And behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.
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
This wall separates the church from the world, a division rooted not in any merit of God's people but in His eternal purpose and grace alone. The people of God are distinguished from all others by His choice, Christ's redemption, and the Spirit's effectual call; this separation is as firm and unalterable as the wall itself, and no power can breach it.
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The old temple's boundary wall had failed; its attached buildings were sometimes turned to common uses, even serving as prisons. But in this vision the wall is restored and the defiled excluded entirely, the architecture itself now declares that all must be holy to the Lord.
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