In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south.
The distribution here is cast in a new method entirely: old things pass away, all things become new in gospel times. God does not follow in grace the same order He uses in providence; Dan, who fell to idolatry and got only a city before, now receives his portion first and foremost, signifying that in Christ the last shall be first.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 40:1-4
The Spirit carried him in vision to the land of Israel, though no material temple is here designed; the high mountain signifies the strength and exalted state of the church in the latter day. The city-like appearance of the temple, with its walls, gates, courts, and towers, is common Scripture language for the church of Christ.
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These are divinely sent visions. Set upon Moriah, Ezekiel gazes south from the prophet's vantage coming from Babylon and sees the temple's city-like frame. The opening vision showed terror as God forsook Jerusalem; now from His returned mountain comes hope and assurance.
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