We know God is a God of order, but it gives it new meaning reading through these chapters about the future temple. The order found in the temple is so symmetrical and exact that we have to wonder if we have underestimated the importance of order to God. For instance:
‘Then he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and in fact, in every corner of the court there was another court. In the four corners of the court were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty wide, all four corners were the same size.’ (Ezekiel 46:21-22)
These courts turn out to house the kitchens for the temple. Such order and precision for kitchens! Remember, this is after about 6 chapters of dimensions of the temple proper.
What does this mean for us? Well it surely means that God really cares about the order we live our lives in. He cares about hierarchy, He cares about relational order, He cares about living our lives in a structured manner. I am not saying that we shouldn’t be spontaneous at all. But there has to be a plan, there has to be some ‘dimensions’ to our life, a blue-print, to which we stick. God knows the complex interworkings of our lives, and knows the best order to fit the cogs together to set them in smooth motion. Running things ourselves can only get us hurt. Let us bow to His order.
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