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The position of the house of Israel is conditional and demands the same standard of Spirituality as is required of all. Eze. 43:7-10 When the conditions expressed by the Word of the Lord are not met, there is but one course of action which the Lord, according to His own holiness, must take. He will consume them in His anger. v.8 This is not only repeatedly expressed in His dealings with them as a people but it was carried out. A nation of rebels they were punished many times by other nations invading their territory and conquering them. They were bold in their defiance of the Lord and used His house as the house of foreign gods. There is a call here for repentance and consideration and practice of the pattern of holiness as presented by the Lord.
The acceptance of Israel, and as far as that goes any nation or individual, depends on their admission of wrong doing. When they came to a point of repentance, they were to be shown the form of the whole house. Form, in the Hebrew means a rock, also a form as pressed out. Strongís Dict. Interesting, the Lord Jesus is the rock and fits perfectly into the picture presented here. He was a rock of stumbling and offensive to Israel. 1 Peter 2:8 As the servant and subsequent sacrifice He took upon Himself the form of man. Thus, He became the anointed of God the savior, the man, Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. 2:5 Coming to seek and save that which was lost, He took upon Himself the form of a servant. Phil. 2:7 In all actuality, He eternally was and always will be in the form of God. Phil. 2:6 Equal in every aspect to God. This, then, is the form which must revealed to and understood by anyone in order to inherit eternal life. The sacrifices presented manifest the truth that all must be redeemed by blood, only now there is but one blood which is acceptable to the Lord. In all truth, all the sacrifices pointed to one true sacrifice, the Lord Jesus. All others were ineffective except as signs declaring that redemption is by blood, The blood of the Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ. Heb. 10:4.
A closed gate, that which faced the east, because the Lord of glory had entered in through that specific door. Eze. 44:1-2 Obviously it is a very special door to have such a reservation place upon it. Its importance is revealed in the fact that the Prince, the Lord Jesus, will sit in that particular gate to eat bread before the Lord. The gate in ancient Israel was the gathering place of the elders, the judges of the people and disputes, etc, were brought to them for their settlement. As an example, Boaz.
Ruth 4:1 Mordecai. Est. 4:1-2 Both used the gate as a place of appeal and settlement.