Ezekiel Chapter 44
Last week we covered how God's throne will be inside the temple in the millennial kingdom and also the vision of the return of the glory of God to the millennial Temple. Several topics are touched upon in chapter 44. We will first cover the gate of the millennial Temple for the Prince and then the vision of the glory of God filling the Temple. Finally we will close studying about the Levites and priests of the millennial Temple.
David Parham
6/6/20262 min read
EZEKIEL Chapter 44
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Introduction: Last week we covered how God's throne will be inside the temple in the millennial kingdom and also the vision of the return of the glory of God to the millennial Temple.
Several topics are touched upon in chapter 44. We will first cover the gate of the millennial Temple for the Prince and then the vision of the glory of God filling the Temple. Finally we will close studying about the Levites and priests of the millennial Temple.
I. Ezekiel Brought Back to Eastern Gate
Eze 44:1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
Eze 44:2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Eze 44:3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
Ezekiel’s heavenly guide then brought him back out of the area of the altar of sacrifice to the gate on the east side of the inner courtyard of the Temple. Upon arriving there, he found the eastern gate closed. The prophet was informed by the LORD that the eastern gate of the millennial Temple would be shut and off limits to mortal men.
Two reasons are given.
(1) The glory of God was about to enter through this gate, making it off limits thereafter for mortals to ever again pass thereby.
(2) The gate would be reserved for the exclusive use by the Prince (the Messiah).
Some have thought it might refer to David as a prince under the Messiah. The ancient middle-eastern use of the gate of a city or Temple established it a place from which official business was transacted. Muslims since the middle ages became aware of the prophecy that the Jewish Messiah would enter Jerusalem from the eastern gate. They have bricked up the eastern gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. What is in view here is the millennial Temple. No brick, mortar or Muslim will stop or even slow the King of Kings when He comes to fulfill the scriptures.