Eze 41:23-26 | KingComments | STEP | The two rooms of the temple, the holy place and the most holy place, have a door each ( ). The doors are described in their form and operation ( ). At the doors, as on the walls, cherubim and palm trees are made ( ). The doors in God’s house are a picture of the Lord Jesus. He is “the door” ( ). Only through Him is it possible to come to the Father ( ; ). The cherubim on the doors symbolize the holiness of God. The palm trees symbolize victory and fruit. On the front of the porch, above the door, there is also “canopy of wood” [as “threshold” also can be translated], a kind of awning. Its purpose will be to protect priests who want to enter, but have to wait a while, from the sun or the rain. God makes sure that the entrance into His house is shielded from influences that are a hindrance to entering it. On both sides of the porch are latticed windows and palm trees ( ). These are also on the side chambers and the canopies. God’s house is a place where there are windows that let in light, but where because of the latticework nothing can come in that doesn’t belong there. This applies to the house and the chambers connected to it.

‏ Ezekiel 41:23-26

The Doors

The two rooms of the temple, the holy place and the most holy place, have a door each (Eze 41:23). The doors are described in their form and operation (Eze 41:24). At the doors, as on the walls, cherubim and palm trees are made (Eze 41:25). The doors in God’s house are a picture of the Lord Jesus. He is “the door” (Jn 10:7 ; 9). Only through Him is it possible to come to the Father (Jn 14:6; Eph 2:18). The cherubim on the doors symbolize the holiness of God. The palm trees symbolize victory and fruit.

On the front of the porch, above the door, there is also “canopy of wood” [as “threshold” also can be translated], a kind of awning. Its purpose will be to protect priests who want to enter, but have to wait a while, from the sun or the rain. God makes sure that the entrance into His house is shielded from influences that are a hindrance to entering it.

On both sides of the porch are latticed windows and palm trees (Eze 41:26). These are also on the side chambers and the canopies. God’s house is a place where there are windows that let in light, but where because of the latticework nothing can come in that doesn’t belong there. This applies to the house and the chambers connected to it.