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"This is the place of My throne"

Text: Ezekiel 43:7

THE THRONE OF THE LORD

An amazing word of revelation was given to the prophet Ezekiel. The Temple described was to be the dwelling place of the Lord among His people.

“And He said to me, ‘Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places. When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger. Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.'”
Ezekiel 43:7-9

1. The Temple

a) The throne of God would be in His Temple.

b) He would place His feet there.

c) God would dwell among His people.

d) God would dwell with them forever.

2. Remembering the past.

a) The house of Israel had defiled the Temple.

b) Their kings had committed terrible sins against the Lord and the Temple.

c) God’s holy name had been defiled by both the kings and the people.

i) There was harlotry.

ii) The high places of Israel compromised the faith of the nation.

iii) The carcasses of kings were offered in idolatrous worship.

3. A false worship system was set up by Israel in the past.

a) They imitated the design of the Temple.

b) A number of things were copied.

i) The threshold leading to the Temple.

ii) The doors of the Temple.

iii) A wall.

c) Idols were set up (“abominations”).

i) Worship was given.

ii) Sacrifices were made.

4. Total abandonment of idolatry.

a) Israel must put away all these sinful practices.

b) The nation must never become idolatrous again.

c) Only then would the Lord dwell among His people forever.