Ezekiel 10:4
Then the glory of the Lord went up from the
cherub
Or, "cherubim"; those that were upon the mercy seat, between
which the Shechinah or glorious majesty of God dwelt, in the most
holy place: this is a token and intimation of the Lord's leaving
of the temple; and a little before the destruction of Jerusalem
by the Romans, to which this vision chiefly, if not together,
refers, a voice was heard in the temple,
``let us go hence F2:''
[and stood] over the threshold of the house;
either of the holy of holies, from whence he was removing; or
rather of the holy place, the court of the priests, the inward
court, and so open to the outward court, and view of the people in
it:
and the house was filled with the cloud;
the temple, being forsaken of God, was filled with darkness; as an
emblem of that blindness which is come upon the Jews, and will
continue on them till the fulness of the Gentiles brought in:
and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's
glory;
either the inward court, as the glory of the Lord passed through
it, from the holy of holies; or rather the outward court, of which
mention is made in (
Ezekiel 10:4 ) ; the
glory of the Lord being on the threshold Of the house, which looked
towards that, and so enlightened it. This outward court signifies
the Gentiles; who, when the Lord removed from the Jewish nation and
people, were favoured with the glorious light of the Gospel, and
ordinances of Christ; whereby they were enlightened, and filled
with the knowledge of the Lord; with the knowledge of him, who is
the brightness of his father's glory, and the express image of his
person; so through the fall of the Jews salvation came to the
Gentiles, (
Romans 11:11 Romans 11:12 ) .