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Concerning the Temple which is presented to Ezekiel, I find the numbers to be significant according to the numerology of the Bible. We know that the Temple constructed in Jerusalem never reached the splendor of this one which is presented to Ezekiel. The rebuilt Temple, when compared with the Temple of Solomon seemed to those who had seen both, as nothing. Hag .2:3 However, in a time of great shaking and upheaval the Lord promised that He would fill it with His great and wondrous glory, until the latter house would be more glorious than the former. Hag. 2:7-9 Surely, this is a promise which can only be fulfilled in a Temple, which we know in New Testament times, as the church, the Bride. In laboring together with the Lord we are constructing the true, eternal Temple, which ends up being ìGodís building.î 1 Cor. 3:9 So much fuss is made today pertaining to the natural, but natural things are for this world and this life only. The spiritual is that which is everlasting. Abraham looked for the city built by the Lord. Heb. 11:10 It is time for the church to wake up and properly evaluate that which is spiritual, for the Lord is not concerned with natural structures. He is building a church composed of people who are spiritual. Heb. 12:22.
Most definitely the eastern gate is of great interest, here again, we find an element which refers to the end of the age. Eze. 43:1 The East or the rising of the sun is an important component of this great Temple. The main doors of the Tabernacle and the Temple were facing East. It is the direction of anticipation, or the dawning of a new day. The return of the Lord Jesus at the time of the rapture will be from the East unto the West and as bright and shining as the lightning. Mt. 24:27 Any appearance of any glorious being from any other direction immediately identifies them as a fake or false Christ. His return is the reason for great anticipation and the divine purpose in having these doors face in that particular direction. It is also most worthy of our consideration to view the men of great wisdom, who came to the Christ child from the east as being men of the same spirit as Christ and not as magicians. They were worshipers, not necromancers. Mt. 2:1-2 Had they in anyway been soothsayers or the like it would have been an extreme violation of the Word and will of the Lord. It was certain death. Lev. 20:6.
The importance of this gate is emphasized by the appearance of the glory of the Lord. The glory of the Lord is revealed in a person, who else other than the Lord Jesus. It is certain that when He comes the whole of the earth will be filled with His glory. Isa. 6:2 The Lord Jesus is the shining forth of that light of the glory of the Almighty. He is its very brightness. Heb. 1:3.