Season 1
In Ezekiel's grand 9 chapter long vision, this chapter is one of the most intruiging features, and strongly suggests we are not talking about a physical temple, but a spiritual one. The river gets deeper and deeper as it goes, eventually flowing all the way to the dead sea, which it turns into a living sea full of fish. This is nothing other than the fruitfulness of God's people, who have springs of living water welling up within them.
Ezekiel's grand vision of the future temple continues, and now he sees the festival practices, including the Passover, that are happening. What do we make of these things, when we are clearly in the New Covenant?
Ezekiel's grand vision continues, and now he sees the city. It would seem it is the same city that is described in Revelation 21 - the New Jerusalem.
Ezekiel's grand vision of the temple continues and now he sees some of the practices of the temple. In this chapter it becomes clear that only the Prince can enter by way of the east gate. What does this mean? What is the symbolism of the east?
Paul tells us that the glory of the new covenant surpasses that of the old covenant. And in this chapter Ezekiel's vision of the spiritual temple continues, and he sees the glory, which previously departed from the physical temple, now return and fill this spiritual building which is the Body of Christ on earth.
In chapter 3 of this nine chapter long vision of Ezekiel's, the measuring of the temple continues. The outer area is now measured and we find out that the space required for this temple is too big for the available space. David explains why that is ok, because this is not a temple that is ever going to be physically built. NOTE: In the youtube comments section, @Noniksleft made this correction to the math: 500 x 6 x 52.4cm = 1.572Km
Ezekiel continues his grand vision and the man with the rod takes him into the most holy place. As the measurements of all the various parts of this grand new temple are advised, one thing becomes clear.... this temple is not going to fit on the existing site of the current temple. What is the reason for these measurements? Is this even a real temple?
Later in Ezekiel's life he has a grand vision, the longest of any in his book. In his vision he sees someone who appears to be Christ, with a measuring reed in his hand, and they set out to explore the land and what seems to be a third temple.... except, the second temple wasn't build yet. What do we make of this visionary temple? There are many theories, and starting with this chapter and the 8 that follow it, we will explore these ideas.
Gog and Magog are misunderstood in scripture, and every commentator seems to have a different belief. What seems clear to David is that when Jesus went to the cross, he defeated the works of Satan, and conquered the kingdoms of the world. In this video we learn that "on the mountains of Israel" when Jesus submitted to the Father, he defeated the devil and led him in triumph, destroying his works. God and Magog were humiliated.
This is one of the most misunderstood chapters in the Bible, but David believes it is a picture of the great triumph of Jesus over Satan, who in this chapter and the next is called the "Chief Prince" of the nations. Jesus defeats Satan at Calvary and takes the nations back through his atoning work. Gog and Magog are not some combination of Russia, and Iran attacking Israel. That idea is particularly tenuous and as is based on just about no evidence whatsoever.