October 24, 2025

Ezekiel, et al.

“The temple Ezekiel describes is hard to understand”

it has too often been said

the measurements

the prince

the sacrifices

the water flowing to the east

it can all be very confusing to one seeing less than should

the measurements?

Ezekiel tells us that God told him

“Give the people this plan

so that they can build it,

if they have the heart and will”

the prince?

Ezekiel tells us that God constantly says

“Then they will know that I am God”

and what need had Israel for more than a prince

when God Himself would be their King

the sacrifices?

Ezekiel tells us that God told him

“These are the sacrifices to offer”

and since Jesus put an end to them

the temple must be pre-incarnate

the water flowing to the east?

what if Israel had built this temple

as Ezekiel had described

what if Israel had, both heart and will

decided to love God and to follow Him

and building on the apostle’s words

“For if their rejection proves to be the reconciliation of the world,

what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?”

would not their obedience

have been restoration for the world?

understanding Ezekiel is not difficult at all

when one remembers its place in God’s larger story