VISION OF THE HOLY WATERS. (B. C. 574.) This part of Ezekiel's vision must so necessarily have a mystical and spiritual meaning that thence we conclude the other parts of his vision have a mystical and spiritual mea…
The Borders of the Land Appointed. (b. c. 574.)
THE BORDERS OF THE LAND APPOINTED. (B. C. 574.) We are now to pass from the affairs of the sanctuary to those of the state, from the city to the country. 1. The Land of Canaan is here secured to them for an inheritance…