The Glory of God is Revealed by the Spirit of God - Ezekiel 43-48

Ezekiel 43:4-5 (ESV)

As the glory of the LORD entered the temple by the gate facing east, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

If there is movement in our lives to see the glory of God is ONLY because the Spriit of God moves us.   In these last chapters of Ezekiel we read a lot about the Temple and the sacrificial system within the Temple.   The purpose of the Temple and the sacrificial system is so that mankind can approach God and see His glory.   The system might look complicated to the non-Isabel, western mind.  But the point of it is access to God.   When we have access to God we see His glory.  God gives all mankind a glimpse of this glory in creation:

Psalms 19:1-6 (ESV)

The Law of the LORD Is Perfect

TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF DAVID.

The heavens declare the glory of God,

and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Day to day pours out speech,

and night to night reveals knowledge.

There is no speech, nor are there words,

whose voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out through all the earth,

and their words to the end of the world.

In them he has set a tent for the sun,

which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,

and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

Its rising is from the end of the heavens,

and its circuit to the end of them,

and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

This Temple described the prophet was the “systematic” way God laid out for the nation of Israel to see more and more of His glory.  God’s glory would fill the Temple.   But in these later days we see the Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God:

Hebrews 1:2-3 (ESV)

but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

John 1:14 (ESV)

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

2 Corinthians 4:4 (ESV)

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

We can now see the glory of God through our relationship with the Son.   But the Spirit of God is the one who moves us to see God’s glory:

2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)

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.

In order to see the glory of God we have to be moved by the Spirit of God through our relationship with the Son of God.