--- title: "Clarke" description: "it, are set down, 13-27. NOTES ON CHAP. XLIII Verse Ezekiel 43:2. The glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east — This was the chariot of c" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/ezekiel/43" --- *it, are set down*, 13-27. NOTES ON CHAP. XLIII Verse [Ezekiel 43:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/2). ***The glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the**********east*** — This was the *chariot of cherubim, wheels*, c., which he saw at the river Chebar. And this glory, coming from the east, is going to enter into the *eastern gate* of the temple, and thence to shine out upon the whole earth. Is there not a *mystery* here? All knowledge, all religion, and all arts and sciences, have travelled, according to the *course of the sun*, FROM EAST TO WEST! From that quarter the Divine glory at first came and thence the rays of Divine light continue to diffuse themselves over the face of the earth. From thence came the *Bible*, and through that the *new* *covenant*. From thence came the *prophets*, the *apostles*, and the *first missionaries*, that brought the knowledge of God to *Europe*, to the *isles of the sea*, and to the *west first*, and afterwards to these *northern regions*. Verse [Ezekiel 43:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/5). ***The spirit took me up*** — And, to follow this thought for a moment, how many men has this heavenly *Spirit taken up*; filled them with his own *influence*, and sent them to every country, and nation, and tongue, and people, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God, and to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ! What spiritual *temples* have been raised, beautified, and filled with the *glory of God*! And this light is shining and burning more and more unto the perfect day, when the whole earth shall be filled with the glory of God! Verse [Ezekiel 43:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/7). ***Son of man, the place of my throne*** — The *throne* refers to his *majesty*; the *soles of his feet*, to his *condescension* in *dwelling among men*. ***Where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel*** — The *tabernacle* and *temple* were types of the *incarnation* of *Jesus* *Christ*: "Destroy THIS TEMPLE, and after three days I will raise it up; - but this he spake of the temple of his body;" [John 2:19](../../../kjv/john/2/19); [John 2:21](../../../kjv/john/2/21). And in THAT TEMPLE "dwelt all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." Into this *immaculate humanity* did the *glory* of the Supreme God enter; and thus, "God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself." And this Jesus is *Immanuel*, GOD *with* US. In him we find united the *ineffable majesty* of God, with the *abjectness of man*. He humbled himself in human nature, not only to bear the *form of a* *servant*, but to *suffer death upon the cross* as a malefactor *slave!* But by these means he has purchased *eternal redemption* for us; and the *spiritual Israel*, who find redemption in his blood, shall be raised up wherever his *holy name* shall be proclaimed; and shall not, like the old apostate Israel, *defile* that *great name* by idolatry or a life of wickedness, but they shall show forth the virtues of Him who has called them from darkness into his marvellous light. Verse [Ezekiel 43:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/8). ***In their setting of their threshold*** — They had even gone so far as to set up their idol altars by those of Jehovah; so that their abominable idols were found in the very house of God! therefore, "he consumed them in his anger." Verse [Ezekiel 43:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/9). ***Now let them put away their whoredom*** — Their *idolatry*. ***And the carcasses of their kings*** — It appears that God was displeased with their *bringing their kings so near his temple*. David was buried in the *city of David*, which was on *Mount Zion*, near to the temple; and so were almost all the kings of Judah; but God requires that the place of his temple and its vicinity shall be kept unpolluted; and when they *put away* all kinds of defilement, then will he *dwell among them*. Verse [Ezekiel 43:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/10). ***Show the house to the house of Israel*** — Show them this holy house where the holy God dwells, that they may be *ashamed of* *their iniquities*. Their name, their profession, their temple, their religious services, all bound them to a holy life; all within them, all without them, should have been *holiness unto the* *Lord*. But alas! they have been bound by no ties, and they have sinned against all their obligations; nevertheless, *let them* *measure the pattern*, let them see the rule by which they should have walked, and let them measure themselves by this standard, and walk accordingly. Verse [Ezekiel 43:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/11). ***And if they be ashamed*** — If, in a spirit of true repentance, they acknowledge their past transgressions, and purpose in his help never more to offend their God, then teach them every thing that concerns my worship, and their profiting by it. Verse [Ezekiel 43:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/12). ***This*****is*****the law of the house*** — From the top of the mountain on which it stands, to the bottom, *all round about*, all shall be holy; no buildings shall be erected in any part, nor place nor spot be appropriated to a common use; all shall be considered as being *most holy*. Verse [Ezekiel 43:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/13). ***The cubit*****is*****a cubit and a hand breadth*** — It is the same cubit by which all the previous admeasurements were made, and was a hand breadth or *four* inches longer than the Babylonian cubit. Verse [Ezekiel 43:15](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/15). ***So the altar*** — ההראל *haharel*, "the mount of God." ***And from the altar*** — ומהאראיל *umihaariel*, "and from the lion of God." Perhaps the first was a name given to the *altar* when *elevated* to the honour of God, and on which the victims were offered to him, and the second, the *lion of God*, may mean the *hearth*, which might have been thus called, because it *devoured* and consumed the burnt-offerings, as a lion does his prey. See on [Isaiah 29:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/29/1). Verse [Ezekiel 43:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/17). ***And the settle*** — The *ledge* on which the priests walked round the altar, see [Ezekiel 43:14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/14). By these settles or ledges the altar was narrowed towards the top. "The ascent shall look toward the east;" this ascent was an inclined plane. But these *settles*, or more properly *ledges*, as Bp. *Newcome* translates, may be thus computed. The altar itself was *ten* feet high and *twenty* broad; the same as that of Solomon, [2 Chronicles 4:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/4/1). The altar of burnt-offerings, described [Exodus 27:1](../../../kjv/exodus/27/1); [Exodus 38:1](../../../kjv/exodus/38/1), was smaller than this, because it was to be removed from place to place with the tabernacle. This was designed for a permanent temple. See Bp. *Newcome* on this chapter. Verse [Ezekiel 43:19](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/19). ***The priests - that be of the seed of Zadok*** — It was this Zadok that was put in the place of Abiathar, by Solomon, [1 Kings 2:35](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/35), in whose family the priesthood had continued ever since. Verse [Ezekiel 43:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/25). ***Seven days shalt thou prepare*** — These are, in general, ordinances of the LAW; and may be seen by consulting the parallel passages. All these directions are given that they might follow them, when they should be put in possession of their own land. 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