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.    

Ezekiel 41:8

Ezekiel 41:8 says, I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.  Next, Ezekiel says he saw the height of the house or temple.  

Verse nine adds, The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.  The walls were to be very thick, and the chambers would be in the walls as I understand it.  God will always provide strength and stability to our lives if we live by faith, and He has already prepared a home for us in heaven.  

Verse ten continues, And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.  The chambers were going to be separated by a good distance.  I believe that that there will be plenty of room for everyone in our heavenly home, whether we want to call our dwelling place a room or a mansion.  

Verse eleven concludes, And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.   There would be doors in the chambers facing north and south.  Though there was s door to each of these chambers, there is only one door to heaven, and that is the door that Jesus Christ provides.  Faith in Him is the only door to heaven.

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.