431 And he causeth me to go to the gate, the gate that is looking eastward. 2 And lo, the honour of the God of Israel hath come from the way of the east, and His voice 'is' as the noise of many waters, and the earth hath shone from His honour. 3 And according to the appearance 'is' the appearance that I saw, as the appearance that I saw in my coming in to destroy the city, and the appearances 'are' as the appearance that I saw at the river Chebar, and I fall on my face. 4 And the honour of Jehovah hath come in unto the house, the way of the gate whose face 'is' eastward. 5 And take me up doth the Spirit, and bringeth me in unto the inner court, and lo, the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house.
6 And I hear one speaking unto me from the house, and a man hath been standing near me,
7 and He saith unto me: 'Son of man, the place of My throne, And the place of the soles of My feet, Where I dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel to the age, Defile no more do the house of Israel My holy name, They, and their kings, by their whoredom, And by the carcases of their kings—their high places. 8 In their putting their threshold with My threshold, And their door-post near My door-post, And the wall between Me and them, And they have defiled My holy name, By their abominations that they have done, And I consume them in Mine anger. 9 Now do they put far off their whoredom, And the carcases of their kings—from Me, And I have dwelt in their midst to the age. 10 Thou, son of man, Shew the house of Israel the house, And they are ashamed of their iniquities, And they have measured the measurement. 11 And since they have been ashamed of all that they have done, The form of the house, and its measurement, And its outlets, and its inlets, and all its forms, And all its statutes, even all its forms, And all its laws cause them to know, And write 'it' before their eyes, And they observe all its forms, And all its statutes, and have done them. 12 This 'is' a law of the house: on the top of the mountain, all its border all round about 'is' most holy; lo, this 'is' a law of the house.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 43:1-12
Chapter Summary
After Ezekiel had surveyed the temple of God, he had a vision of the glory of God. When Christ crucified, and the things freely given to us of God, through Him, are shown to us by the Holy Ghost, they make us ashamed for our sins. This frame of mind prepares us for fuller discoveries of the mysteries of redeeming love; and the whole of the Scriptures should be opened and applied, that men may see their sins, and repent of them. We are not now to offer any atoning sacrifices, for by one offering Christ has perfected for ever those that are sanctified, Hebrews 10:14; but the sprinkling of his blood is needful in all our approaches to God the Father. Our best services can be accepted only as sprinkled with the blood which cleanses from all sin.