![]() ![]() The inner court had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east and he measured a hundred cubits from gate to gate. Its windows and its porches and its palm tree ornaments had the same measurements as the gate which faced toward the east and it was reached by seven steps, and its porch was in front of them. Its length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. It had three guardrooms on each side and its side pillars and its porches had the same measurement as the first gate. Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court, a hundred cubits on the east and on the north.Īs for the gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width. The pavement ( that is, the lower pavement) was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. Then he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement made for the court all around thirty chambers faced the pavement. And there were windows all around inside and on each side pillar were palm tree ornaments. There were shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. He made the side pillars sixty cubits high the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the courtyard.įrom the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits. He measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from one door to the door opposite. There was a barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side.Īnd he measured the width of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three on each side the three of them had the same measurement. And the porch of the gate was faced inward. He measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits and its side pillars, two cubits. ![]() Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward, one rod. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was one rod. The guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. Then he went to the gate which faced east, went up its steps and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod in width and the other threshold was one rod in width. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod and the height, one rod. Declare to the house of Israel all that you see."Īnd behold, there was a wall on the outside of the temple all around, and in the man's hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. The man said to me, ``Son of man, see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. So He brought me there and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand and he was standing in the gateway. In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, and on it to the south there was a structure like a city. In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was taken, on that same day the hand of the LORD was upon me and He brought me there. What’s one way you can give this type of love to someone else? More importantly, what’s one step you can take to cultivate a more intimate relationship with the Lord? After all, that’s the foundation for everything else. We will then become more understanding and be able to extend the grace and mercy we ourselves have received (John 13:34). The Lord will also give us spiritual sensitivity and teach us to see people the way He does-as beloved children. If we are completely open with Him and fully trust that He loves us unconditionally, we can love others better. In today’s passage, He calls us His friends. So perhaps we hold back, afraid to fully expose our heart, lest we be judged or rejected.īut God invites us-and longs for us-to experience that kind of intimacy with Him. For one thing, it’s hard to love someone else unconditionally, much less multiple “someones.” And we might naturally fear others can’t love us that way, either. Research shows that this level of love and acceptance is lacking in many instances. Do you enjoy any relationships like this? This kind of bond is hard to break since both people feel safe. Yesterday we mentioned we all want to be loved-in other words, to be fully known by another person yet still cherished and accepted on both our good days and bad. ![]()
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