Ezekiel 40-48 - In 572 B.C., fourteen years after Nebuchadnezzar II laid siege to Jerusalem causing the destruction of the city and Solomon's Temple, Ezekiel returns in a vision to the fallen city and is given detailed specifications of the reconstruction of the temple, the city and the land. After an intricate description of the new outer court, inner court and the temple Ezekiel views the return of the glory of the Lord to the temple from the east. Regulations concerning worship in the coming temple are followed by revelations concerning the new land and the city.
What Ezekiel is given in his visions by God deals with the literal temple, but also the prophetic of the new outer court, inner court and the temple within the New Jerusalem that God will usher down from heaven after this present earth and first heaven have passed away and all things made new again.
The outer court of the Tabernacle in the wilderness and later the Temple was the place of sacrifice. It was where sin was dealt with. It represents our life when we first came to Jesus who is our sacrifice for sin who washed us clean by His blood after we repented and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.
Our walk with God has to progress from the outer court (milk) into the Holy Place (meat) being the inner court as we begin to Spiritually mature and know Him more intimately as we develop a personal relationship with Him. It's all about relationship.
Then we progress to the Temple where is found the Holy of Holies as we become the Temple of God where His Shekinah glory dwells in us, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.
Below explains the timing when Jesus will plant His feet across from the eastern gate as He stands on the Mount of Olives. It's only Jewish tradition that states that Jesus will pass through the Eastern Gate when He comes to rule. The problem is that Ezekiel specifically says the gate he saw is the outer gate of the sanctuary being that of the temple court, not a gate of the city, Ezekiel 44:1. The Eastern Gate that stands today was cemented up by the Muslims in AD 1540 and was not constructed until centuries later after the time of Christ. It was never a part of the old city Jerusalem and not the gate of the outer court.
We do not enter the Millennial Kingdom here on earth in our natural bodies, but in new glorified bodies, 1 Corinthians 15:51-54. When Christ returns in the air on the last day we are then caught up to meet Him in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord as He has made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth as we rule with Him over the nations as His enemies have become His footstool in the end of days, John 5:28, 29; 6:40; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18; Rev 5:10; Psalms 110:1-4; Hebrews 10:12, 13.
Matthew 24:29-31; Rev 19:11-21 Jesus descends down from heaven with His army of the host (angels) of heaven as while remaining in the air He sends His angels out to the four corners of the earth to gather His own to Him. He will destroy the beast and false prophet casting them alive into the lake of fire, Rev 19:15, 16. The remnant in Rev 19:21 are the world leaders of every nation on the earth that have followed after the beast that rules their government. The remnant will be slain by the very words Jesus speaks of their damnation as the fowls will be filled with their flesh and at that time Satan will be chained and bound so he can not interfere with the ungodly people that are still alive on earth that become the footstool of Christ. Then the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and He shall reign for ever and the saints will begin to rule over the nations here on earth, Rev 11:15; 5:10; 20:1-3; Matthew 5:5.
Rev 20:7-10 Those that have rejected Christ that still remain on earth after the beast, false prophet and all the ruling leaders from every nation that followed after the beast are destroyed are those who are the numbering as the sand of the sea. These are the enemy of God that Satan uses to battle against the saints during the battle of Armageddon that are camped upon the breadth of the earth after Satan is released for a season, Psalms 2:7-10; 110; Ezekiel 36; 37; Rev 20:7-9. The saints are camped not only in Jerusalem the beloved city of God, but also throughout the breadth of the earth. It's only the 144,000 generational Jews that believe in Christ that have returned to Jerusalem. After the 1000 years are fulfilled Satan is set loosed for a season and goes out to deceive the nations as he gathers the enemies of Christ to battle against the saints as the numbering of unbelievers is like the sand of the sea. As the enemy surrounds the camp of the saints God sends fire down from heaven and destroys the enemy and Satan is cast into the lake of fire. Zechariah 14:1, 2; Luke 21:20 and Rev 16:16 mentions the battle of Armageddon when Christ and His army of angels return as Christ plants His feet on the mount of Olives for the final battle as Gog and Magog found in Ezekiel Chapter 38 is the battle of Rev 20:7-9.
