Ezekiel 43:1

“Afterward he brought me to the gate, &c.] The dimensions of this wonderful building being finished, the prophet’s divine guide brought him from the wall about it, he had last measured, to the gate he first had him to, after he had observed to him the same wall, (<264005>Ezekiel 40:5,6): even the gate that looketh toward the east; or, as the Targum, which was open to the way of the east. The reason of his being brought hither follows.”

“JEHOVAH'S RETURN TO THE TEMPLE. (Eze. 43:1-27) the way of the east--the way whereby the glory had departed (Eze 11:22-23), and rested on Mount Olivet (compare Zac 14:4). his voice . . . like . . . many waters--So English Version rightly, as in Eze 1:24, "voice of the Almighty"; Rev 1:15; Rev 14:2, prove this. Not as FAIRBAIRN translates, "its noise." earth his glory-- (Rev 18:1).”

“The gate - This was the eastern gate from the precincts to the outer court. return to 'Top of Page'”

“43:1-4 The sacred spaces described in the previous chapter were of no value as long as they were empty (cp. 37:7-8). To be effective, the Temple must be occupied by the glory of the God of Israel, which had departed from it in ch 10. Now the glory would return from the same direction in which it had left, the east. Unlike its slow, almost reluctant, departure, its return would be sudden, accompanied by the terrifying roar of rushing waters (see 1:24; Rev 1:15). As always, the prophet fell face down on the ground in response to this glory.”

“the gate that: Eze 40:6, Eze 42:15, Eze 44:1, Eze 46:1 Ezekiel 43:2”

“Entrance of the Glory of the Lord into the New Temple Eze 43:1. And he led me to the gate, the gate which looked toward the east: Eze 43:2. And behold the glory of the God of Israel came from the east, and its sound was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory. Eze 43:3. And the appearance which I saw, was to look at like the appearance which I saw when I came to destroy the city; and (there were) appearances like the appearance which I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell down upon my face. Eze 43:4. And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate, the direction of which is toward the east. Eze 43:5. And wind lifted me up and brought me into…”