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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Ezekiel 41:1-4; ; Ezekiel 41:15-26
The prophet and his guide have passed through the porch and entered the house. Like Solomon’s temple, it is divided into a holy place forty cubits in length and a most holy place, cubical in shape, each side measuring twenty cubits. Despite the considerable area taken up by the sanctuary and its side-chambers – speaking to us of the grandeur of Christ’s reign – we may observe that the internal dimensions are exactly the same as those of the first temple (1 Kings 6:17; 1 Kings 6:20). God’s plan is unalterable; His purposes in relation to Christ and blessing for the world have never changed. And He takes care, so long beforehand, to display them in His holy Book in witness to His faithful goodness: He will accomplish that which He has purposed. Reading these pages ought to speak particularly to Israel’s conscience, proving to them that God has never ceased to be interested in them.
From v. 15 onwards, we have a description of the building, then of the altar, finally of the carved doors of the sanctuary. The decoration of these expresses the characteristics of the kingdom: power in judgment (the cherubim, charged with its execution), peace and victory (the palm trees).
