Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;
The measuring rod, six cubits of the sanctuary, a hand's breadth longer than common measure, tells us this holy house is built to a standard not of this world. The outer wall, thick and high on every side, separates the church from the world and speaks of God's protection: whoever attacks it will do so at their peril.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 40:5-26
The porch measured one reed, either its breadth between the chambers on both sides, or more likely the length of space from the third chamber to the last gate. Three and a half yards separated each entrance, showing how spacious and precisely measured the churches of Christ shall be.
AI summary
The gate facing east rises by measured steps; its threshold and guard-rooms follow a precise geometry that the prophet records with exactness. Each dimension, the five cubits between guard-rooms, the ten cubits of the opening, the twenty-five cubits from roof to roof, serves the architecture of the sanctuary and must be understood in its ordered place within the whole.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 40:6-16