These final chapters of Ezekiel are known for the prophet’s vision of a new temple. However, scattered within that vision is an enigmatic figure referred to as the “prince” (Hebrew: nasiʾ). In this episode we discuss whether or not Ezekiel’s temple vision should be understood as a functioning building used after the return of the messiah, and how such a literal expectation aligns (or not) with the notion that the “prince” is a Davidic messianic figure. There are serious textual and theological problems for rigid literalism in both respects.
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thought provoking, I should probably wait to hear the rest of the podcast on these chapters before posting here… but using a premillennial way of thought, (I know you don’t prescribe to it) I always thought the temple was there for the purification of the flesh (as you said…Hebrews 9:13-14) for the people left alive on earth after “the day of the lord”, who do not have glorified bodies. Example: For when they come to the city for the Sabbaths. (some of the glorified being the priests Isaiah 66:21 and 66:23). The spirit not being present in the non-glorified because Yeshua is back on earth (John 16:7, he had to leave so the comforter can come). Thoughts? Holes in this way of thinking in a premillennial context?