I don’t claim to understand much about Ezekiel’s measurements of the temple, but a few things in Ezekiel 41 are very encouraging. First of all, verse 17 (JND translation) tells us “all was by measure.” Do we realize this in our lives? When trials seem so endless to us ... broken health, broken relationships, broken hearts, hurting or wayward children ... when they seem to go on and on, what a comfort to know that all is “ by measure.” The Lord is the One with the measuring stick, the One who will never cause His child a needless tear. There is a beginning to every trial, and there will also be an end.
There are at least two times when the man with the measuring stick spoke to Ezekiel in this chapter. The first time he said (verse 4), “This is the most holy place.” That is a most precious thing to Him — a place where He, the Holy One, may have communion with us. The other time is verse 22. “He said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.” It was an altar, which reminds us of the Lord’s death on the cross. We have access to the table that is before the Lord because of the cross. As we go through these difficult last days, how sweet that in the midst of trials that are measured, yet perhaps not understood, there are things we both have and can understand ... communion with the Lord, and a table — a place of fellowship with the Lord and other believers. “HE prepareth a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.” May we “set (our) hearts” on these things that He has prepared for us, today!