Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-27
Chapter 43Now in chapter 43:He brought him then to the gate that looks toward the east ( Ezekiel 43:1 ):This is at the bottom of your diagram.And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory ( Ezekiel 43:2 ).Here you have the return of the glory of God to Israel. Now earlier Ezekiel saw in a vision the glory of God leaving the temple, and gradually as it left the temple, it settled at... read more
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-27
THE CONSECRATION OF THE TEMPLE. (chap. 43)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ezekiel 43:2. “Behold, the glory of God.” As the Shechinah-glory was the peculiar distinction of the old Temple, so it was to be in the new in a degree as much more transcendent as the proportions of the new exceeded those of the old. The fact that the Shechinah-glory was not in the second Temple proves that it cannot be that Temple which it meant in the prophecy. “The glory came by the way of the east.” The same way by which Jehovah... read more