The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #167
167. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 44
1-3 Every good of the church and of worship is from the Lord. (12)
4-8 The Jewish nation destroyed the church. (12)
9-14 That nation will [not] be in that church, (12)
15-31 but others, of whom the new church will consist, which will acknowledge the Lord; concerning which, and its life, doctrine, worship, and ministry. (12)
Ezekiel 44:1-3
1
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
2
Yahweh said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.
3
As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
