THE TEMPLEPart 9: Today and Beyond
Ezekiel’s Temple
Son of Man, describe the temple to the house of Israel,… and let them measure the pattern…. make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and perform them.
Ezekiel 43: 10, 11
Solomon’s Herod’s Ezekiel’sTemple Temple Temple
BIBLE QUIZ:
There is only one other structure that God told men to build, having such precise and detailed instructions as Ezekiel’s Temple. It is --
A – The Tower of BabelB – The Palace of SolomonC – The TabernacleD – Noah’s Ark.
And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it. … I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them.
Exodus 25: 8, 9, 45, 46
Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever…. Now let them put their harlotry … away from Me, and I will dwell n their midst forever. … Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design.
Ezekiel 43: 7, 9, 11
See, now I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains.
Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in? For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle. Wherever I have moved about with all the children of Israel, have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’ ”
II Samuel 7: 2 - 7
But who is able to build Him a temple, since heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? II Chronicles 2:6
However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: ‘Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, Or what is the place of My rest? Has My hand not made all these things?’
Acts 7: 48 - 50
Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? In comparison with it, is this not in your eyes as nothing? … Yet now … according to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you; do not fear!’ … I will fill this temple with glory.
Haggai 2: 3 - 7
Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever.
Ezekiel 43: 7
1. The Builder2. The Design3. The Neighborhood4. The Amenities
1.The Builder of the TempleFor every house is built by someone. Hebrews 3: 4
Behold, the Man (the Messiah)!... and He shall build the Temple. Yes, He shall build the temple of the Lord. He shall bear the glory, and sit and rule on His throne.
Zechariah 6:12, 13
2.The DesignOf the Temple
3. The Neighborhood of the TempleFor I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; … I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes…. So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden.’
Ezekiel 36: 24 - 35
4. The Amenities of the TempleThen he brought me back to the door of the temple; and there was water, flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east… “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the valley, and enters the sea.”
Ezekiel 47: 1 - 7
Jerusalem
When [the river of life] reaches the [Dead Sea], its waters are healed. And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes. It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many…. Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.
Ezekiel 47: 1 - 12
Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Ephesians 2: 19 - 22
1.The Builder of the Church
On this rock I will build My Church.Matthew 16: 18
2. The Design of the Church
No Walls of Separation Between PeopleFor as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3: 27 – 28
No Veil Between God and UsNevertheless, when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
II Corinthians 3: 16
3.The Neighborhood of the Church
For You … have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Revelation 5: 9
4.The River of Life
Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive.
John 7: 37 -39
But I saw no temple in [heaven], for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
Revelation 21: 22
