Ezekiel 41:12

Ezekiel 41:12 says, Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.  I believe this refers to the building before the temple.   

Verse thirteen adds, So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;  Matthew Henry says this building was to be the same size as the temple.  I think we could say that since the bodies of all Christians are to be the temple of the Holy Spirit that we are all separate physically but are also equal spiritually in God’s sight.  

Verse fourteen continues, Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.  This verse continues to give the size of both the house and the separate place, or temple, and they were the same.  Today there is no spiritual separation between the followers of Christ.  

Verse fifteen states, And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;  This verse and the next continue to give the dimensions of this house.  Matthew Henry says this was the size of the court between the house and the temple.  

Verse sixteen adds, The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;  This adds the door posts, narrow widows and galleries, or chambers, which were said to be three stories high.    

Ezekiel 41:5

Ezekiel 41:5 says, After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.  This verse continues with the measurement of the walls, but we know in God’s coming kingdom there will be no walls limiting our worship of Him, and there really shouldn’t be today.  

Verse six adds, And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.  These chambers were to be three high, one over the other, and there were to be thirty in all is my understanding.  It also seems that they weren't built into the wall of the house but stood separate from it.  

Verse seven continues, And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.  Ezekiel said that the chambers got larger as they went higher.  Matthew Henry says this indicates that the more we build ourselves up by God’s word, the larger our hearts should become.  

Ezekiel 41:1

Ezekiel 41:1 says, Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. Ezekiel said God next brought him to the temple and measured it.  Ezekiel was a priest, was prevented from serving in the temple because it had been destroyed, but God was showing him the celestial temple that would never be destroyed according to Matthew Henry.  The posts were measured, indicating the size of the temple.  He had seen the courtyard and the steps to the tabernacle and now he was going to see the tabernacle itself.  Matthew Henry says there is disagreement about what this may mean to us today, but we do know that God already has our everlasting home prepared for us, so we don’t have to be concerned with the physical size of church buildings today.  

Verse two adds, And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.  Ezekiel then tells us the size of the door of the temple.  The door was as wide as the whole tabernacle of Moses, according to Matthew Henry.  The church today is not limited to worshipping in a particular building, since as Christians our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit.  

Verse three continues, Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.  Next we are giving the size of the door posts.  

Verse four concludes, So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.  Then, Ezekiel was given the size of the temple’ which Matthew Henry points out was a perfect square.  God’s law is always the same whatever direction we approach it from, and Jesus Christ is the only way to enter into God’s presence, which was what the temple represented in that day.  God said this was a holy place, and since our bodies as followers of Christ are temples of the Holy Spirit, we can say that everywhere we go as we follow Christ is a holy place.     

Ezekiel 40:44

Ezekiel 40:44 says, And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.  There were also to be chambers in the inner gate for the singers to stay in.  Music always seems to have been an important part of worshipping God, and I believe that it still is today.    

Verse forty-five adds, And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.  God said that the chambers toward the south were for the priests, who were in charge of caring for the house, or temple.  Though we may have people who are in charge of maintaining the church building, every follower of Jesus Christ is responsible for maintaining their own life spiritually in accordance with God’s commands.  

Verse forty-six continues, And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.  The chambers in the north were for the priests who were in charge of the altar.  These were the priests who came near God as represented by His altar.  As Christians today, we are not limited in how near we can get to the altar of God, since our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit and we are continually in God’s presence.  

Verse forty-seven states, So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.  Ezekiel said God then measured the size of the courtyard.  When we are called home to glory, there will be no need to measure the size of our heavenly home, since it will be large enough to hold all of God’s people.  

Verse forty-eight adds, And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.  God then showed Ezekiel the size of the porch,  

Verse forty-nine continues, The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.  Ezekiel was then shown the size of the porch and the placement of the pillars on each side.  We no longer have to be concerned with the layout of church buildings, since they are just gathering places for God’s people and the size and layout of them does not have to follow a specific plan.