What Ezekiel is given in his visions by God deals with the literal temple, but also the prophetic of the new outer court, inner court and the temple within the New Jerusalem that God will usher down from heaven after this present earth and first heaven have passed away and all things made new again.
The outer court of the Tabernacle in the wilderness and later the Temple was the place of sacrifice. It was where sin was dealt with. It represents our life when we first came to Jesus who is our sacrifice for sin who washed us clean by His blood after we repented and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.
Our walk with God has to progress from the outer court (milk) into the Holy Place (meat) being the inner court as we begin to Spiritually mature and know Him more intimately as we develop a personal relationship with Him. It's all about relationship.
Then we progress to the Temple where is found the Holy of Holies as we become the Temple of God where His Shekinah glory dwells in us, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.
Below explains the timing when Jesus will plant His feet across from the eastern gate as He stands on the Mount of Olives. It's only Jewish tradition that states that Jesus will pass through the Eastern Gate when He comes to rule. The problem is that Ezekiel specifically says the gate he saw is the outer gate of the sanctuary being that of the temple court, not a gate of the city, Ezekiel 44:1. The Eastern Gate that stands today was cemented up by the Muslims in AD 1540 and was not constructed until centuries later after the time of Christ. It was never a part of the old city Jerusalem and not the gate of the outer court.
We do not enter the Millennial Kingdom here on earth in our natural bodies, but in new glorified bodies, 1 Corinthians 15:51-54. When Christ returns in the air on the last day we are then caught up to meet Him in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord as He has made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth as we rule with Him over the nations as His enemies have become His footstool in the end of days, John 5:28, 29; 6:40; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18; Rev 5:10; Psalms 110:1-4; Hebrews 10:12, 13.
Matthew 24:29-31; Rev 19:11-21 Jesus descends down from heaven with His army of the host (angels) of heaven as while remaining in the air He sends His angels out to the four corners of the earth to gather His own to Him. He will destroy the beast and false prophet casting them alive into the lake of fire, Rev 19:15, 16. The remnant in Rev 19:21 are the world leaders of every nation on the earth that have followed after the beast that rules their government. The remnant will be slain by the very words Jesus speaks of their damnation as the fowls will be filled with their flesh and at that time Satan will be chained and bound so he can not interfere with the ungodly people that are still alive on earth that become the footstool of Christ. Then the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and He shall reign for ever and the saints will begin to rule over the nations here on earth, Rev 11:15; 5:10; 20:1-3; Matthew 5:5.
Rev 20:7-10 Those that have rejected Christ that still remain on earth after the beast, false prophet and all the ruling leaders from every nation that followed after the beast are destroyed are those who are the numbering as the sand of the sea. These are the enemy of God that Satan uses to battle against the saints during the battle of Armageddon that are camped upon the breadth of the earth after Satan is released for a season, Psalms 2:7-10; 110; Ezekiel 36; 37; Rev 20:7-9. The saints are camped not only in Jerusalem the beloved city of God, but also throughout the breadth of the earth. It's only the 144,000 generational Jews that believe in Christ that have returned to Jerusalem. After the 1000 years are fulfilled Satan is set loosed for a season and goes out to deceive the nations as he gathers the enemies of Christ to battle against the saints as the numbering of unbelievers is like the sand of the sea. As the enemy surrounds the camp of the saints God sends fire down from heaven and destroys the enemy and Satan is cast into the lake of fire. Zechariah 14:1, 2; Luke 21:20 and Rev 16:16 mentions the battle of Armageddon when Christ and His army of angels return as Christ plants His feet on the mount of Olives for the final battle as Gog and Magog found in Ezekiel Chapter 38 is the battle of Rev 20:7-9.
