The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.
The gates into the inner court mirror those into the outer court exactly, same dimensions, same chambers, same carvings, yet the inner gates climb eight steps while the outer climb seven. Grace works the same way in all believers, but those who draw nearest to God must rise higher still, ascending one step further above the world than common folk do.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 40:27-38
And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate,.... Having done with the outer court, east, north, and south, the prophet is brought into the inner court by the south gate, which was nearest to enter by.
The north and south gates mirror the east gate in all essential measure: fifty cubits long, twenty-five wide, with the same guard-rooms, pillars, windows, and palm ornaments. Uniformity governs this building; nothing is left to chance or whim.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 40:20-27