Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,
The cherubim carved on these walls, each wearing a man's face on one side and a lion's face on the other, show us the character angels bear in their warfare against darkness: the wisdom of man joined with the courage of a lion, both fixed toward the palm of victory. These ornaments teach us that in the assemblies of God's people, the holy angels are present and active.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 41:12-26
The building behind the separate place, ninety cubits long, measures a hundred cubits across with its galleries on both sides, north and south. These galleries, with their walls of five cubits each, are porticoes where the saints walk and commune, beholding Christ the King in His beauty and glory among them.
AI summary
galleries--terrace buildings. On the west or back of the temple, there was a separate place occupied by buildings of the same external dimensions as the temple, that is, one hundred cubits square in the entire compass [FAIRBAIRN].