And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;
The vision places a man with the appearance of brass standing in the gate with a measuring reed in his hand to measure all of God's house. He brings Ezekiel to the north gate and measures it according to the same measures used throughout. Every little chamber and doorway and arch and pillar is recorded by measurement, including the great gate toward the east, so that every least item is set down exactly.
This exact measuring is everything, for it is the very law of God and God's spiritual measure of the person. It is to be put into the least of human acts and dealings, leaving nothing unmeasured. Its purpose is to show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities and measure the pattern. For the law of the house upon the top of the mountain is most holy.
It therefore requires faithfulness in the least and calls for people whose characters and works measure life and things by God's exact measurement. That measurement is to love God supremely and neighbor as self. For those who learn and live it, it elevates and ennobles and sanctifies in heart and affection. They build character after the divine model by the power and grace brought through Jesus Christ, living a righteous life in honest and faithful dealings that makes the whole righteous stature and structure, and so prepare for the glory to be revealed.
The vision places a man with the appearance of brass standing in the gate with a measuring reed in his hand to measure all of God's house. He brings Ezekiel to the north gate and measures it according to the same measures used throughout. Every little chamber and doorway and arch and pillar is recorded by measurement, including the great gate toward the east, so that every least item is set down exactly.
This exact measuring is everything, for it is the very law of God and God's spiritual measure of the person. It is to be put into the least of human acts and dealings, leaving nothing unmeasured. Its purpose is to show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities and measure the pattern. For the law of the house upon the top of the mountain is most holy.
It therefore requires faithfulness in the least and calls for people whose characters and works measure life and things by God's exact measurement. That measurement is to love God supremely and neighbor as self. For those who learn and live it, it elevates and ennobles and sanctifies in heart and affection. They build character after the divine model by the power and grace brought through Jesus Christ, living a righteous life in honest and faithful dealings that makes the whole righteous stature and structure, and so prepare for the glory to be revealed.