Ezekiel 47:1-2 (ESV)
Then he brought me back to the door of the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. Then he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate that faces toward the east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side.
In Ezekiel 43 we read about how God’s glory fills this Temple the prophet is describing. The Temple is filled with God’s glory. In the above text we read about a river of water that starts small and then (in later verses in their chapter) if turns into a full river. This, too, is an expression of God’s glory filling the place. We see that God’s glory is what changes a simple description of walls and measurements and land into a kingdom for God. It is His presence. The Tabernacle Moses was told to construct was boards and curtains and worship tools. But, with God’s glory it was a place the people could meet God. The Temple that Solomon built was full of God’s glory and it was changed from pillars of gold to the presence of God. God will do this same thing in the final chapter of His plan with Israel.
But, God is also filling us with His Glory. Note:
2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)
18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Whether it is a tabernacle made out of curtains, a temple made out of ivory columns, or the new Jerusalem temple, or our flesh and bones, none of it has any worth or significance unless it is filled with the glory of God. His presence in our lives gives of significance in value. Without his presence we are nothing but a dying heart.
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