In front of each gate chamber was a wall one cubit high, and the gate chambers were six cubits square. Sermons
I. THAT THERE IS ONE WAY INTO KINGDOM. Jesus Christ himself is that Way. "I am the Way,... no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John 14:6); "I am the Door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved" (John 10:9). Through him "both [Jews and Gentiles] have access... unto the Father" (Ephesians 2:18); "There is one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus" (1 John 2:5). To know Jesus Christ, to trust and love, to serve and follow him - that is the way to find eternal life. "Whosoever believeth in him has life eternal." II. THAT THERE ARE MANY APPROACHES TO THE KINGDOM. Though there is but one "door" or "way" into the kingdom, but one Divine Savior in whom to trust and by whom to be redeemed, yet are there many approaches that may be regarded as "gates," many paths that lead to him and to his salvation. We may be led to him: 1. By our sense of the priceless value of the human soul and our knowledge that only he can bless it. 2. By our view of the seriousness of our human life and the desire to place it under his wise and holy guidance. 3. By the example and influence of those to whom we are most nearly related. 4. By the attractiveness we see in him, the Lord of love and truth. 5. By the felt force of the claims of the heavenly Father, anti the belief that it is God's will that we should hear and follow him, his Son, etc. III. THAT MEN COME FROM ALL QUARTERS TO THE KINGDOM. There were gates facing the north, the south, and the east; and in another book (Revelation) we read of gates in all four directions (Revelation 21:13). To the broad and blessed kingdom of God all souls come: it is not a provision for one type of mind, or for one particular race, or for one social class, but for all types, races, classes. In Jesus Christ there is neither Greek nor Jew, male nor female, bond nor free; there is neither poor nor rich, learned nor ignorant, philosophical nor simple-minded. From every quarter in the great world of men there come to the kingdom those who need and who find all that they crave in Christ Jesus the Lord. IV. THAT THE GATE IS TOO NARROW FOR SOME. He who is swollen with pride cannot pass through it; nor he who is cumbered with worldliness; nor he who is filled with selfishness; nor he who is gross with self-indulgence (Matthew 7:14). V. THAT IT IS BROAD ENOUGH FOE ALL EARNEST SEEKERS. They who are in earnest as disciples of truth, as seekers after God; they who profoundly desire to return unto their heavenly Father and to secure eternal life, will not find the gate of the gospel too narrow. They will gladly part with their pride and their selfishness, with their vanities and their indulgences; they will come eagerly to the Lord and Savior of mankind, that they may take everything from him and yield everything to him. - C.
Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread. They had sinned in excess, and God would take away their plenty. Hosea 13:6, "According to their pasture, so were they filled"; they had full pastures, fed largely, exalted their hearts, and thought they should never want; they forgot God in their fulness, and He made them to remember Him in a famine. Fulness of bread was the sin of Sodom, and the sin of Jerusalem also. God brake the staff of bread. They sinned in defiling themselves with idols, and offered meal and oil, honey and flour, for a sweet savour to their idols (Ezekiel 16), and now they must eat polluted bread among the Gentiles.(W. Greenhill, M. A.). People Ezekiel, Levi, Levites, ZadokPlaces JerusalemTopics Alcove, Alcoves, Barrier, Border, Cells, Chamber, Chambers, Cubit, Cubits, Either, Front, Guardrooms, Lodges, Rooms, Six, Space, Square, Wall, WideOutline 1. The time, manner, and end of the vision of the city and temple6. The description of the east gate of the outer court 20. of the north gate 24. of the south gate 27. of the south gate of the inner court 32. of the east gate 35. and of the north gate 39. Eight tables 44. The chambers 48. The porch of the house Dictionary of Bible Themes Ezekiel 40:1-49Library The Parts of the City. Sion. The Upper City: which was on the North Part. There is one who asserts Jerusalem to stand on seven hills; but whether upon a reason more light, or more obscure, is not easy to say. "The whale showed Jonah (saith he) the Temple of the Lord, as it is said, 'I went down to the bottom of the mountains': whence we learn that Jerusalem was seated upon seven mountains." One may sooner almost prove the thing itself, than approve of his argument. Let him enjoy his argument to himself; we must fetch the situation elsewhere. "The city itself (saith Josephus) … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness. The Millennium in Relation to Israel. The Holy City; Or, the New Jerusalem: Ezekiel Links Ezekiel 40:12 NIVEzekiel 40:12 NLT Ezekiel 40:12 ESV Ezekiel 40:12 NASB Ezekiel 40:12 KJV Ezekiel 40:12 Bible Apps Ezekiel 40:12 Parallel Ezekiel 40:12 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 40:12 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 40:12 French Bible Ezekiel 40:12 German Bible Ezekiel 40:12 Commentaries Bible Hub |