Ezekiel 42:1

 Ezekiel 42:1 says, Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.  Matthew Henry says that Ezekiel was taken to where he would have an exact view of the temple and all the buildings associated with it.  God first brought Ezekiel to the utter or outer court to the north.  God allowed Ezekiel to see what the completed temple and everything associated with it would look like, and He allows us by faith to see His completed work of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus Christ.   

Verse two adds, Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.  Matthew Henry says that since we aren’t acquainted with the Hebrew language and architecture of that time it is somewhat hard to comprehend the mystical meaning of all of this, and I would have to agree with him.  Still, we don’t need to understand it all, because it no longer exists, being replaced by our putting our faith in Jesus Christ.  The first several verses refer to the chambers about the court and their location and structure.  What we need to understand is that God was the architect of the whole complex, just as He is the architect of our salvation today.  

Verse three continues, Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.  Matthew Henry says that these chambers were not in the temple but were close to it.  

Verse four concludes, And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.  Ezekiel said there was a walkway to the doors to the north as I understand it.  God always provides us a walkway or path to salvation, and that is by putting our faith in Jesus Christ. 

Ezekiel 41:22

Ezekiel 41:22 says, The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.  God next showed Ezekiel the size of the altar and told him that this would be the table that is before the Lord.  If we have an altar today, it should always be a place where we come to God under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  

Verse twenty-three adds, And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.  God said that the temple and the sanctuary were to have two doors.  We as Christians only have one door to God, and that is through putting our faith in Jesus Christ, Who died for our sins.  

Verse twenty-four continues, And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.  Each door was to have two leaves.  This was ornamentation for the doors. 

Verse twenty-five states, And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.  God said the doors were to be decorated with cherubim and palm trees like the walls were.  When we enter God’s kingdom, everything should spiritually be the same everywhere and everywhere we are should be a place to bring honor to God.  

Verse twenty-six adds, And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.  God said that narrow windows and palm trees were to be on each side.

Ezekiel 41:17

Ezekiel 41:17 says, To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.  God then spoke about what was to be above the door.   

Verse eighteen adds, And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;  There was to be cherubim with two faces and palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherubim.  Palm trees usually indicate peace and cherubim, or angels are God’s messengers, so we could see this as peace coming from above by God’s word.  

Verse nineteen continues, So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.  God said the face of a man would face a palm tree from one side and the face of a lion the other and this would continue all the way around the house.  Matthew Henry says this seems to represent the angels, who have more than the wisdom of men and more courage than a lion and in both of these things they have their eye toward victory and triumph.  I believe that they could be symbolic of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of Man and the Lion of Judah and encircles everything, and He is also the Prince of Peace.  Of course, there was more than one of these cherubim and palm trees, and there is only one Jesus Christ, so if they are symbolic of Jesus Christ, the fact that there were several would have to be seen as symbolic of one which could not be seen by only having one facing in one direction.  

Verse twenty adds, From the ground unto above the door were cherubim and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.  There were cherubim and palm trees from the ground to the area above the door, which would be consistent with this representing angels, but could also be symbolic of Jesus Christ being everywhere.  

Verse twenty-one adds, The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.  Ezekiel said that the posts of the temple formed a square, with all sides being the same.  God's judgment will always be the same for every person.  We are all sinners who are either saved by grace or doomed to everlasting punishment.  God’s grace is still there for everyone to claim, so He does not change His way to salvation for anyone.

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.